[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.2%), Nasdaq Composite (-0.2%), and DJIA (+1.0%) remain little changed from previous levels as the market enters the final hour of the session.
Crude oil futures settled today's session $2.81 higher (+3.0%) at $97.92 per barrel despite a relative lack of geopolitical headlines today. Even with the higher crude prices, investors have rotated out of the energy sector (-1.8%), though it remains one of the best-performing S&P 500 sectors of the week with a 2.2% gain.