Friday, November 24, 2023

SPX Closes Flat on Light Volume Holiday Half-day Trading as Mega-caps Pause...Health Care, Basic Materials, Energy Lead Sectors...VIX Hits 52-week Low...


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The SPX +2.72 opened flat, traded in a range and closed flat during a holiday half day trading which was the lowest daily volume in 2023.  VIX closed at a 52-week closing low.  NVDA -9.40, -1.93% closed lower for a second day after record revenues, earnings beat and raised guidance after the close on Tuesday.


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


SPY up .28 at 455.30 on 29.7 million shares, below average volume, closed higher on lower volume.
VIX down .34 at 12.46, a 52-week low
QQQ down .55 at 389.51

JNJ, DIS, WMT, TRV led the DJIA, 27 advancers, +4
BBY, A, WRK, FIS led the SPX, 377 advancers 
DXCM, WBD, JD, DLTR led the NDX, 72 advancers.

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


Up:  IWM, DIA, SPY,
DownQQQ,


Nine of eleven sectors were higher on Friday, led by XLV, XLB and XLE.

The SPY MFC green line is sideways at 97.4 and is short-term bullish.  SPY opened flat and closed flat. 

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

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


72 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday.

84 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  FAST, MSFT, LULU, NFLX, DLTR, ORLY, INTC, AEP, AMZN, CEG, CRWD, CTAS, ROST, TMUS, ADBE, ASML, CDNS, DXCM, GEHC, KDP, KLAC, MDLZ, MELI, SNPS, AMD, AVGO, HON, META, MNST, MU, PEP, QCOM, SIRI, AAPL, AMAT, CPRT, EA, KHC, LRCX, NVDA, SBUX, COST, CSGP, PCAR, PDD, WDAY, ZS, BKNG, DDOG, INTU, MAR, MRVL, VRSK, ADI, ANSS, IDXX, ISRG, MCHP, PAYX, ABNB, CSX, CTSH, GFS, GOOGL, NXPI, ODFL, PYPL, TMUS, TXN, XEL, ZM, JD, WBD, ADP, CMCSA, ENPH, PANW, EBAY, ALGN, AZN, EXC, MRNA, SGEN,NDX Stocks to Watch on Monday:


Moving Above 30 DMA = 5
ALGN, AZN, EXC, MRNA, SGEN,



Moving Below 30 DMA = 0




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