S&P 500 Snapshot: A Fractional Loss On Fractional Volume

 | Apr 22, 2015 12:24AM ET

In the absence of economic news, earning reports grabbed most of the headlines, and they weren't enough to inspire a continuation of the Monday rally. The S&P 500 spiked to its 0.44% intraday high in the third minute of trading. Ten minutes later it had cut two-thirds of the opening gain. The index then trended lower to its mid-afternoon -0.29% low. It closed with a trimmed loss of -0.15%.

Today the yield on the 10-year Note closed at 1.92%, up two bps from the previous close.

Here is a 15-minute chart of the past five sessions.