[BRIEFING.COM] The major averages are maintaining their modest gains from strength in the energy (+1.2%), consumer discretionary (+1.0%), and technology (+0.5%) sectors.
Though breadth figures were never decidedly strong in this morning's trade, they have since decreased and now favor decliners over advancers by a 14-to-11 ratio on the NYSE and an 11-to-9 ratio on the Nasdaq.
Selling pressure has the eight other S&P 500 sectors in negative territory, with materials (-1.0%), utilities (-0.9%), and real estate (-0.8%) performing the weakest.