Wednesday, August 17, 2022

SPX Down after FOMC Minutes...Energy Leads Sectors...TGT Negative EPS Reaction...

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The SPX -31.16 opened lower as futures moved down overnight and closed lower after FOMC minutes were released at 2 pm ET.  DXY and /CL closed higher, while, GLD, TLT and TNX moved lower.

EPS reactions on Wednesday: LOW +0.58%, TGT -2.69%



SPY down 3.05 at 426.65, on 63.5 million shares, average volume, down on higher volume. 
VIX up .21 at 19.90
QQQ down 3.79 at 328.49

IBM, AAPL, CVX, MRK led the DJIA, 8 advancers, -13
A, VLO, PGR, DINO led the SPX, 107 advancers
COST, VRSN, CTAS, ADP led the NDX 10 advancers

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

Up:
Down:  DIA, SPY, QQQ, IWM,

One of eleven sectors was higher on Wednesday, led by XLE, XLU and XLP.

Energy leadersVLO, DINO, MPC, HES 
Utilities leaders:  ED, NI, EIX, AEE
Consumer Staples leadersSJM, STZ, COST, HRL

Advancers weakened on Wednesday as decliners led 2,570 to 646 on the NYSE and led 3,462 to 1,129 on the NASDAQ.

The SPY MFC green line is pointed down in the upper zone at 95.5 and is short-term bullishSPY opened lower and closed lower in a 1-day bull flag pattern.


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

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


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

10 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Wednesday

86 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:   COST, DXCM, ORLY, KDP, PEP, VRSK, SIRI, VRSN, AAPL, CDNS, CPRT, CTAS, QCOM, TSLA, ADI, ROST, SWKS, TXN, ALGN, AMZN, ATVI, FISV, ISRG, MCHP, MU, NFLX, NXPI, ODFL, SNPS, KLAC, SPLK, ABNB, ADBE, ADP, ADSK, AMAT, AMD, ANSS, ASML, AVGO, CSCO, CSX, EBAY, INTU, LRCX, MAR, MDLZ, MELI, MRVL, NVDA, PAYX, PCAR, PYPL, EA, ILMN, HON, AEP, EXC, XEL, TMUS, BKNG, CRWD, DOCU, GOOGL, LULU, MSFT, OKTA, TEAM, WBA, WDAY, FAST, CTSH, DDOG, ZS, BIIB, META, REGN, VRTX, AMGN, GILD, KHC, MU, PANW, NTES, AZN, DLTR,


NDX Stocks to Watch on Thursday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 0


Moving Below 30 DMA = 3
CHTR, CMCSA, ZM,

 

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