[BRIEFING.COM] There wasn't much up or down action at the index level in recent trading.
Value stocks are holding up better than growth stocks today. The Russell 3000 Growth Index shows a 0.5% decline and the Russell 3000 Value Index shows a 0.2% gain.
Financial stocks have also maintained their outperformance, leading the S&P 500 financial sector to trade 0.5% higher. The rate-sensitive utilities (+0.8%) and real estate (+0.5%) sectors also trade up.