[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.04%) is in first place on Tuesday afternoon, up about 2 points amid a recent rally into positive territory.
Briefly, S&P 500 constituents Albemarle (ALB 79.61, -7.27, -8.37%), Capital One (COF 210.64, -12.96, -5.80%), and MGM Resorts (MGM 34.34, -2.19, -6.00%) pepper the bottom of the standings. ALB slides as Chinese approvals for two major lithium miners signal a restart of supply from Yichun, adding to global oversupply concerns and pressuring lithium prices, while COF falls amid press releases from Amazon (AMZN 219.04, -3.13, -1.41%) today whereby the e-commerce giant announced new DTC buying options for more products.
Meanwhile, Danaher (DHR 195.92, +9.86, +5.30%) is outperforming despite a dearth of corporate news.