Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] As the market enters the final half hour of trading, the major averages sit well positioned to capture record closing highs to go along with their intraday records.

The consumer staples sector (-0.6%) is one of just four S&P 500 sectors that remain in negative territory, though it is off its earlier session lows. 

A modest gain in the sector's largest component, Walmart (WMT 102.85, +0.52, +0.51%), limits further losses despite a vast majority of components trading lower. 

Walmart announced today that it will now provide same-day pharmaceutical delivery for refrigerated and reconstituted medication such as insulin, GLP-1s, and pediatric amoxicillin.

Meanwhile, Kenvue (KVUE 17.08, -1.26, -6.90%) is trading steadily at session lows ahead of President Trump's speech this evening, which is expected to link the prenatal use of acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Tylenol) to autism.