Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] The stock market continues hanging onto a modest gain with the S&P 500 (+0.3%) currently up 0.7% for the week.

Seven sectors display gains at this juncture with technology (+0.9%) maintaining its strength, though it now trades behind the lightly-weighted utilities sector (+1.2%). Health care (+0.7%) is also among today's outperformers while the downside has been limited. The communication services sector (-0.5%) is the worst performer, trading behind the consumer discretionary sector (-0.4%), and industrials (-0.3%).

Treasuries are on course to finish the day in the green with the 10-yr yield down five basis points at 4.36%.