Список проголосовавших за комментарий " Midday Market Summary: Averages Near Session Highs at Midday<p>A risk-on tone has been underlying today's session as the major averages have advanced steadily since the opening bell. All three have hit fresh session highs in recent action, and currently hold gains around 0.5% apiece.</p><p>Sector standings tell the same story as investors have favored growth-sensitive sectors over their safer, non-cyclical counterparts. All six cyclical sectors are in the green, with materials (+2.3%) pacing the advance. <strong>DuPont</strong> (DD 75.93, +3.14) set the sector's tone earlier this morning, beating earnings estimates and announcing that its merger with <strong>Dow Chemical</strong> (DOW 59.11, +1.97) is expected to close in the first half of 2017. In addition, <strong>Alcoa</strong> (AA 38.07, +1.78) has jumped 4.9% ahead of its quarterly report, which will be released after today's closing bell. </p><p>Sitting just below the top of the leaderboard are the financial (+1.2%) and energy (+1.1%) sectors. The financial sector has returned into the green for the year while energy has narrowed its January loss to 1.2%. Energy has moved in tandem with crude oil, which has added 1.3% as reports of lower production from key exporters have outweighed an uptick in U.S. drilling. Information technology has also contributed to the strong showing from the cyclical side, adding 0.7% on a big day from chipmakers; the PHLX Semiconductor Index is up 1.4%.</p><p>On the non-cyclical side, telecom services (-3.2%), health care (-0.9%), and real estate (-0.2%) are all posting losses. However, the consumer staples sector has been able to resist the trend, outperforming the broader market with a 0.5% gain. The space's uptick has stemmed from an upbeat response to <strong>Kimberly Clark's</strong> (KMB 121.37, +4.39) better than expected earnings report. </p><p>Also on the earnings front, <strong>DR Horton</strong> (DHI 29.75, +1.01) has jumped 5.5% after reporting better-than-expected earnings and revenues this morning. The name has given a boost to its homebuilding peers, evidenced by the 3.5% increase in the <strong>iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF</strong> (ITB 28.89, +0.98).</p><p>The Treasury market is the last piece to the risk-on narrative, hitting a fresh session low in recent action. The benchmark 10-yr yield is up five basis points at 2.45%.</p><p>Today's economic data was limited to December Existing Home Sales:</p><ul><li>Existing home sales for December decreased 2.8% from November to an annualized rate of 5.49 million units while the Briefing.com consensus expected a reading of 5.55 million.<ul><li>The key takeaway from the report is that inventory constraints, rising prices, and higher mortgage rates remain a key obstacle to stronger sales activity.</li></ul></li></ul>"