[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.79%) is in second place on Thursday afternoon, up about 43 points.
Elsewhere, S&P 500 constituents Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD 7.56, +0.62, +8.93%), Kroger (KR 54.59, +3.09, +6.00%), and Axon (AXON 380.68, +18.97, +5.24%) pepper the top of today's standings. WBD is higher after announcing a multi-year distribution partnership with Charter (CHTR 337.30, +9.88, +3.02%), KR beat Q2 EPS expectations this morning, and AXON caught a tgt bump to $430 at JMP Securities this morning.
Meanwhile, Wells Fargo (WFC 51.35, -2.38, -4.43%) has recently dropped in the standings after the OCC released an enforcement action against the firm.