Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.39%) is in second place on Wednesday afternoon, now near HoDs.

Elsewhere, S&P 500 constituents Delta Air Lines (DAL 56.23, +3.50, +6.64%), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD 8.01, +0.41, +5.39%), and Prologis (PLD 127.16, +5.77, +4.75%) dot the top of the standings. DAL moves higher in sympathy to United Airlines' (UAL 73.12, +9.07, +14.16%) post earnings move, while PLD moves higher after after strong Q3 results.

Meanwhile, Agilent (A 138.96, -5.62, -3.89%) is at the bottom of the average; chatter on the Street suggests Swiss firm Tecan (TCHBF 310.00) lowered its outlook for this year owing to weakness in China; medtech and diagnostic peers RVTY -3.59%, MTD -2.70%, WAT -2.57%, IDXX -2.18%, and DHR -1.99% are also lower today.