Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] Not much change since the last update. The indices are tracking in narrow ranges but still operating with a positive bias in the absence of any concrete details out of the U.S.-China trade talks.

Micro-cap stocks, which took a leadership position during yesterday's trade, are a bit weaker today as a class, but overall, they are little changed. 

Separately, the semiconductor stocks continue to outperform, with NVIDIA (NVDA 142.94, +0.30, +0.21%) offering ongoing support to the group even though it is trailing many other components in the space today. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index is up 1.4%.