Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (-1.0%), Nasdaq Composite (-1.6%), and DJIA (-0.8%) remain firmly lower as the market enters the final hour of the session. 

Though the financials sector (-1.2%) remains well below its flatline, it has shed a nice chunk of its earlier weakness. Several financial services and insurance services companies that traded lower earlier this week amid fears of AI disruption are garnering some buying support this afternoon, including FactSet (FDS 202.64, +8.98, +4.64%), Willis Towers Watson (WTW 289.22, +9.13, +3.26%), and Brown & Brown (BRO 69.50, +2.48, +3.69%).