Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Oil Rises...Stock Indexes Fall after Six-day Rally...SPY, DIA, IWM Close Below LOHD...Energy, Utilities Lead Sectors...


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After a strong six-day rally, sellers were in control as SPY, DIA, QQQ, IWM, opened lower and closed more than 1% lower on Wednesday.  SPY, DIA, IWM closed below Tuesday’s low, indicating a potential short-term trend reversal.  Oil /CL +5.60, rose overnight Tuesday and continued to rise Wednesday as stocks fell. 
 
Talks between UKR / RUS continue to have no clear path towards a ceasefire.  
 
 
SPY down 5.79 at 443.80, on 79.4 million shares, below average volume, down on higher volume.
VIX up .63 at 23.57
QQQ down 5.13 at 351.83.
 
CVX, AAPL, MRK led the DJIA, 3 advancers, -21
SWN, HES, FANG, NEM led the SPX, 92 advancers.
PDD, CTAS, CRWD, PANW led the NDX, 16 advancers.
 
The two-year trend term is up.  The one-year trend is up.
 
Up:
Down:  SPY, DIA, QQQ, IWM,
 
Two of eleven sectors were higher on Wednesday, led by XLE, XLU and XLB. 
 
Energy leaders: SWN, HES, FANG, MRO
Utilities leaders:  ETR, EIX, DTE, CMS
Materials leaders:  NEM, MOS, NUE, CTVA
 
Advancers weakened on Wednesday as decliners led 2,142 to 1,172 on the NYSE and led 3,082 to 1,594 on the NASDAQ.
 
The SPY MFC green line is pointed up at 71.9 and is short-term bullish.  SPY moved below Tuesday’s low after a strong six-day rally.    
 
 
Uptrend sectorsXLE, XLU, XLP, XLV, XLB,
Neutral sectors:  XLRE, XLF, XLK, XLI,
Down trend sectors: XLY, XLC,
 
The 6-month intermediate trend is up.  The ten-day trend is up.
 
3-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Down
3-day Short Term Market TrendSideways
 
16 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Wednesday.
 
62 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  EXC, DLTR, KHC, COST, AEP, AMGN, CTSH, PAYX, XEL, ADP, FAST, SGEN, AZN, ORLY, REGN, TMUS, CRWD, VRTX, AVGO, CTAS, DXCM, HON, ODFL, PANW, TXN, VRSK, ADI, AMZN, ASML, CDNS, CPRT, CSX, FISV, IDXX, MCHP, MELI, MRNA, MRVL, MSFT, NVDA, ABNB, AMAT, ILMN, PYPL, SNPS, SPLK, TSLA, WDAY, FB, FTNT, GOOGL, INTC, SIRI, AAPL, AMD, BIDU, BIIB, EBAY, LCID, NTES, PEP, PDD,
 
NDX Stocks to Watch on Thursday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 1
PDD,
 
Moving Below 30 DMA = 20
ADBE, ADSK, ANSS, CMCSA, CSCO, GILD, ISRG, KLAC, LRCX, LULU, MAR, MNST, MTCH, NFLX, NXPI, ROST, SWKS, TEAM, VRSN, WBA,
 
 
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Ben W. said...

It was quite the pause day. Thank you, Dave