Big woop. The index is still about 1.5% away from the all-time intraday high, and let’s not even talk about the Naz. One could argue that the broad market index has been pretty much slowed since the close of Friday the 18th, moving only 8 points (half a percent) in the last 7 trading days days, with 12 of those 8 points (huh?) coming today. This is after moving almost 6% in the previous 37 trading days. Hmm. I wonder …

Top industry performers of the last 7 trading days include Real Estate, Building and Construction, Telecom, and the Homeys. Poor performers of the last 7 trading days include Semis, Gold Miners, Utilities, Banks, and Pharma.

Before this “stalling” action in the index, the top performers of the prior couple of months were Steel, Oil, Metals, and Natural Resources, and the bottom performers were Real Estate, Gold Miners, Retail, and Consumer Services.

From a foreign-market perspective, recent top performers are Mexico, South Korea, India, Taiwan, and Germany, with poor recent performances from China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, South Africa, and Australia.

Before the recent stall, top performers were Brazil, India, China, Canada, and Mexico, with poor performers being Japan, Taiwan, Austria, Switzerland, and Spain.

I don’t know if this is a change in the air, but it could be.