[BRIEFING.COM] The major indices continue to move mostly sideways. The S&P 500 has maintained a posture above 5,500 through the entire session so far.
Only three S&P 500 sectors are trading lower now -- health care (-0.9%), consumer staples (-0.3%), and financials (-0.1%) -- while the utilities (+0.8%), information technology (+0.8%), and materials (+0.6%) sectors lead the outperformers.
Small and mid cap stocks are participating in today's broad advance. The Russell 2000 is up 0.3% and the S&P Mid Cap 400 shows a 0.4% gain.