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Comm. Serv. suffered biggest loss today with Materials and Energy among gainers (the latter now leading YTD); small caps underperformed with Russell 2000 Value falling most and remaining in last place YTD pic.twitter.com/AcbPRkLvlV

April Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index fell further to -8 vs. -5 est. & -7 in prior month … new orders improved but stayed in contraction; both shipments and production fell further into contraction; prices paid moved higher … employment fell back into contraction pic.twitter.com/CEJHSblnhh

Down less than half a percent today for the S&P 500. Given where it opened, this was a nice change from what we were seeing a week ago. Back then, the selling would get heavy as the day wore on.

If the Dow rises today for the 5th straight day, it would be the first time that’s happened since December. @CNBC @peterschack #SchackAlert 🔥 pic.twitter.com/qbtKwM5qfJ