Thursday, January 29, 2026

DJI Closed Slightly Higher, SPX Slightly Lower, NDX Closed Lower Led by MSFT -9.99%...After-hours: SNDK, DECK, AAPL, WDC up, KLAC down...


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SPX -9.02, 6,969, opened flat before falling -106 points followed by a day-long recovery to close slightly lower.  Breadth strengthened as advancers increased on both the NYSE and NASDAQ exchanges, but decliners still led on the NASDAQ.  The selloff was primarily led by mega-cap MSFT -9.99%, which had a negative EPS reaction notwithstanding its sales and EPS beat Wednesday after the market closed.

SMH +0.21% opened higher sold off with the tech and the SPX, before recovering to make a new high close on Thursday, as LRCX, ASML, AMAT, TXN, NVDA and MU rose.


After the close, SNDK +14.59%, DECK +12.11%, AAPL +0.72%, WDC +1.01%, rose on positive earnings reactions and KLAC -7.66% fell after both EPS and sales beat.


SPY traded above average volume of 96.6 million shares on Thursday.
VIX closed +0.53, flat at 16.88
NDX -0.53%, mid-channel BO test and re-BO, -0.90% below all-time closing high on October 29, 2025.
DJI, 49,071, +0.11%, white engulfing candle.


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


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

The SPY MFC green line is up to 86.3, and price-action is short-term bullish. +2.3 

Six of eleven sectors were higher and XLU was unchanged on Thursday led by XLC, XLRE and XLF.  Technology -1.58% was the worst performing sector led by MSFT -9.99%.  


39 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.

49 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA: MNST, PCAR, ADI, AMAT, WDC, TXN, DXCM, ODFL, BKNG, MCHP, CMCSA, LIN, HON, KLAC, LRCX, MU, ASML, GOOGL, INTC, MPWR, STX, BKR, SBUX, COST, CPRT, FAST, AEP, MDLZ, ORLY, AMD, AMGN, XEL, EXC, GILD, FANG, FER, MELI, VRTX, AMZN, NVDA, CSX, FTNT, META, CSCO, PEP, CCEP, NXPI, MAR, ROST,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Friday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 2
MAR, ROST,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 7
AZN, CDNS, CRWD, CSGP, DDOG, MSFT, SNPS,



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