An in-between tape: Materials up front, Utilities at the back.
An hour into the session, SPY sat at 765.23, +0.46% on the day. Five sessions running it's -0.12%. VIX 15.4, easing — nobody's paying up for protection.
7 of the eleven sectors were green — an even split under the hood. Materials (XLB) led at +1.86%; Utilities (XLU) brought up the rear at -0.85%. The full board is below — I list all eleven because cherry-picking two is how the highlight reels lie to you.
69% 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 — 6 sessions and counting.
Elsewhere: oil $89.44 (-0.86%), gold $4,441 (+2.14%). Worth a line each, no more.
On the congressional side of the ledger: 1 buy and 13 sales disclosed in the last seven days. Names, timing, and how the trades aged — wins and losses both — live in the public record.
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These numbers are the first hour, stamped 10:30 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.
| Materials | XLB | +1.86% |
| Communication Services | XLC | +1.67% |
| Financials | XLF | +1.28% |
| Healthcare | XLV | +1.05% |
| Consumer Discretionary | XLY | +0.37% |
| Industrials | XLI | +0.09% |
| Consumer Staples | XLP | +0.01% |
| Technology | XLK | -0.10% |
| Energy | XLE | -0.15% |
| Real Estate | XLRE | -0.72% |
| Utilities | XLU | -0.85% |