[BRIEFING.COM] The stock market largely remains in a stalemate entering the final half hour of trading.
A lack of major developments has kept the major averages drifting sideways since falling from session highs this morning.
The utilities (+1.7%), consumer discretionary (+0.9%), and real estate (+0.2%) sectors have spent the majority of the session in the green.
Meanwhile, the financials (flat) and materials (+0.1%) sectors have oscillated around their opening levels, while the six other sectors display modest losses.