S&P 500 Sectors Close Mixed; Telecom Leads With 1.35% Gain, Utilities Lags

The dispersion here is modest, with a single sector move above 1% and no sector down more than a third of a percent, so this reads as rotation rather than a directional session. The split is notable: growth-tilted sectors led while defensives like utilities and healthcare lagged, a pattern that typically signals risk appetite holding up. Whether that leadership persists across a full week, or proves to be a single-session tilt, is the open question worth tracking.