Wednesday, June 18, 2025

SPX, NDX Close Near Unchanged as Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged...Utilities, Real Estate, Technology Led Sectors...Markets Closed for Juneteenth Holiday on Thursday...


© 2025


Markets are closed on Thursday for Juneteenth Holiday and will reopen on Friday.


SPX -1.85, 5,981, opened slightly higher, traded higher during the first hour of trading, pulled back before the Fed announced rates were unchanged at 2 pm ET, traded in a volatile range during the FOMC press conference and closed near unchanged. 

The DJI, 42,171 -0.10%, closed slightly lower.  The NDX +0.00% traded in a range and was up less than one point. 

Breadth strengthened on Wednesday.

TSLA +5.70, +1.80%, traded in a range for a seventh day.

AVGO +1.89, +0.76%, another bull flag bounce pause day.


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


SPY down 0.09 at 597.44, 76.5 million shares, above average volume
VIX down 1.46 at 20.14,
QQQ down 0.09 at 528.99

GS, JPM, MRK, AXP led DJIA, 15 advancers, +11
JBL, VLO, CRWD, LMT led SPX, 236 advancers,
MRVL, DDOG, INTC, TSLA led NDX, 36 advancers,

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

The SPY MFC green line is flat at 89.1 and is counter-trend defensive. -1.9

Five of eleven sectors were higher on Wednesday led by XLU, XLRE and XLK.

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

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

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


36 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Wednesday.

50 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA: COST, CRWD, MNST, NFLX, AXON, CDNS, IDXX, TTWO, CEG, INTU, ZS, ABNB, ADI, AMAT, ARM, AVGO, DDOG, KLAC, LRCX, MCHP, MDB, MSFT, SNPS, NVDA, AMD, AMZN, ASML, CSCO, META, MU, ON, CSX, TXN, MRVL, WBD, DASH, FAST, GOOGL, GILD, PANW, SBUX, AMGN, CCEP, BKR, QCOM, NXPI, CSGP, FANG, PLTR, EA, GEHC, VRTX,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Friday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 2
GEHC, VRTX,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 2
ADSK, AZN,



Add Comments here: 

No comments: