Thursday, September 8, 2022

SPX Opens Lower, Closes Higher on Support Bounce Day 2...REGN +18.85%...Financial, Health Care, Materials Lead Sectors Higher...

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The SPX +26.31 opened lower after Jobless claims report of 222K < 240K consensus was better than expected and after Powell started speaking the CATO Institute Monetary Policy conference about 20 minutes before the open.  Another instance of good news is bad news.  After a lower open the SPX reversed higher in a choppy trading range and closed higher above Wednesday’s high.

REGN +18.85% after reporting positive results in two drug trials.

/CL and TNX closed higher, while DXY, TLT and GLD moved lower.

After the Close: DOCU +10.75, +18.55% and ZS +18.75, +12.16% on positive EPS reactions.


SPY up 2.60 at 400.38, on 80.8 million shares, above average volume, up on higher volume.
VIX down 1.03 at 23.61
QQQ up 1.55 at 300.52

CRM, JPM, GS, CAT led the DJIA, 24 advancers, -4
FCX, IVZ, ON, CFG led the SPX, 381 advancers
REGN, DOCU, MRNA, CRWD led the NDX 74 advancers

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

UpIWM, SPY, DIA, QQQ,
Down:


Eight of eleven sectors were higher on Thursday, led by XLF, XLV and XLB.

Financial leadersIVZ, CFG, HBAN, KEY
Health Care leadersREGN, MRNA, SYK, EW
Materials leadersFCX, ALB, NUE, DD


Advancers weakened on Thursday as advancers led 1,746 to 1,423 on the NYSE and advancers led 2,739 to 1,843 on the NASDAQ.

The SPY MFC green line turned up at 15.1 and is short-term bullishSPY opened lower, reversed higher in a choppy trading range after the open and closed higher.


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

The 6-month intermediate trend is down a little.  The ten-day trend is down.

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


74 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday

20 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:   ROST, PANW, PDD, GILD, AEP, LULU, ABNB, CTAS, DXCM, JD, ORLY, PYPL, SBUX, TMUS, WDAY, XEL, EXC, MAR, REGN, VRTX

NDX Stocks to Watch on Friday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 4
EXC, MAR, REGN, VRTX,

Moving Below 30 DMA = 0




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