sharon. the trading action here, mary thompson joins us with the latest.e again, treading water today, mary. >> a little bit, sue. the volume picked up from yesterday the jewish holidays keeping a lid on volume, the average for markets, remain mixed. we see consumer stocks getting a bid today. look at the s & p consumer sector, close to an all-time high, consumer staple, keep in mind. the dow jones trim average has been performing pretty well, lower now, when it does move to the positive territory, these are stocks leading the gains within the dow, the consumer staples, coca comb la, procter & gamb gamble, a four-year high, kraft foods and walmart higher earlier, just turned lower. also very strong today, health care stocks. these two hitting intraday all-time high today, within the dow components. once again, health care stock, drug companies, merck, pfizer, both of these performing well along with johnson & johnson in today's session. the laggard, as was the case yesterday the dow transports, despite the fact we have a little bit of a pull back in crude