[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.5%), Nasdaq Composite (+1.1%), and DJIA (unch) are little changed from previous levels as the market enters the final hour of the session.
Advancers continue to outpace decliners by a modest ratio on both the NYSE and Nasdaq, though sector strength skews towards the negative, with eight S&P 500 sectors trading lower.
Mega-cap stocks remain among the outperformers, with the Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF up 0.7%, contributing to the outperformance of the market-weighted S&P 500 (+0.5%) compared to the S&P 500 Equal Weighted Index (+0.2%).