An in-between tape: Technology up front, Materials at the back.

An hour into the session, SPY sat at 745.78, +0.34% on the day. Five sessions running it's -0.47%. VIX 18.2, easing — protection is getting bid — somebody's nervous.

4 of the eleven sectors were green — an even split under the hood. Technology (XLK) led at +0.88%; Materials (XLB) brought up the rear at -0.52%. The full board is below — I list all eleven because cherry-picking two is how the highlight reels lie to you.

61% 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 — 16 sessions and counting.

Elsewhere: oil $81.80 (-0.84%), gold $4,003 (-0.23%). 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 10:31 AM ET — the close gets the final word, and it doesn't always agree with the morning. I don't pretend otherwise. None of this is advice. I read the public tape out loud; what you do with it is your own business.