Wednesday, November 15, 2023

SPX Rises after Lower than Forecast PPI Report...Consumer Staples, Financials, Communication Services Lead Sectors...


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The SPX +7.18 opened higher after a better-than-expected PPI report, traded in a range and closed higher.  Core PPI Y/Y 2.4% vs. 2.7% prior, M/M 0.0% vs. 0.3% consensus. Headline PPI Y/Y 1.3% vs 2.0% consensus, M/M -0.5% vs 0.1% consensus.  

Profit taking in certain stocks was a factor as the SPX pulled back about 18 points from its intra-day high.


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


SPY up .95 at 449.68 on 77.2 million shares, below average volume, closed higher on lower volume. 
VIX up .02 at 14.18
QQQ up .29 at 385.62


DIS, INTC, WBA, NKE led the DJIA, 22 advancers, -3
TGT, VFC, CTLT, EXPE led the SPX, 303 advancers
JD, PDD, MRNA, NXPI led the NDX, 58 advancers.

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

Up:  DIA, SPY, IWM, QQQ,
Down

Nine of eleven sectors were higher on Wednesday, led by XLP, XLF and XLC.

The SPY MFC green line turned down at 94.4 and is counter=trend defensive.  SPY opened higher and closed higher.

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


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

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


58 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Wednesday.

82 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, WBD, COST, CSGP, PCAR, PDD, WDAY, ZS, BKNG, DDOG, INTU, MAR, MRVL, VRSK, ADI, ADSK, ANSS, IDXX, ISRG, MCHP, PANW, PAYX, ABNB, BKR, CSCO, CSX, CTSH, EXC, GFS, GOOGL, NXPI, ODFL, PYPL, TEAM, TMUS, TXN, WBD, XEL, ZM, AMGN, JD, WBA,


NDX Stocks to Watch on Thursday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 3
AMGN, JD, WBA,



Moving Below 30 DMA = 1
VRTX,




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