Stock Market Update
03-Feb-25 12:00 ET
Health care, consumer staples, and energy shares trade higher
Dow -108.44
at 44437.28,
Nasdaq -228.90
at 19480.45,
S&P -42.35
at 5998.18
[BRIEFING.COM] The market-cap weighted S&P 500 trades 0.7% lower and the equal-weighted S&P 500 trades 0.5% lower.
Market breadth still reflects a negative bias under the index surface, but there are pockets trading higher now after broad weakness in the early going. Decliners have a 2-to-1 lead over advancers at the NYSE and a 5-to-2 lead at the Nasdaq.
Health care, consumer staples, communication services, and energy-related shares are building up gains, leading their respective S&P 500 sectors to trades higher.
