Wednesday, August 30, 2023

SPX Closes Higher Fourth Straight Day as Volatility Falls...Technology, Energy, Industrials Lead Sectors...PCE Report BMO Thursday...


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The SPX +17.24, opened flat, traded in a volatile range and closed higher for a fourth straight day.  Breadth narrowed from Tuesday’s rally but was still positive.   Q2 GDP second est. was adjusted down to 2.1% for 2.4%.

NVDA 492.64, made at a new all-time closing high.

Macro announcements
Thu – PCE Price Index,
Fri – Jobs Report, ISM Mfg. Index


Mega caps AAPL, NVDA, GOOGL, AMZN, MSFT rose and TSLA, META fell.


SPY up 1.85 at 451.01, on 68.9 million shares, below average volume, closed higher on lower volume.
VIX down .57 at 13.88
QQQ up 2.09 at 376.86


AAPL, CRM, HD, CAT led the DJIA, 19 advancers, -8
PODD, ALL, MTCH, EL led the SPX, 319 advancers
SIRI, PDD, MELI, DXCM led the NDX, 70 advancers.

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

Up:  QQQ, SPY, IWM, DIA,
Down:

All eleven sectors were higher on Wednesday, led by XLK, XLE and XLI.


The SPY MFC green line is pointed up at 41.4 and is short-term bullishSPY opened flat, traded up, and closed higher.


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

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

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



70 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Wednesday.

54 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  CEG, ROST, ADP, CHTR, CMCSA, FANG, AMGN, CSCO, GOOGL, REGN, CTSH, NVDA, ODFL, BKR, INTU, SGEN, VRSK, ADBE, ALGN, AMAT, CDNS, TEAM, WDAY, BKNG, CTAS, KDP, KLAC, MAR, MELI, MNST, MRNA, PANW, SNPS, VRTX, AMZN, AVGO, FAST, INTC, LRCX, MU, NFLX, ORLY, PDD, TSLA, AAPL, ANSS, CSGP, EBAY, ISRG, MSFT, ON, WBD, ZM, ZS,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Thursday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 10
AAPL, ANSS, CSGP, EBAY, ISRG, MSFT, ON, WBD, ZM, ZS,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 1
GILD,




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