Session brief · Wednesday, April 12, 2017 close
Stocks slipped. 1,795 fell, 603 rose — and consumer staples bucked the tape.
8 of 11 sectors finished lower. Consumer Staples led at +0.52%; Materials lagged at -1.53%.
The biggest liquid gainer was Adaptive Biotechnologies (ADPT), up 108.3% in healthcare.
Among benchmarks, DIA (Dow 30) did best at -0.32% and IWM (Russell 2000) did worst at -1.36%.
Market breadth
2,463 common stocks · previous-session close▲ 603 advancing (24.5%)65 unchanged▼ 1,795 declining (72.9%)
Sectors, cap-weighted
| Sector | Change | Rising | Falling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Staples | +0.52% | 33 | 31 |
| Utilities | +0.48% | 52 | 28 |
| Healthcare | +0.06% | 103 | 187 |
| Communication Services | −0.03% | 26 | 35 |
| Real Estate | −0.16% | 45 | 102 |
| Technology | −0.17% | 66 | 235 |
| Energy | −0.39% | 11 | 63 |
| Financials | −0.79% | 69 | 323 |
| Consumer Discretionary | −0.87% | 60 | 292 |
| Industrials | −0.98% | 39 | 212 |
| Materials | −1.53% | 16 | 148 |
Top gainers
ADPTAdaptive BiotechnologiesHealthcare$2.25+108.3%NBIXNeurocrine BiosciencesHealthcare$51.80+24.9%HCSGHealthcare Services GroupHealthcare$45.55+8.0%FRSHFreshworksTechnology$6.58+7.0%ASPSAltisource Portfolio SolutionsIndustrials$43.51+4.4%GOODGladstone Commercial Corporation - REITReal Estate$22.77+4.2%
Top losers
Most active
Common stocks · $2+ · 500K+ shares · $100M+ market cap · previous-session close. Changes compare the Apr 12, 2017 close with Apr 11, 2017; stocks with unexplained price jumps are excluded.