[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.42%) is in second place on Thursday afternoon, up a clean 26 points.
Briefly, S&P 500 constituents Estee Lauder (EL 92.56, +5.95, +6.87%), Teradyne (TER 98.78, +6.00, +6.47%), and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH 23.19, +1.23, +5.60%) are among today's top gain getters. EL caught a bullish BofA note this morning, pushing the stock to eight-month highs, while TER jumps after Hunterbrook detailed Amazon's new warehouse robot, Vulcan, hailed as a breakthrough in automation with a "sense of touch," actually relies on robotic arms supplied by Teradyne-owned Universal Robots, with NCLH enjoying a nice boost on a positive read-through of Delta Air Lines' (DAL 57.16, +6.46, +12.74%) upbeat earnings and guidance.
Meanwhile, Axon (AXON 741.96, -63.90, -7.93%) is at the bottom of the standings.