Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.5%), Nasdaq Composite (+0.5%), and DJIA (+0.5%) continue to hold modest gains as the broader market once again shows solid participation. 

The communication services sector (-0.9%) is the only real weak spot in the early going, with Alphabet (GOOG 318.58, -5.06, -1.56%) facing some profit-taking after a recent run of outperformance. Even with today's loss, the stock is still up 6.2% this week and 13.2% for the month of November. For comparison, the S&P 500 is up 2.9% this week and still faces a modest 0.6% month-to-date loss. 

Mega-caps are putting up mostly subdued performances today, leaving the Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF with a modest 0.3% gain. 

NVIDIA (NVDA 179.71, +1.89, +1.06%) and Microsoft (MSFT 483.50, +6.52, +1.37%) are the top "magnificent seven" names today, contributing to early strength in the information technology sector (+0.8%).