[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (-0.1%), Nasdaq Composite (-0.3%), and DJIA (-0.2%) continue to move within a stable range modestly below their unchanged levels.
The consumer discretionary sector (-0.2%) is one of five S&P 500 sectors that trade lower ahead of a busy week of retail earnings. Walmart (WMT 115.28, -0.44, -0.38%), Home Depot (HD 338.65, -3.05, -0.89%), Target (TGT 154.66, -0.86, -0.55%), and others trade modestly lower ahead of their respective reports next week, pushing the State Street SPRD S&P Retail ETF 0.4% lower.