[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.4%), Nasdaq Composite (+0.5%), and DJIA (+0.2%) are maintaining their modest gains with just half an hour left in today's session.
The market will close early at 1:00 p.m. ET tomorrow for Christmas Eve, but investors will receive a few economic data points in the morning. The weekly MBA Mortgage Applications Index will be released at 7:00 a.m. ET, followed by the weekly initial jobless claims report (Briefing.com consensus 226k) at 8:30.