Major indices are struggling for direction as the Street awaits a slew of Federal Reserve speakers scheduled to speak today. Loretta Mester kicked it off at 12:00 ET.

• Neel Kashkari Speaks 1:00 PM ET
• Susan Collins Speaks 2:00 PM ET
• Patrick Harker Speaks 7:00 PM ET

The bigger companies are dragging down the Nasdaq with NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) among others down this afternoon. Technology is the worst performer while Materials -with gains from DuPont (DD) - leads the outperforming sectors.

Market breadth shows buyers are more determined than sellers, but chasing winners has become a mixed theme; hence, more new highs than new lows in only one index.

Solid 3-year auction this afternoon, but it didn’t cause much movement in the market.

• The high yield of 4.169% was 8 basis points (bps) when issued
• Close to 15.70% allocated at the high