Список проголосовавших за комментарий " Midday Market Summary: Averages Trade Lower at Midday<p>Investors have taken some money off the table in the first half of Monday's session, cashing in on the stock market's record highs. The Dow (-0.3%) has a slight edge on the S&P 500 (-0.5%) while the Nasdaq (-0.6%) lags.</p><p>Some news headlines over the weekend may have had a small part in today's mild pullback, but, more than likely, they've just been used as a convenient excuse for investors to rein in a stock market that may have gone too far, too fast.</p><p>Nonetheless, it's worth pointing out that North Korea fired four ballistic missiles into the sea within Japan's economic zone early this morning. Also, <strong>Deutsche Bank</strong> (DB) led Germany's DAX 0.6% lower after announcing an $8.5 billion capital raise through the issuance of new stock.</p><p>The financial sector (-0.8%) has once again filled the leadership role in today's session, only this time it is leading to the downside. The sector has frequently found itself in a leadership role since the presidential election on November 8, pacing the stock market's big gains.</p><p>Conversely, the utilities (-0.1%) and energy (unch) groups have shown relative strength today.</p><p>The energy sector's outperformance has come despite the 0.4% slip in crude oil, which is suffering at the hand of a 0.4% increase in the U.S. Dollar Index (101.72, +0.36). WTI crude currently trades at $53.10/bbl.</p><p>On the corporate front, airlines have suffered heavy losses in today's session after news that <strong>Delta Air Lines</strong> (DAL 48.37, -1.75) cut its first quarter unit revenue guidance in light of more moderate than expected unit revenues in February. Still, despite the negative influence, the industrial sector (-0.6%) performs in line with the broader market.</p><p>The remaining sectors--consumer discretionary, materials, technology, health care, consumer staples, telecom services, and real estate-- are showing losses between 0.3% (health care) and 0.7% (materials).</p><p>U.S. Treasuries also hold losses, squandering modest overnight gains. The benchmark 10-yr yield trades two basis points higher at 2.50%.</p><p>Today's lone economic report, January Factory Orders, crossed the wires this morning:</p><ul><li>The Factory Orders Report for January showed an increase of 1.2% while the Briefing.com consensus expected a increase of 1.0%. The December reading was left unrevised at 1.3%.<ul><li>The key takeaway from the report is that it should contribute to some slight upward revisions to economists' first quarter GDP estimates since shipments of nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft were not down as much as the advanced report for durable goods indicated.</li></ul></li></ul>"