According to Reuters, the S&P 500 is on track for its largest December decline since 1931.<br />Although the benchmark index is trading up on the last day of the year, it is down 8-percent over the last month of 2018.<br />The S&P 500 rose about half a percent during morning trading on Dec. 31st, adding about 14-points, and rising to 2,499.<br />Nine of the S&P's top eleven sectors were trading higher on the day, but only two are on track to end the year higher.<br />The healthcare and utilities are on pace to end 2018 higher, but the S&P's energy, materials, industrials, communication services, and financial sectors are down between 15-and-21 percent each. <br />
