Thursday, January 4, 2024

SPX Opens and Closes Lower after Piper Downgrades AAPL to Neutral...Health Care, Financial, Industrial Sectors Rise...Jobs Report Friday BMO...


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The SPX -16.13, 4,688.68 opened lower for a third day, traded in a range and closed just below its Dec 20 short-term support on a selloff during the final 15 minutes of trading before Friday morning’s Jobs Report at 8:30 am ET. 

Piper Sandler downgraded AAPL to neutral before the open, creating selling pressure in the tech sector which closed as the second weakest sector on Thursday.  As we mentioned Wednesday, AAPL, as a bellwether for the technology industry, NDX and SPX continues as a key to either a short-term bounce or break of support.


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


SPY down 1.51 at 467.28 on 84.1 million shares, above average volume, closed lower on lower volume. 
VIX up .09 at 14.13
QQQ down 2.05 at 396.28


MRK, AMGN, AXP, JPM led the DJIA, 16 advancers, +7
CCL, EPAM, DG, PODD led the SPX, 248 advancers 
MRVL, VRTX, DXCM, MELI led the NDX, 47 advancers.

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

Up:  DIA,
DownIWM, SPY, QQQ,

Three of eleven sectors were higher on Thursday, led by XLV, XLF and XLI.

The SPY MFC green line is pointed down at 80.8 and is counter-trend defensive. 

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


The 6-month intermediate trend is up.  The ten-day trend is down.

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


47 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.

60 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  LULU, DLTR, INTC, AEP, CRWD, CTAS, ROST, TMUS, DXCM, KDP, AMD, HON, QCOM, KHC, COST, PCAR, PDD, WDAY, ZS, BKNG, MAR, IDXX, ISRG, CSX, CTSH, TXN, XEL, MRNA, TEAM, REGN, AMGN, GILD, ILMN, BIIB, WBA, AVGO, MRVL, MU, ANSS, FTNT, GEHC, SIRI, AZN, META, VRTX, CSCO, CCEP, SPLK, TTWO, FANG, GOOG, GOOGL, MNST, ADP, MDLZ, PEP, ADSK, NFLX, VRSK, WBD,


NDX Stocks to Watch on Friday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 4
ADSK, NFLX, VRSK, WBD,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 5
BKR, CMCSA, GFS, NXPI, ON,



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