[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.56%) is in second place on Friday afternoon, having moved mostly sideways over the prior half hour.
Elsewhere, S&P 500 constituents Waters (WAT 379.67, +56.56, +17.50%), Charter Comm (CHTR 365.95, +38.34, +11.70%), and lululemon athletica (LULU 321.38, +23.48, +7.88%) pepper the top of the standings. WAT and CHTR move higher on earnings, while LULU finds four-month highs despite a dearth of corporate news.
Meanwhile, Virginia-based power generation firm AES (AES 14.82, -1.49, -9.18%) is today's top laggard following last night's mixed Q3 report.