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The broader market is split at midweek, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite down 76 points (-0.65%) to 11,661, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 193 (+0.60%) to 32,353, and the S&P 500 adds 15 (+0.38%) to 4,016. Action comes on above average volume (NYSE 404 mln vs. avg. of 356 mln; NASDAQ 2,717 mln vs. avg. of 2,499 mln), with mixed advancers and decliners (NYSE 2081/1082, NASDAQ 2018/2300) and new lows outpacing new highs (NYSE 4/85, NASDAQ 1/296).

Relative Strength:

US Nat Gas-UNG +5.8%, US Oil-USO +5.4%, Oil Svcs.-OIH +4.9%, Energy-XLE +3.7%, Rare Earth Metals-REMX +3.5%, Platinum-PPLT +3.5%, Lithium-LIT +3.4%, Brazil-EWZ +2.5%, Latin Am. 40-ILF +2.4%, Sweden-EWD +2.4%, Chile-ECH +2.1%, S. Africa-EZA +2.1%, Italy-EWI +1.9%, Spain-EWP +1.7%

Relative Weakness:

Clean Energy-PBW -3.3%, Pakistan-PAK -2.4%, Short-Term Futures-VXX -1.8%, Turkey-TUR -1.5%, Cons. Discretionary-XLY -1.1%, Saudi Arabia-KSA -1.0%, Tech-XLK -1.0%, Cloud Computing-SKYY -0.9%, Software-IGV -0.8%, Homebuilders-XHB -0.8%, Thailand-THD -0.7%, Taiwan-EWT -0.4%, Poland-EPOL -0.3%, Philippines-EPHE -0.2%