[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.77%) is in second place on Monday afternoon.
Elsewhere, S&P 500 constituents Vistra Corp. (VST 131.84, +6.55, +5.23%), Amentum Holdings (AMTM 28.02, +1.12, +4.16%), and Applied Materials (AMAT 213.21, +8.15, +3.97%) dot the top of the standings. VST is higher after Exane BNP Paribas started coverage on the stock at Outperform, tgt $231, while a Truist initiation on AMTM drives those shares higher.
Meanwhile, CrowdStrike (CRWD 310.20, -10.01, -3.13%) is underperforming, giving back a portion of its +14.2% month-to-date rally.