Stock Market Update
21-Apr-26 15:30 ET
Major averages improved from session lows
Dow -80.77
at 49361.92,
Nasdaq -8.29
at 24396.11,
S&P -8.80
at 7027.33
[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (-0.1%), Nasdaq Composite (flat), and DJIA (-0.1%) are off their session lows late in the afternoon.
At the sector level, gains remain limited to the energy (+1.1%) and information technology (+0.3%) sectors.
Software names continue to outperform today, while hardware and computer peripheral names such as NetApp (NTAP 112.50, +5.72, +5.35%) and Dell (DELL 213.64, +9.40, +4.60%) post even wider gains.
Still, upside in the sector remains capped as Apple (AAPL 268.08, -4.97, -1.82%) and NVIDIA (NVDA 200.87, -1.19, -0.59%) both trade lower today.
