Tuesday, January 9, 2024

SPX Closes Slightly Lower after Monday's Strong Rally...Consumer Staples, Technology Sectors Rise...VIX Falls...NVDA Leads Mega Caps...


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The SPX -7.04, 4,756.50 opened lower after Samsung (SSNLF) surprised markets overnight with an expected 35% drop in Q4 profits due to semiconductor pricing.  The SPX trended higher after its lower open, regaining much of the pullback and closed slightly lower.  The SPX did stay above Monday's S-1 level.


CPI report Thursday, Jan 11.  PPI report Friday, Jan 12.

Earnings Season unofficially starts Friday, January 12 with JPM, BAC, C, WFC, BK, BLK, DAL, UNH reporting BMO.


Mega caps NVDA, AMZN, GOOGL, MSFT rose and AAPL, META, TSLA fell on Tuesday.


SPY down .72 at 473.88 on 65.8 million shares, below average volume, closed lower on lower volume. 
VIX down .32 at 12.76
QQQ up .80 at 405.75


MRK, WMT, PG, UNH led the DJIA, 10 advancers, -13
JNPR, CTLT, MTCH, RMD led the SPX, 144 advancers 
CRWD, DASH, ILMN, PANW led the NDX, 46 advancers.


The two-year trend term is sideways.  The one-year trend is up.

Up:  QQQ,
DownSPY, DIA, IWM,

Two of eleven sectors were higher on Tuesday, led by XLP, XLK and XLV.

The SPY MFC green line turned up at 73.2 and is short-term bullish. 


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

The 6-month intermediate trend is up.  The ten-day trend is up a little.

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


46 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Tuesday.

63 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  DLTR, INTC, AEP, CRWD, CTAS, ROST, TMUS, DXCM, AMD, QCOM, KHC, COST, PCAR, PDD, ZS, BKNG, MAR, IDXX, ISRG, CSX, TXN, XEL, MRNA, TEAM, REGN, AMGN, GILD, ILMN, BIIB, WBA, AVGO, MRVL, MU, ANSS, FTNT, GEHC, SIRI, AZN, META, VRTX, CSCO, CCEP, SPLK, GOOG, MNST, ADP, MDLZ, ADSK, CMCSA, NVDA, PYPL, ABNB, AMZN, CTSH, DASH, DDOG, GFS, GOOGL, INTU, LRCX, MSFT, NFLX, WDAY, EA, PANW, TTWO,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Wednesday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 3
EA, PANW, TTWO,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 7
ASML, FANG, HON, KLAC, LULU, PEP, WBD,




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