Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Euro Falls to Lowest Level Since Jan 10, SPX Moves Lower...

Eight of nine sectors moved lower on Tuesday.

The Euro was down 140 pips to 1.302584 at 5pm EDT on Tuesday, its lowest level since Jan 10. TNX was down -0.47 to 19.62. TLT was up $1.10. Financials XLF was down 18 cents.

The broad indexes followed the Euro lower and closed down with the INDU -0.55%, SPX -0.87% , NDX -1.04%, COMPQ -1.26%, and RUT -2.06%. The broad indexes closed below their 30DMA. The SPX moved down -10.74 to close at 1,225.73.

SPY moved down -$1.16 on 244.6 million shares on Tuesday.

The VIX fell -0.26 to 25.41, its lowest close since Oct 28. In another non-confirmation the VIX fell again on a down day.

AAPL, AMZN, BIDU, PCLN and QCOM moved lower on Tuesday.  GOOG was up slightly.

Breadth strengthened as decliners led advancers 2.53 to 1 on the NYSE and weakened slightly 3.32 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

Exchange     NYSE     NASDAQ
Advancers       857           586
Decliners      2,171        1,948

Leading stocks > +2% on Tuesday GRPN, FAZ, UCO

Losing stocks < -2.0% included IL, TSL, ZAGG, LNG, SWKS, UAL, WLT, LNKD, AKS, SOHU, MCP, JDSU, PCX, ESI,INFA, CROX, ATI, FA, CLF, JNPR, CDE, ANR, CIEN, SLW, VECO, TIF, RVBD, F, CF, VMW, KKD, TSLA, CMG, CRUS, GS, STI, SWN, WDC, ENTR, NVDA, CREE, LVS, HLF, GLW, DECK, ANF, SINA, CAT, BAC, COH, CRM, TPX, DE, DOW, CSTR, NDAQ, HAL, FFIV, SLB, RCL, GES

NDX 100 stocks stronger than the NDX included URBN, NIHD, GRMN, NTAP, SIRI, VMED, CTRP, INTU, MSFT and VOD.

Stocks weaker than the NDX include GMCR, SHLD, AMZN, LRCX, RIMM, WCRX, BIDU, WYNN, NFLX and FSLR.

Two NDX stocks MSFT and URBN, closed above the 30 DMA and seventeen stocks including DELL, DTV, ESRX, FAST, GMCR, LRCX, MRVL, MU, PNRA, QCOM and XLNX closed below the 30 DMA leaving 33 NDX stocks above the 30 DMA.

Stocks to Watch on Wednesday
Holding Above 30 DMA = 14
NGLS, UCO, FFIV, NKE, V, WDC, IBM, LDK, NTES, SNDK, UAL, CMG, DLR, SWK
Moving Above 30 DMA = 1
TLT
Moving Below 30 DMA = 8
CSTR, DE, F, HUM, IL, TSL, UNP, X
Staying Below 30 DMA
AKS, ATI, C, CAT, CDE, CLF, CRUS, ENTR, FAS, FCX, GS, ICE, NDAQ, NVDA, SLB, SMH, TBT, URE, ANR, DOW, RCL, TSLA, A, COH, DHR, INFA, CHL, CRM, DECK, HAL, HLF, JNPR, RVBD, STI, VECO, ZION, KKD, LVS, SLW, FAZ, GLW, TIF CIEN, JDSU, VMW, ARUN, CF, CREE, SWN, WLT, MOS, PCX, TPX, GES, SOHU, MCP, BAC, CSTR, POT, SINA, SWKS, ZAGG, LNKD, ANF, ESI, CROX, GRPN

Ten Week Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up
Short Term Market Trend: Down