Wednesday, August 5, 2020

NDX All-time Closing High...SPX Highest Close Since Feb 21...


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NDX +28.90, +0.26%, NH breakout to an all-time closing high.
SPX +21.26, +0.64%, opened lower and closed higher, a breakout continuation.  Highest close since Feb 21. 

SQ +9.72, +7.10%, MNST +5.09, +6.52% gained on positive EPS reactions.

23 SP500 stocks report before the open on Thursday.

Seven of eleven sectors were higher on Wednesday, led by XLI, XLB and XLF.

Industrials leaders:  AAL, BA, URI, TDG
Basic Materials leaders:  FCX, AA, MOS, ALB

Financial leaders:  AIZ, LNC, PRU, UNM

SPY up 2.05 at 332.11 on 42.7 million shares, below average volume, up on higher volume.
VIX down .77 at 22.99

DIS, BA, RTX led the DJIA, 19 advancers, -1
FOSL, AIZ, AAL, DVN led the SPX, 318 advancers
MNST, MELI, LULU, EXPE led the NDX, 46 advancers

The two-year trend term is up.  The one-year trend is up.

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

Breadth strengthened on Wednesday as advancers led 2,056 to 917 on the NYSE and led 2,270 to 1,081 on the NASDAQ

The SPX MFC green line is pointed up at 96 and is short-term bullish.  Price action is a horizontal breakout continuation.


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

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

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

46 of 100 NDX stock closed higher on Wednesday.

76 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  AMZN, CDNS, IDXX, NVDA, SWKS, AAPL, FAST, MELI, PYPL, SPLK, TSLA, NTES, MXIM, LRCX, EA, TTWO, ATVI, ILMN, ANSS, AMGN, DOCU, DXCM, PEP, VRSK, XLNX, CHKP, COST, MNST, CHTR, CMCSA, CTSH, KHC, PCAR, AMD, CTAS, ISRG, LULU, ORLY, XEL, CPRT, CSX, EXC, TCOM, CSCO, MRNA, SIRI, VRSN, AMAT, BIIB, INTU, LBTYA, QCOM. SNPS, CDW, JD, ROST, SBUX, KLAC, ADBE, AVGO, EBAY, FB, MSFT, NFLX, NXPI, TMUS, WDC, ADSK, DLTR, MU, TXN, ZM, BIDU, ALGN, BKNG, ULTA,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Thursday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 3
ALGN, BKNG, ULTA,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 4
FISV, FOXA, MCHP, REGN,

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