Monday, December 18, 2023

SPX Hit 52-week High as Rally Continues...Communication Services, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples Lead Sectors...X Gaps Up on Buyout...


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The SPX +21.37 opened slightly higher and traded to a new 52-week high.  X, ETSY, UPST, ADBE, ORCL, AVGO and FAS were among Monday’s leading gainers.

X +10.26, +26.09%, a $55 per share cash buyout offer from Nippon Steel.


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


SPY up 2.64 at 471.97 on 70.3 million shares, near average volume, closed higher on lower volume. 
VIX up .28 at 12.28
QQQ up 1.74 at 407.08


PG, WMT, AXP, MCD led the DJIA, 19 advancers, +5
ETSY, KR, HAS, DRI led the SPX, 289 advancers 
COST, NFLX, META, AMZN led the NDX, 62 advancers.

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

Up:  SPY, QQQ, DIA, IWM,
Down:


Four of eleven sectors were higher on Monday, led by XLC, XLY and XLP.

The SPY MFC green line is sideways at 96.5 and is short-term bullish. 

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


62 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Monday.

Annual reconstitution of the NDX occurred before the open today, and ALGN, EBAY, ENPH, JD, LCID, and ZM were removed, last week SGEN was removed.  CDW CCEP, DASH, MDB, ROP, SPLK and TTWO were added to the NDX.


92 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  FAST, LULU, DLTR, INTC, AEP, AMZN, CRWD, CTAS, ROST, TMUS, ASML, DXCM, KDP, KLAC, MDLZ, MELI, SNPS, AMD, HON, QCOM, AAPL, AMAT, EA, KHC, LRCX, COST, CSGP, PCAR, PDD, WDAY, ZS, BKNG, DDOG, INTU, MAR, ADI, IDXX, ISRG, MCHP, PAYX, ABNB, CSX, CTSH, NXPI, PYPL, TMUS, TXN, XEL, WBD, ADP, PANW, MRNA, ADSK, TEAM, REGN, AMGN, GILD, ILMN, ON, BIIB, WBA, AVGO, CMCSA, NFLX, MRVL, MU, ANSS, CDNS, FTNT, GEHC, GFS, MNST, SIRI, AZN, META, NVDA, VRTX, CSCO, MSFT, ODFL, CCEP, CDW, DASH, MDB, ROP, SPLK, TTWO, BKR, FANG, GOOGL, PEP,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Tuesday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 4
BKR, FANG, GOOGL, PEP,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 0



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