Список проголосовавших за комментарий " Midday Market Summary: Equity Indices Flat at Midday<p>The major averages have ticked down in recent action, with the S&P 500 (-0.1%) exchanging a slim gain for a slim loss. The Nasdaq (+0.1%) and the Dow (+0.2%) still hold a portion of their early gains, but have also given up some ground amid a recent uptick in the Treasury market.</p><p>Demand for U.S. Treasuries has picked up this afternoon, pushing the government-issued debt to a new session high. The benchmark 10-yr yield, which was up two basis points this morning, is currently lower by three basis points at 2.38%.</p><p>Sectors are divided fairly evenly with five posting gains and six holding losses. The consumer staples sector (+0.6%) has emerged as the day's leader, with the top-weighted technology sector (+0.4%) just a step behind. <strong>Apple</strong> (AAPL 131.85, +1.56) has underpinned the tech space's performance again, trading higher by 1.2%.</p><p>Industrials (+0.3%) are also in the mix for the top spot on today's leaderboard, with <strong>Emerson Electric</strong> (EMR 62.49, +2.63) leading the charge. EMR shares have jumped 4.4% after the company reported better than expected top and bottom lines this morning in addition to raising earnings guidance for 2017.</p><p><strong>General Motors</strong> (GM 35.05, -1.76) also produced a positive earnings report this morning, beating earnings and revenue estimates. However, the earnings beat may have taken a back seat to the company's 3.8% year-over-year decline in January sales. Shares of GM trade lower by 4.9%.</p><p>The consumer discretionary sector (-0.1%) has been weighed down by GM and other automakers, joining materials (-0.7%) and energy (-1.6%) in negative territory. The energy space has suffered from a 2.0% loss from crude oil as an uptick in U.S. production, signs of slowing demand growth, and a 0.4% climb in the U.S. Dollar Index (100.20, +0.36) have weighed on the commodity. WTI crude currently trades at $51.92/bbl.</p><p>Although the U.S. Dollar Index continues trading in the green, it has backed away from its high. The index has cut its gain in half due to a recent rebound in the Japanese yen (111.90) and the euro (1.0693).</p><p>Economic data reported this morning included December Trade Balance and December Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey:</p><ul><li>The December trade balance showed a deficit of $44.3 billion while the Briefing.com consensus expected the deficit to hit $45.0 billion. The previous month's deficit was revised to $45.7 billion from $45.2 billion.<ul><li>The key takeaway from the report is that it could stir the political trade pot since there were trade deficits recorded with China, the European Union, Japan, Germany, and Mexico. That isn't new, yet there's a new administration that isn't too fond of that dynamic.</li></ul></li><li>The December Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed that job openings decreased to 5.501 million from a revised 5.505 million (from 5.522 million) in November.</li></ul><p>The Consumer Credit report (Briefing.com consensus $19.4 billion), which will be released at 3:00 pm ET, will be the last economic report of the day.</p>"