Список проголосовавших за комментарий " <table class="BriefingDataTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td class="tickerColumn"> </td> <td class="articleColumn">Midday Market Summary: Averages Trade Higher at Midday<p>The major averages climbed to fresh record highs following Tuesday's opening bell, but squandered a portion of their early gains ahead of comments from Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker (FOMC voter). The S&P 500 and the Dow are both up near 0.5%, while the Nasdaq (+0.3%) lags at midday.</p><p>Mr. Harker didn't provide any new information during his speech today, reiterating his belief that three rate hikes are appropriate for 2017. Still, the event prompted investors to displayed caution in light of Mr. Harker's statements over the weekend, in which he expressed that a March rate hike is on the table.</p><p>U.S. Treasuries displayed losses in the early going, but they are now just below their flat lines. Mr. Harker's hawkish tone has been largely offset by dovish comments from Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari (FOMC voter). Mr. Kashkari stated that the U.S. labor market has «more room to run,» suggesting that he believes there is no hurry for the Fed to raise rates. The benchmark 10-yr yield remains unchanged at 2.42% after showing a four basis point gain this morning.</p><p>Through all the noise, the fed funds futures market continues pointing to June as the most likely time for the next hike to be announced with an implied probability of 70.9%. The implied probability of a March rate hike did tick up slightly, to 22.1% from Friday's 17.7%.</p><p>All eleven sectors trade in the green early this afternoon with energy (+0.9%) leading the advance. The space has profited from a 1.5% rally in crude oil, which comes on the heels of last week's headlines regarding OPEC possibly extending oil production cuts or engaging in deeper ones. The news has overshadowed an increase in U.S. inventories, which hover near record highs.</p><p>Earnings news has been highlighted by retailers, which have pushed the <strong>SPDR S&P 500 Retail ETF</strong> (XRT 44.13, +0.31) higher by 0.7%. <strong>Wal-Mart</strong> (WMT 71.60, +2.23) has been the biggest post-earnings gainer, adding 3.2%, after the company beat earnings per share estimates and raised its dividend.</p><p>The consumer staples sector has responded to Wal-Mart's upbeat earnings report with a 0.7% gain. The remaining sectors show gains between 0.2% (materials) and 0.7% (real estate).</p><p>Investors did not receive any economic data on Tuesday.</p></td> </tr></table>"