Список проголосовавших за комментарий " Midday Market Summary: Averages Hold Gains at Midday<p>The major averages hover at fresh record highs at midday after spending the first half in a steady ascent. The S&P 500 (+0.3%) has extended its weekly gain to 0.8% while the Nasdaq (+0.4%) is set to end the week higher by 1.2%.</p><p>Today's modest uptick has been a continuation of yesterday's advance that was spurred by President Trump's promise to make a «phenomenal» tax-related announcement in the coming weeks. Mr. Trump didn't supply any specific details of the plan, but his statement did provide a psychological boost to push the stock market out of its recent sideways trend.</p><p>Energy (+1.1%) has provided solid sector leadership thanks to a 1.9% climb in crude oil. The commodity trades at $54.02/bbl following a bullish International Energy Agency report which showed a 90.0% OPEC compliance with agreed-upon production cuts and increased oil demand growth forecast for 2017.</p><p>The top-weighted technology (+0.2%) and financial (+0.1%) sectors haven't been able to keep pace with the benchmark index thus far. Financials trade mixed while technology has been weighed down by lackluster performance from <strong>Apple</strong> (AAPL 132.21, -0.21) and chipmakers. The PHLX Semiconductor Index trades flat as a solid gain in <strong>Qualcomm</strong> (QCOM 54.10, +1.22) has been counter-balanced by losses in <strong>Micron Technology</strong> (MU 24.00, -0.45) and <strong>NVIDIA</strong> (NVDA 114.96, -1.41).</p><p>NVIDIA's 1.0% loss has resulted from a sell-the-news response after the company justified its huge 55.8% gain in the fourth quarter by beating top and bottom line estimates and issuing upbeat first quarter guidance after yesterday's close.</p><p>The consumer discretionary sector was also represented on the earnings front, with <strong>Skechers</strong> (SKX 27.90, +4.62) and <strong>Yelp</strong> (YELP 36.25, -5.24) providing mixed results. SKX has spiked 19.7% after reporting above-consensus revenues and upbeat Q1 revenue guidance, while YELP has plunged 13.1% after issuing worse than expected first quarter revenue guidance.</p><p>On the countercyclical side, the influential health care space (+0.3%) trades just a tick below the broader market. On the other hand, the lightly-weighted utilities and real estate sectors outperform with gains of 0.6% and 0.5%, respectively.</p><p>Today's economic data has included January Export/Import Prices and the preliminary Michigan Sentiment Index for February:</p><ul><li>Import prices excluding oil declined 0.2% in January after ticking down 0.1% in December (revised from -0.2%). Export prices excluding agriculture increased 0.1% in January after rising 0.4% in December.<ul><li>The key takeaway from the report is that nonfuel import prices remain in check, but nonetheless, inflation concerns could get dialed up just a bit on the notion of a potential pass-through effect should higher fuel prices persist.</li></ul></li><li>The preliminary reading of the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index for February declined to 95.7 (Briefing.com consensus 97.9) from 98.5 in the prior month.<ul><li>While consumer sentiment faded, the key takeaway is that it is still high, as there have only been five higher readings in the past decade.</li></ul></li></ul><p>Investors will also receive the January Treasury Budget at 2:00 pm ET.</p>"