Tuesday, February 18, 2025

SPX, NDX New All-time Closing High...Energy, Materials, Utilities Lead Sectors...SMCI Leads SPX...INTC Leads NDX...


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SPX +14.95, 6,129, breaks horizontal resistance at a new all-time closing high, on stronger breadth.  The DJI, 44,556, closed +0.02%, and formed a hammer candle.  NDX +0.23% made a new all-time closing high on a HBO trigger. 

TSLA -1.73, -0.49%, channel bounce pause, formed small red candle.

Tuesday EPS reactions: ETR +4.91, +5.95%, CEG +8.30, +2.62%, MDT -6.74, -7.26%.

After-hours EPS reactions: CE -9.30, -13.30%, CDNS -11.78, -3.92%,


Mega caps BRK/B, NVDA, MSFT rose, and AAPL, TSLA, TSM, GOOGL, AMZN, AVGO, META on Tuesday. 


SPY up 1.79 at 611.49 26.7 million shares, below average volume
VIX down .02 at 15.35
QQQ up 1.22 at 539.37

NKE, HON, GS, PG led the DJIA, 21 advancers, +11
SMCI, INTC, WBA, MRNA, ETR led the SPX, 362 advancers,
INTC, MU, GFS, LRCX led the NDX, 69 advancers

Up: IWM, SPY, QQQ, DIA,
Down:

The SPY MFC green is up at 91.4 and is short-term bullish. +3.4.

Eight of eleven sectors were higher on Tuesday led by XLE, XLB and XLU.

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

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

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


69 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Tuesday.

75 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  CEG, BKR, KLAC, CDW, GEHC, ISRG, AEP, ARM, EXC, PAYX, QCOM, AMGN, MELI, META, PDD, ADP, AZN, LIN, SBUX, APP, CTAS, DASH, CRWD, FTNT, GILD, ORLY, ROP, VRSK, VRTX, ZS, CTSH, MDB, NFLX, PLTR, TEAM, CCEP, COST, TMUS, AXON, CSCO, CPRT, IDXX, LRCX, XEL, PANW, ODFL, ABNB, BKNG, MDLZ, TTWO, ADBE, ASML, AVGO, CSX, CHTR, INTC, KDP, AAPL, GFS, NXPI, FAST, MNST, NVDA, SNPS, WBD, ADI, DXCM, MCHP, MU, CDW, CMCSA, CSGP, KHC, MAR, WDAY,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Wednesday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 6
CDW, CMCSA, CSGP, KHC, MAR, WDAY,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 1
ADSK,  



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