Thursday, December 24, 2020

NDX, SPX, DJI Inch Higher on Light Volume on Christmas Eve...Markets Closed Friday...Merry Christmas...


 © 2020
 
Thursday’s half trading day closing at 1 pm ET resulted in light volume and markets generally moving moderately higher.  Markets are closed Friday for Christmas.
 
 
NDX +57.87, +0.46%, on Thursday is a bull flag bounce
 
SPX +13.05, +0.35%, closed at 3,703, is a channel bounce.
 
TSLA rose +2.44%, on Thursday and is a bull flag bounce.
 
 
Ten of eleven sectors were higher on Thursday, led by XLRE, XLU and XLK. 
 
Real Estate leaders: EQR, WELL, MAA, DRE
Utilities leaders: ES, EIX, FE, EVRG
Technology leaders: FIS, GPN, KLAC MA
 
SPY up 1.43 at 369.00 on 26.4 million shares, below average volume, up on lower volume.
VIX down 1.78 at 21.53
 
V, INTC, PG, UNH led the DJIA, 18 advancers, +12
FIS, GCI, GPN, LEN led the SPX, 318 advancers
PDD, KLAC, TSLA, LRCX led the NDX, 65 advancers
 
The two-year trend term is up.  The one-year trend is up.
 
Up: QQQ, SPY, DIA,
Down: IWM,
 
Advancers weakened on Thursday as advancers led 1,898 to 1,211 on the NYSE and decliners led 1,957 to 1,782 on the NASDAQ
 
The SPY MFC green line is pointed down at 81.1 and is counter-trend defensive.  Price action is a channel bounce setup.
 
Uptrend sectors XLU, XLB, XLI, XLY, XLP, XLV, XLF, XLC, XLK, XLE,
Neutral sectors:  XLRE,
Down trend sectors:
 
The 6-month intermediate trend is up.  The ten-day trend is up a little.
 
3-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up
3-day Short Term Market TrendSideways
 
65 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.
 
75 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:   ADP, XLNX, ALGN, NXPI, KLAC, LRCX, TXN, ADI, AMAT, CTSH, FAST, MCHP, MU, MXIM, SBUX, ASML, INTU, MNST, TMUS, WDC, ROST, CSCO, AVGO, MELI, ADSK, KHC, AMD, TSLA, DLTR, PYPL, VRTX, AAPL, ADBE, ANSS, ATVI, BIDU, CDNS, EA, GILD, ILMN, ISRG, SNPS, VRSN, NFLX, DOCU, CHKP, SGEN, CERN, DXCM, IDXX, CPRT, ALXN, AMZN, INCY, QCOM, PAYX, SWKS, MSFT, ORLY, WDAY, NTES, VRSK, BIIB, new symbols added = MRVL, MTCH, OKTA, PTON, TEAM, BKNG, MAR, CHTR, MDLZ, PDD, PEP, QCOM,
 
NDX Stocks to Watch on Monday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 5
CHTR, MDLZ, PDD, PEP, QCOM,
 
Moving Below 30 DMA = 4
EBAY, JD, MRNA, SPLK, 
 
 
Add Comments here:

No comments: