[BRIEFING.COM] There hasn't been much up or down action in recent trading at the index level.
The market-cap weighted S&P 500 trades 0.4% lower and market breadth favors decliners by a 3-to-2 margin at the NYSE and by a better than 2-to-1 margin at the Nasdaq. Notably, the equal-weighted S&P 500 trades 0.2% higher, indicating some buying activity despite negative market internals.
Five of the S&P 500 sectors trade higher led by energy (+1.7%) and materials (+1.4%).