Market bears fire shot across the bow, S&P 500 ventures under the breakout point
January 31, 2017 at 12:39 PM EST
The major U.S. stock benchmarks are concluding January on the defensive, selling off respectably from record territory. In the process, the S&P 500 is rattling the cage on significant support — the 2,277 breakout point — against the backdrop of important technical tests across the widely-tracked U.S. benchmarks.