Friday, July 6, 2018

Tariffs Take Effect...Strong Jobs Report...Healthcare, Technology Lead Broad Rally...




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Ten sectors were higher on Friday, led by healthcare XLV +1.44% and technology XLK +1.17%.

BIIB +19.63% led the healthcare sector, after positive results on a phase 2 trial of its Alzheimer treatment.  BIIB also received several positive analyst actions adding demand to the stock on Friday.  AMD +5.55% led the tech sector and semiconductor group.

The DJIA, lagged the other broad indices and closed up 99 points at 24,456, led by strength in AAPL, MCD, BA, MSFT and GS.

SPY up 2.31 at 275.42, on 66.4 million shares, 12% below average volume. Up on higher volume
VIX down 1.60 at 13.37
Oil up .80 at 73.92
TLT up .40 at 122.75 on 4.6 million shares.

WBA +1.47%, MSFT +1.40%, led the DJIA, 24 advancers -3.
AMD +5.55%, FOSL +4.00% and FXZ +3.118%, led the SPX.
BIIB +19.63%, DISH +4.29%, GILD +3.30%, and ALXN +3.22%, led the NDX.

Intermediate and long term up trend intact.  3-day short term trend is up.

Up: QQQ, IWM, SPY DIA,
Down:

Breadth was stable on Friday, as advancers led 2,162 to 747 on the NYSE and led 2,036 to 855 on the NASDAQ

The SPY MFC green line turned up at 51, bullish

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

The 6-month intermediate and long-term trends are still up.  The three-month trend is sideways.  The ten-day trend is sideways.

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

97 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday.


66 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.  COST, FB, NFLX, FOXA, EA, AMGN, KHC, REGN, ROST, CHTR, HAS, MDLZ, MNST, DISH, TMUS, HOLX, HSIC, NTES, CTSH, ALXN, ISRG, AMZN, ATVI, CMCSA, CTRP, GILD, IDXX, INTU, SHPG, TTWO, BMRN, CELG, ILMN, VRTX, CDNS, CERN, CHKP, EXPE, FISV, ESRX, QRTEA, XRAY, BIIB, CA, CTAS, FB, GOOGL, MELI, MXIM, ORLY, PAYX, PYPL, STX, SWKS, SYMC, VRSK, WDAY,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Monday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 9
ADBE, ADSK, ALGN, CTXS, INCY, JD, LBTYA, MSFT, VOD,

Moving Below 30 DMA = 0


Intermediate-term trending stocks
RACE, ADBE, IBKR, ETFC, MA, V, ISRG, WIX, NDAQ, WYNN, VRSN, TAL, COP, CRM, NTAP, RNG, AA, WUBA, FCAU, NVDA, SQ, ALGN, AKAM, SHOP, EL
BA, MU, MAR, CMA, CME, ANET, HRS, KORS,
DLTR, WB, TPR,


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