Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] The stock market opened in a mixed fashion this morning, with the S&P 500 (flat) gaining just enough to eclipse yesterday's record high while the DJIA (+0.6%) makes a more confident push into record territory, and the Nasdaq Composite (-0.3%) lags. 

Mega-cap tech names behind yesterday's push have given back some of their gains. The information technology (-0.5%) and consumer discretionary (-0.7%) sectors are the top laggards this morning, with losses in the market's largest components seating the Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF (-0.5%) with an early loss. 

The energy sector (+1.8%) leads the seven advancing S&P 500 sectors, supported by an $0.88 increase in the price of oil to $63.16 per barrel, an increase of 1.4%. 

The preliminary September S&P Global U.S. Manufacturing PMI registered at 52.0, from a prior level of 53.0.

The preliminary September S&P Global U.S. Services PMI registered at 53.9, from a prior level of 54.5.