[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (-1.2%), Nasdaq Composite (-1.4%), and DJIA (-1.2%) trade in a relatively stable range modestly above their session lows.
CNBC reports that the housing affordability bill, which includes a ban on investors buying single-family homes, has cleared the Senate.
Homebuilders are among the laggards today in the consumer discretionary sector (-1.7%), with the iShares Dow Jones US Home ETF down 2.0%.