Stocks had a relatively sleepy session on the heels of Monday's rally, with the DJIA (+0.6%) furthering its push into record territory as oil prices continued to fall, while the S&P 500 (-0.6%) and Nasdaq Composite (-1.2%) faced pressure amid a pullback across tech names.

The information technology sector (-2.3%) finished with the widest loss by a considerable margin after posting a 3.4% gain in the previous session. Semiconductor stocks in particular faced some profit-taking, with the PHLX Semiconductor Index (-5.7%) giving back all of yesterday's gains as stocks such as Lumentum (LITE 875.36, -81.88, -8.55%) and Monolithic Power (MPWR 1496.52, -155.77, -9.43%) were among the worst-performing S&P 500 components.

NVIDIA (NVDA 207.42, -5.03, -2.37%) was a "magnificent seven" laggard amid a mostly lower showing across the group, helping drive the Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF 1.1% lower.

For much of the session, it appeared that relative weakness across the mega-cap cohort would have little effect on SpaceX (SPCX 202.09, +9.59, +4.98%). After surrendering most of an early advance during the afternoon, the stock found renewed buying interest into the close and extended its powerful post-IPO run.

As tech charted a lower course, the broader market saw some rotational interest that helped soften the tech-inflicted blow on the major averages. Strength in the broader market was once again supported by a retreat in oil prices, as investors remained optimistic that Friday's planned signing of the U.S.-Iran peace agreement will result in a lasting resolution and help keep energy prices contained. Crude oil futures settled today's session $4.84 lower (-6.0%) at $76.06 per barrel, and the energy sector (-0.4%) was the only other S&P 500 sector to finish with a loss wider than 0.1%.

Meanwhile, seven S&P 500 sectors posted gains, led by the financials sector (+1.5%) as falling oil prices eased growth concerns and supported bank stocks. JPMorgan Chase (JPM 331.14, +11.74, +3.68%) was the best-performing Dow component after Bloomberg reported that L3Harris (LHX 310.45, +6.28, +2.06%) selected JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley (MS 220.83, +2.85, +1.31%) to lead a potential $2 billion IPO of its missile unit, Axyv.

Other cyclical sectors were also among today's outperformers. The majority of stocks in the industrials sector (+0.7%) traded higher, while the materials sector (+0.5%) was supported by another solid showing from construction material names as Treasury yields continued to move lower.

Outside of the S&P 500, the Russell 2000 (-0.9%) and S&P Mid Cap 400 (-0.3%) finished lower.

Corporate news flow was on the lighter side again today, though there were a few notable stock-specific moves. Moderna (MRNA 55.39, +3.26, +6.25%) surged in reaction to upbeat pipeline and commercialization updates, while CoreWeave (CRWV 117.03, +10.32, +9.67%) finished with an even wider gain after the company said it delivered the fastest DeepSeek-V3 671B training performance in the benchmark.

Altogether, today's session reflected a pause in the recent technology-led advance rather than a meaningful deterioration in sentiment. Profit-taking across semiconductor and mega-cap names weighed on the major averages, but continued weakness in oil prices helped support rotation into other areas of the market and kept the broader tone constructive.

Attention now turns to tomorrow's FOMC meeting, where the Fed is widely expected to leave rates unchanged, though investors will be closely monitoring the first meeting under Fed Chair Warsh for clues about the policy outlook and how the Committee views the recent improvement in inflation and energy prices.

U.S. Treasuries continued their upbeat start to the week, sending the 30-year yield to its lowest close since late April while yields on the 5 and 10 year note yields recorded their lowest settlements since mid-May as the market remained optimistic that geopolitical tensions with Iran will become a distant memory soon. The Treasury complex climbed past its early highs in mid-morning action, staying near their best levels after the U.S. Treasury sold $22 billion in 20-year bonds to strong demand. The 2-year note yield settled down two basis points to 4.05%, and the 10-year note yield settled down four basis points to 4.43%. 

• Russell 2000: +18.4% YTD
• S&P Mid Cap 400: +14.9% YTD
• Nasdaq Composite: +13.5% YTD
• S&P 500: +9.7% YTD
• DJIA: +8.2% YTD

Reviewing today's data:

• May Housing Starts 1.177 mln (Briefing.com consensus 1.440 mln); Prior was revised to 1.392 mln from 1.465 mln, May Building Permits 1.413 mln (Briefing.com consensus 1.410 mln); Prior was revised to 1.423 mln from 1.442 mln
  • The key takeaway from the report is that the weakness in starts was concentrated on the multi-unit side, as starts there were down 40.2% month-over-month, yet it would be remiss not to mention that single-unit starts in the South-the largest homebuilding region-were down 5.2% month-over-month.
• May Import Prices 1.9%; Prior was revised to 2.0% from 1.9%
• May Import Prices ex-oil 0.8%; Prior was revised to 0.6% from 0.8%
• May Export Prices 1.3%; Prior was revised to 3.5% from 3.3%
• May Export Prices ex-ag. 1.2%; Prior was revised to 3.7% from 3.4%