[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.19%) is in second place on Monday afternoon, showing modest gains yet decently behind the Dow Jones Industrial Average (+0.86%).
Elsewhere, S&P 500 constituents Ulta Beauty (ULTA 363.57, +25.19, +7.44%), Pool (POOL 390.58, +24.09, +6.57%), and Align Tech (ALGN 239.95, +14.06, +6.22%) pepper the top of the standings. POOL makes 7-month highs today, while ULTA and ALGN bounce despite a dearth of corporate news.
Meanwhile, defense firm Lockheed Martin (LMT 518.37, -23.85, -4.40%) is one of today's top laggards after headlines that Israel and Hezbollah could be close to a ceasefire.