Some old market leaders try to reassert themselves

Some old market leaders try to reassert themselves

The market as a whole hasn’t gone much of anywhere this morning. As of 11:30 a.m. New York time the Standard & Poor’s 500 was ahead 0.25%; the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 0.54%; and the NASDAQ Composite was down 0.15%. But that apparent non-action hides an effort by some stars of the last rally to reassert leadership