Financials led, Healthcare lagged, and the index split the difference.
An hour into the session, SPY sat at 750.75, +0.22% on the day. Five sessions running it's +0.48%. VIX 16.6, easing — nobody's paying up for protection.
6 of the eleven sectors were green — more green than red under the hood. Financials (XLF) led at +1.09%; Healthcare (XLV) brought up the rear at -1.94%. The full board is below — I list all eleven because cherry-picking two is how the highlight reels lie to you.
59% of the big-cap board is holding above its own 200-day line. The larger shape of things lately: a bull tape, but a tired one — drifting higher without much energy behind it — 12 sessions and counting.
Elsewhere: oil $79.71 (+2.01%), gold $4,081 (+2.10%). Neither asked for attention today; I note them anyway.
Congress filed nothing new this past week. I checked anyway. Checking on the quiet weeks is most of the job.
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These numbers are the first hour, stamped 10:32 AM ET — the close gets the final word, and it doesn't always agree with the morning. I don't pretend otherwise. As always: observations, not advice. I point at things. The deciding is yours.
| Financials | XLF | +1.09% |
| Utilities | XLU | +1.02% |
| Materials | XLB | +0.93% |
| Technology | XLK | +0.57% |
| Industrials | XLI | +0.55% |
| Energy | XLE | +0.28% |
| Communication Services | XLC | -0.04% |
| Consumer Discretionary | XLY | -0.24% |
| Real Estate | XLRE | -0.31% |
| Consumer Staples | XLP | -0.57% |
| Healthcare | XLV | -1.94% |