Dow +107.48 at 34608.21, Nasdaq +80.71 at 13829.55, S&P +19.99 at 4471.13
The three major indices climbed to their best levels so far over the last half hour. Volume is below-average at the NYSE to this point in the session.
Ten of the 11 of the S&P 500 sectors trade in positive territory.
The energy sector (+1.4%) leads the lineup by a decent margin followed by the information technology sector (+0.9%). Meanwhile, the industrial (-0.2%) sector sits alone in the red.
The A-D line turned positive recently. Advancers have a better than 3-to-2 lead over decliners at the NYSE and a fractional lead at the Nasdaq.