Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average (-0.06%) is down now about 27 points.

A look inside the DJIA shows that NVIDIA (NVDA 178.74, -4.87, -2.65%), Amazon (AMZN 221.96, -5.67, -2.49%), and Salesforcre (CRM 246.27, -3.42, -1.37%) are among today's top laggards.

Meanwhile, UnitedHealth (UNH 349.35, +8.05, +2.36%) is atop the standings.

The DJIA is now +8.95% higher YTD.

Elsewhere, the 2-yr note auction saw the high yield of 3.571% stop nearly on the screws of the when-issued yield of 3.572%. Dollar demand was a bit soft relative to the prior 12-auction average, and indirect bids were weaker than the prior 12-auction average. All in all, not a great auction but not a bad one either. The initial response by the Treasury market, which is also keeping tabs on Fed Chair Powell's comments at the same time, has been a mostly unaffected one (the same goes for the stock market).