Stock Market Update
09-Feb-26 12:30 ET
Consumer staples sector lags
Dow -3.26
at 50111.20,
Nasdaq +245.04
at 23276.28,
S&P +41.82
at 6974.11
[BRIEFING.COM] The major averages are little changed from previous levels.
Losses continue to widen in the consumer staples sector (-1.4%) as a majority of its components trade lower. With losses across the board and no real negative outliers, the move suggests some consolidation across one of the best-performing S&P 500 sectors so far in 2026.
Even with today's weakness, the sector is still up 12.5% for the year, making it the third-best-performing S&P 500 sector.
Only the energy (+0.7% today, +20.1% year-to-date) and materials (+0.9% today, +13.4% year-to-date) hold wider gains in 2026.
