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The S&P 500 is down 0.3%, and the Nasdaq Composite is up 0.2%. Looking at the FAANG stocks shows most trading higher. Amazon (AMZN 3177.99, +59.93, +1.9%) outperforms with a 2% gain, followed by modest gains in Apple (AAPL 115.98, +0.80, +0.7%), Alphabet (GOOG 1772.30, +3.42, +0.2%), and Netflix (NFLX 483.51, +0.64, +0.1%). Facebook (FB 276.16, -0.80, -0.3%) is down slightly. NVIDIA (NVDA 525.89, +7.58, +1.5%) is another mega-cap outperformer, while Microsoft (MSFT 213.40, -0.45, -0.2%) trades slightly lower.