[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.30%) is in second place on Friday afternoon, up about 22 points.
Briefly, S&P 500 constituents Digital Realty Trust (DLR 203.04, +23.70, +13.22%), SLB (SLB 52.14, +4.92, +10.42%), and Smurfit Westrock plc (SW 47.27, +3.56, +8.14%) pepper the top of the standings. DLR rises following earnings and a TD Cowen upgrade to Buy this morning, SLB also reported earnings, and SW rallies in sympathy to containerboard stocks which found strength after a Truist note about price increases.
Meanwhile, Sandisk (SNDK 1,460.02, -150.30, -9.33%) is today's worst laggard as weakness in AI/semi stocks drags memory plays, including SNDK, lower.