Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] It is largely more of the same of the major indices, which is to say the Dow Jones Industrial Average continues to separate itself from the pack by holding a position in positive territory.

Home Depot (HD 397.57, +15.15, +4.0%), which reported quarterly results before the open, is the biggest mover today -- both in terms of price and percentage moves. Its competitive peer, Lowe's (LOW 243.40, +6.32, +2.7%), will report its results before Wednesday's open.

Sherwin-Williams (SHW 353.42, +9.55, +2.8%) is piggybacking off the response to Home Depot, and is also helping to contribute to the Dow's outperformance along with Walmart (WMT 97.16, +3.49, +3.7%), Amgen (AMGN 315.63, +5.91, +1.9%), Travelers (TRV 252.98, +4.74, +1.9%), and Cisco (CSCO 64.21, +0.97, +1.5%) to name a few others.

The Lowe's report should understandably draw some added attention on Wednesday, yet it is the report after Wednesday's close from Dow component NVIDIA (NVDA 128.03, -2.22, -1.7%) that will have the market's undivided attention.