And now, the new buys are: • Helmerich & Payne (HP): Shares of this contract drilling company have plunged 36% so far this year on concerns over the price of oil and the sustainability of its dividend. Retailers and technology were under pressure in the session, while a rise in consumer price inflation for August stoked fear that the Fed would raise rates sooner than expected. "Between strong economic numbers, robust corporate profits, excitement over tax cuts, and an air of bipartisanship emerging in Washington (as nascent as it may be at this stage), stocks are being well supported.