Major Movers
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The S&P 500 ETF is off 0.2% as energy surges and technology lags. Energy Select jumps 2.1%, with nearly every constituent higher after Brent crude extended gains to 5% above $105 a barrel following the deadliest Houthi attacks on Riyadh so far. Technology Select falls 0.8%, led down by semiconductor names, while Health Care Select also drops 0.8% as Repligen sinks 4.7% and Medtronic gains 1.8%. Consumer Staples Select rises 1.2% broadly, and Consumer Discretionary Select slips 0.3% with Garmin down 4.1%. Financials Select is little changed at -0.1%, Industrials Select falls 0.4%, and Materials Select is flat as Corteva drops 3.0%.
Factors show a defensive tilt: High Beta falls 1.3%, Momentum drops 0.8%, and Growth slips 0.5%, while Value is roughly flat.
Within mega-cap growth, Accenture jumps 4.7%, Philip Morris gains 2.9%, and Chevron and ExxonMobil each add more than 2% on the oil move, while Lam Research, Applied Materials and Broadcom each fall more than 2.5%.
Semiconductor and uranium funds are under pressure, with the Semiconductor ETF down 2.0%, the VanEck Semiconductor ETF off 1.9% and the Uranium ETF down 1.9%, while the Oil & Gas E&P ETF rises 1.9% and the MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF adds 1.2% on the oil spike.
Among single stocks outside the sectors above, chip-related weakness and streaming optimism stand out.
- GoDaddy +4.6%
- Booz Allen Hamilton +3.8%
- Palantir Technologies +3.4%
- Paramount Skydance +3.4%, after its CEO said streaming and studios are outpacing linear declines
- Rollins +3.0%, after saying China is on track to meet its soybean commitment
- Skyworks Solutions -5.2%
- AST SpaceMobile -4.5%
- CoreWeave -4.5%
- Viasat -4.2%
- Nebius Group -4.2%
Among regional and commodity funds, the Invesco China Technology ETF falls 2.9%, the iShares MSCI South Korea ETF drops 2.6%, and the Brent Oil ETF and Crude Oil ETF each jump more than 3% on the Saudi attacks.