[BRIEFING.COM] The DJIA (+0.6%) is beginning to pull away from the S&P 500 (flat) and Nasdaq Composite (-0.1%) as tech struggles to keep pace with the broader market today.
The information technology sector is now flat for the day, with some softness across chipmakers pushing the PHLX Semiconductor Index 0.3% lower.
In particular, memory storage names such as Western Digital (WDC 261.50, -24.49, -8.56%), Seagate Tech (STX 398.72, -26.28, -6.18%), and Sandisk (SNDK 553.00, -30.40, -5.21%) are sharply lower.
Meanwhile, software stocks are maintaining their early gains, with the iShares GS Software ETF (IGV) up 1.3%.