Session brief · Tuesday, January 17, 2017 close
Stocks edged lower. 1,615 fell, 773 rose — and consumer staples bucked the tape.
7 of 11 sectors finished lower. Consumer Staples led at +1.00%; Financials lagged at -1.86%.
The biggest liquid gainer was Benitec Biopharma (BNTC), up 62.2% in healthcare.
Among benchmarks, QQQ (Nasdaq-100) did best at -0.30% and IWM (Russell 2000) did worst at -1.36%.
Market breadth
2,451 common stocks · previous-session close▲ 773 advancing (31.5%)63 unchanged▼ 1,615 declining (65.9%)
Sectors, cap-weighted
| Sector | Change | Rising | Falling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Staples | +1.00% | 42 | 22 |
| Utilities | +0.92% | 57 | 26 |
| Real Estate | +0.84% | 104 | 40 |
| Energy | +0.42% | 42 | 28 |
| Communication Services | −0.17% | 14 | 45 |
| Materials | −0.38% | 50 | 116 |
| Consumer Discretionary | −0.59% | 121 | 226 |
| Technology | −0.59% | 58 | 235 |
| Healthcare | −0.64% | 64 | 221 |
| Industrials | −0.67% | 52 | 198 |
| Financials | −1.86% | 73 | 333 |
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Common stocks · $2+ · 500K+ shares · $100M+ market cap · previous-session close. Changes compare the Jan 17, 2017 close with Jan 13, 2017; stocks with unexplained price jumps are excluded.