Tuesday, March 5, 2024

SPX Opens Lower, Closes Lower after Report of Falling iPhone Sales in China...Energy, Consumer Staples Lead Sectors...TGT Leads SPX on Positive Earnings Reaction...


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The SPX -52.30 opened lower after reports of AAPL’s iPhone sales falling 24% in China and after the open selling continued in the Technology sector XLK -2.46% until a rally off the lows during the last thirty minutes of trading.

NVDA +7.27, +0.85%, closed higher and made a new all-time closing high.

TGT +18.09, +12.02% on a positive earnings reaction led the SPX.

After-hours:  CRWD +70.69, +23.76% on a positive earnings reaction.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell is scheduled to deliver his Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the House on Wednesday and to the Senate on Thursday, both scheduled at 10:00 am ET.


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


SPY down 5.12 at 507.18 on 72.6 million shares, average volume, closed lower on higher volume 
VIX up .97 at 14.46
QQQ down 7.97 at 436.05


MMM, WMT, JPM, MCD led the DJIA, 9 advancers, -7
TGT, DVA, HPE, CFG, ZION led the SPX, 180 advancers 
BKR, WBA, DLTR, PCAR led the NDX, 20 advancers

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

Up:  
DownIWM, SPY, DIA, QQQ,

Three of eleven sectors were up on Tuesday, led by XLE, XLP and XLF

The SPY MFC green line turned down at 91.3 and is counter-trend defensive.

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

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 a little


20 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Tuesday.

54 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  CTAS, ROST, COST, ISRG, REGN, AVGO, META, SPLK, NVDA, AMZN, DASH, LRCX, NFLX, CDNS, ORLY, AMAT, ASML, CDW, FAST, KLAC, PCAR, ABNB, SNPS, CEG, CSX, DLTR, ODFL, IDXX, NXPI, GEHC, ON, QCOM, TTD, FANG, AEP, CTSH, MAR, CCEP, EXC, TMUS, AMD, CPRT, FTNT, MU, CSGP, MNST, BKR, MRVL, TXN, AZN, DXCM, MCHP, MRNA,


NDX Stocks to Watch on Wednesday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 0



Moving Below 30 DMA = 10  
ADI, ADSK, ANSS, CRWD, DDOG, HON, INTC, INTU, MSFT, PAYX,




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