Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] There's a positive bias in today's trade despite mixed action at the index level.

Advancers have a 3-to-2 lead over decliners at the NYSE and a 4-to-3 lead at the Nasdaq. Also, the equal-weighted S&P 500 trades 0.3% higher. 

Nine of the 11 S&P 500 sectors trade up led by health care (+0.8%), utilities (+0.7%), real estate (+0.5%), and consumer staples (+0.5%). 

Only the technology (-0.3%) and energy (-0.9%) sectors trade down. The former is weighed down by losses in its mega cap components.