Markets consolidate gains, consumer discretionaries lead sector action

Yahoo Finance's Jared Blikre breaks down how stocks are trading into the closing bell Wednesday as investors weigh upcoming Fed rate hikes.

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RACHELLE AKUFFO: We're less than two minutes away from the closing bell. So let's bring in Yahoo Finance's Jared Blikre to break down the market action. Hi, Jared.

JARED BLIKRE: Hi, there. And it's looking like a risk-on day as we head into the final minutes. Just want to show you the NASDAQ, now up over 2%. Not a bad day considering where we started. And let's take a look at the sector action. By the way, we did get that statement by Chair Powell through the Wall Street Journal-- "Dear stock market, please drop dead." That is the title of my "Morning Brief" article for tomorrow morning.

But guess what? Stocks did not die today, so maybe that's a problem for the Fed. Deep teaser. Discretionary, that is consumer discretionary. That is up the most, barely by utilities. Both of those up more than 3%. That is followed by materials, financials, communication services, and real estate, kind of a broad-based hodgepodge there. But all of those outperforming.

To the downside, only energy. That is down 1%. Healthcare is a laggard, but still up 1 and 1/2%. And you take a look at some of the beaten down names in NASDAQ 100. We see them doing moderately well today. Here's Tesla. It's up 3%. Alphabet and Amazon up 2%. Apple up less than 1% after announcing its latest Apple Watch price. I think that was $800, $799. Don't quote me on that. But we do want to get a look at the travel sector as we head into the closing bell with seconds to go. United Airlines up 5 and 1/22%.