Stock Market Update
18-Feb-26 15:35 ET
Major averages on the defensive in late afternoon trade
Dow +41.53
at 49573.61,
Nasdaq +118.61
at 22697.01,
S&P +22.25
at 6865.46
[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.3%), Nasdaq Composite (+0.5%), and DJIA (+0.1%) are on the defensive as the market enters the final hour of the session.
In addition to mega-caps seeing their gains narrowed this afternoon, strength in the broader market has waned. Advancers outpaced decliners by a roughly 2-to-1 clip on both the NYSE and Nasdaq early this afternoon. Now, the margin has slimmed to roughly 7-to-6 on the NYSE and 5-to-4 on the Nasdaq.
Five sectors remain in positive territory, but only the energy sector (+1.8%) boasts a gain wider than 1.0%.
