[BRIEFING.COM] There hasn't been a lot of up or down action at the index level in recent trading.
All 11 S&P 500 sectors are trading down after the energy (-0.1%) and utilities (-0.2%) sectors gave back early gains with no specific catalyst.
Elsewhere, the CBOE Volatility Index is up 20.9% or 3.12 to 18.03 due to the geopolitical worries driving today's trade.