Healthcare led, Communication Services lagged, and the index split the difference.
An hour into the session, SPY sat at 776.52, +0.34% on the day. Five sessions running it's +0.90%. VIX 15.0, easing — nobody's paying up for protection.
9 of the eleven sectors were green — an even split under the hood. Healthcare (XLV) led at +1.11%; Communication Services (XLC) brought up the rear at -0.49%. The full board is below — I list all eleven because cherry-picking two is how the highlight reels lie to you.
54% 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 $91.40 (-0.10%), gold $4,213 (+1.35%). Worth a line each, no more.
On the congressional side of the ledger: 15 buys and 60 sales disclosed in the last seven days. Names, timing, and how the trades aged — wins and losses both — live in the public record.
The Disclosure archive → bullishbrainiacs.com/disclosure The leaderboard → bullishbrainiacs.com/leaderboard
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. As always: observations, not advice. I point at things. The deciding is yours.
| Healthcare | XLV | +1.11% |
| Real Estate | XLRE | +1.00% |
| Consumer Discretionary | XLY | +0.73% |
| Energy | XLE | +0.42% |
| Financials | XLF | +0.34% |
| Materials | XLB | +0.26% |
| Technology | XLK | +0.24% |
| Industrials | XLI | +0.14% |
| Utilities | XLU | +0.13% |
| Consumer Staples | XLP | -0.31% |
| Communication Services | XLC | -0.49% |