Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Broad Rally Post Election...DJIA Above 26,000... SPX Highest Close Since Oct 9 Led by Healthcare and Tech...




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NXPI replaced CA in the Nasdaq 100, Monday Nov. 5 before the open.

Earnings season continued on Wednesday. Positive reactions included TWLO, ETSY, XEC, DVA, PXD, and HUM.  Negative reactions: COTY, KORS, MB, GDDY, DLPH, 

The DJIA, closed up 545 points at 26,180led by strength in UNH, AAPL, MMM, CAT and BA.  This is the sixth close above 25,000 in six days and the first close above 26,000 since Oct 9.

All eleven sectors were higher on Wednesday, led by healthcare XLV +2.94% and technology XLK +2.94%.

SPY up 5.89 at 281.01 on 102.7 million shares, 14% below average volume. Up on higher volume.
VIX down 3.55 at 16.36 
Oil down .18 at 61.59
TLT up .15 at 112.52 on 9.3 million shares. 

CAT +4.46%, UNH +4.21%, led the DJIA, 29 advancers, +7.
XEC +12.07%, DVA +9.86%and CNC +9.23%, led the SPX.
ALGN +6.95%, WDAY +6.86%, AMZN +6.86%, and ILMN +6.18% led the NDX.

Intermediate and long term up trend intact.  3-day short term trend is up.

Up: QQQ, DIA, SPY, IWM
Down:

Breadth strengthened on Wednesday, as advancers led 2,249 to 712 on the NYSE and led 2,099 to 942 on the NASDAQ

The SPY MFC green line is pointed up at 45 and is bullish.

Uptrend sectors:   XLU, XLP,
Neutral sectors:  XLV, XLRE,
Down trend sectors: XLK, XLY, XLI, XLF, XLE, XLC, XLB,

The 6-month intermediate and long-term trends are still up.  The three-month trend is down.  The ten-day trend is down.

3-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Down
3-day Short Term Market TrendUp

92 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Wednesday.

69 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.  SBUX, WBA, CDNS, TSLA, PEP, XLNX, ROST, CMCSA, DLTR, ESRX, EXPE, INTC, QRTEA, SHPG, CHTR, COST, MELI, TMUS, AAL, ADI, BKNG, FOXA, INCY, LRCX, MDLZ, NTES, SIRI, STX, ULTA, MNST, NXPI, PYPL, SYMC, CSCO, FAST, HAS, HOLX, KLAC, MCHP, MYL, VRSK, WDAY,


NDX Stocks to Watch on Thursday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 27
ADBE, ADP, ADSK, ALXN, AMAT, ASML, AVGO, BIIB, BMRN, CHKP, CSX, CTXS, FISV, HSIC, ILMN, INTU, ISRG, JD, LBTYA, MSFT, MXIM, ORLY, PAYX, SNPS, VRTX, WYNN, XRAY

Moving Below 30 DMA = 0


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