[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.3%), Nasdaq Composite (+0.7%), and DJIA (flat) sit beneath session highs as the market approaches midday.
While strength across mega-cap names has been the overarching theme of today's action, Apple (AAPL 237.83, -1.86, -0.78%) has largely sat out the advance.
The stock trades lower ahead of the company's annual September event tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. ET, at which Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 17 and a new slimmer model of the iPhone, similar to the "Air" models of its iPad and Macbook.