SPX Ends Year Unchanged...INDU and NDX Finish Up...RUT Down...

All nine sectors moved lower on Friday, the last trading day of 2011.  XLE, XLB and XLV were the strongest sectors. 

Money Flow

Euro      -3 pips      1.2958

TNX       -0.26           18.71

TLT       +0.39         121.25

XLF        -0.07          13.00

SPX       -5.42      1,257.60

VIX        +0.75          23.40

NDX -0.31%

COMPQ -0.32%

SPX -0.43%

RUT -0.54%

INDU -0.57%

Money Flow followed the Euro lower as bonds rose and TNX, XLF and SPX moved lower.  The VIX rose confirming the drop in the SPX.

  

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SPY moved down -62 cents on light holiday week volume of 95.3 million shares on Friday.

Breadth weakened as decliners led advancers 1.10 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.16 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

Exchange        NYSE        NASDAQ

Advancers       1,427          1,196

Decliners         1,577          1,398

BIDU and GOOG moved higher.  AAPL, AMZN, PCLN and QCOM moved lower.

The SPX finished 2011 at 1,257.60 compared with 1,257.64 on Dec 31, 2010, essentially unchanged.  SPX leaders included COG, EP and HUM.

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The INDU finished at 12,217.56,  up 640 points from 11,557.51 on Dec 31, 2010.  INDU included MCD, PFE and IBM.
 

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The NDX closed at 2,277.83, up 60 points from 2,217.86 on Dec 31, 2010.  NDX leaders included ALXN, BIIB and ROST.

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Leading stocks > +2% on Friday ZAGG, ANR, X, PCX, NTES, MCP, HAL

Losing stocks < -2.0% included LDK, GRPN, DECK, TPX, SINA

NDX 100 stocks stronger than the NDX included STX, FSLR, BIDU, VRTX, RIMM, VOD, CTSH, GILD, GOLD and ESRX.

Stocks weaker than the NDX include SHLD, FOSL, ROST, GMCR, PCLN, HANS, MYL, FAST, GRMN and ORLY.

Six NDX stocks AMAT, ESRX, INFY, MRVL, NTAP and STX closed above their 30 DMA and three BIIB, CSCO and SRCL closed below making 59 NDX stocks above their 30 DMA. 

Stocks to Watch on Tuesday

Holding Above 30 DMA = 39

V, WDC, LDK, DLR, CSTR, IL, URE, GES, CMG, DE, DOW, ENTR, FAS, HUM, SWK, UNP, F, NKE, UCO, ATI, CIEN, CRUS, SMH, SNDK, SWKS, ZION, COH, ESI, ICE, JDSU, NGLS, TLT, AKS, ANF, BAC, CF, CHL, DHR, STI

Moving Above 30 DMA = 3

HAL, SOHU, X

Moving Below 30 DMA = 2

C, GRPN

Staying Below 30 DMA

CROX, FCX, MOS, POT, TBT, TSL, FFIV, IBM, NTES, FAZ, CAT, CDE, CLF, GS, NDAQ, NVDA, SLB, ANR, RCL, TSLA, A, INFA, CRM, DECK, HLF, JNPR, RVBD, VECO, KKD, LVS, SLW, GLW, TIF, VMW, ARUN, CREE, SWN, WLT, PCX, TPX, MCP, SINA, ZAGG, LNKD

Thirteen Week Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up

Short Term Market Trend: Neutral