U.S. stocks weekly: Super-sized
** S&P 500 .SPX advances second straight week, adds 1.4% amid super-sized Fed rate cut euphoria .N
** Dow .DJI, SPX score new highs, though there are orbs of influence out there
** And for the Nasdaq composite .IXIC, still down ~4% from its record highs, once again, it's make-or-break for breadth, in what has been a land of confusion
** Most sectors go big: Energy and Communication Services pack on the pounds, while Consumer Staples and Real Estate trim down most
** Energy .SPNY expands 3.8%. Group tracks crude prices higher, and following large rate cut, dip in U.S. supply O/R
** Financials .SPSY swell 2.4%. Money-center banks rise after Fed's jumbo rate cut, and regional banks rally as deposit costs concerns soothed
S&P 500 banks index .SPXBK up 4.3% and KBW regional banking index .KRX up ~3%
** Consumer Discretionary .SPLRCD up 2.3%. Nike NKE.N jumps as co veteran Elliott Hill to take helm as CEO
** Utilities .SPLRCU surge 2%. Constellation Energy CEG.O hits record high on power supply deal with Microsoft MSFT.O for AI and cloud computing, to resurrect Three Mile Island nuclear plant. CEG notches 30% weekly gain. Sector scores record closing high on Fri
** Industrials .SPLRCI up 2%. Though FedEx FDX.N biggest SPX loser, deflates 11%, after dour forecast as speedy delivery demand wanes
** Tech .SPLRCT tacks on 1%. Intel INTC.O rises on partnership to produce custom chips for Amazon.com AMZN.O, and lifts Fri on report Qualcomm QCOM.O recently approached co for takeover
Chipmakers rise after Fed rate cut, semiconductor index .SOX ekes out fractional weekly gain
** Consumer Staples .SPLRCS shed 1.2%. Colgate-Palmolive CL.N falls after Wells Fargo turns bearish, and PepsiCo PEP.O slips as Morgan Stanley downgrades to "equal-weight"
** Meanwhile, AAII bulls bulk up and when it comes to investing style factors, momentum is out front, but is there a shift afoot?
** SPX performance YTD:
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(Lance Tupper and Terence Gabriel are Reuters market analysts. The views expressed are their own)
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