Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.7%), Nasdaq Composite (+1.0%), and DJIA (+0.4%) continue to move higher on broadening strength, leaving just the consumer staples sector (-0.4%) below its baseline. 

The sector, which was one of just four to advance yesterday as investors rotated into more defensive holdings, faces losses across the majority of its constituents. 

Coca-Cola (KO 70.00, -0.80, -1.14%) moves lower despite Barclay's raising the stock's price target to $77 from $71, though it still holds a 2.3% gain for the week. 

Elsewhere, the energy sector (+1.9%) remains today's frontrunner as crude oil futures settled today's session $3.27 higher (+5.6%) at $61.78 per barrel.