Wednesday, September 6, 2023

SPX Closes Lower after ISM Services Reports above Forecasts...Mega-caps Fall on News...Utilities, Energy Rise as Other Sectors Fall...


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The SPX -31.35 opened lower, sold off quickly at 10 am ET after the ISM Services Index reported a better than expected 54.5 vs 52.4 and the ISM Non-Manufacturing Prices reported 58.9 vs. 56.8 prior.  Some reporting the view that the report suggests the potential for interest rates to stay higher for longer.

All seven mega-caps fell after the reports, but there was also news on all seven including developments at AAPL, NVDA and TSLA that factored into their individual trading activity.

Breadth weakened on Wednesday and remained negative.


Mega caps MSFT, META, GOOGL, AMZN, TSLA, NVDA, AAPL fell on Wednesday.


SPY down 3.02 at 446.22, on 70.7 million shares, average volume, closed lower on higher volume.
VIX up .44 at 14.45
QQQ down 3.33 at 374.74


CRM, DOW, WMT, INTC led the DJIA, 8 advancers, -0
ZBH, PODD, FTI, CNC led the SPX, 208 advancers
DXCM, CHTR, TTD, XEL led the NDX, 46 advancers.

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

Up
DownQQQ, SPY, DIA, IWM,

Two of eleven sectors were higher on Wednesday, led by XLU, XLE and XLF. 

The SPY MFC green line is turned down at 62.7 and is short-term defensiveSPY opened lower, sold off after the ISM Services report at 10 am ET, and closed lower.

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 TrendDown


46 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Wednesday.

46 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  CEG, ROST, FANG, CSCO, GOOGL, REGN, CTSH, NVDA, ODFL, BKR, INTU, SGEN, VRSK, ADBE, ALGN, AMAT, CDNS, TEAM, WDAY, BKNG, CTAS, KLAC, MELI, PANW, SNPS, AMZN, INTC, LRCX, MU, NFLX, ORLY, PDD, ANSS, EBAY, ISRG, ON, ZM, ZS, CRWD, LULU, CSGP, MSFT, ABNB, TSLA, TTD, AVGO,


NDX Stocks to Watch on Thursday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 1
AVGO,



Moving Below 30 DMA = 5
AAPL, ADP, AMD, AMGN, QCOM,




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