Friday, April 19, 2024

SPX Falls as Semiconductor and Technology Stocks Continue to Slide...Utilities, Financial, Energy Lead Sectors...NFLX Lower after EPS Beat...


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The SPX -43.89, 4,967.23, opened lower, trended down and closed lower for a sixth day. 

AXP +13.54, +6.23%, 231.04, led the DJIA after a positive earnings reaction. 

NVDA -84.71, -10.00%, 762.00, opened lower, trended down and closed lower.  Semiconductor and technology stocks accelerated their downward momentum on Friday.

NFLX -55.52, -9.09%, 581.49, after earnings and revenue beat, announces changes to reporting of quarterly membership numbers starting with Q1 2025 earnings.

SMCI -214.83, -23.14%, 713.65, was the largest percentage decliner in the SPX.


Monday Q1 day 7: BMO: TFC, VZ, AMC: AMP, ARE, BRO, CDNS, GL, NUE, PKG

First day reaction: Q1
PositiveAXP, FITB, GPC, DFS, ELV, KMI, MMC, CMA, CCI, UAL, CFG, OMC, UNH, MS, MTB, GS, SCHW, STT, STZ = 19
Neutral:  HBAN, PG, RF, CSX, DHI, KEY, PGR, WFC = 8
NegativeNFLX, PPG, SLB, ISRG, LVS, EFX, SNA, BX, JBHT, TRV, PLD, ASML, USB, ABT, NTRS, BAC, JNJ, PNC, BK, JPM, BLK, C, KMX, FAST, DAL = 24


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


SPY down 4.36 at 495.16 on 102.2 million shares, above average volume,
VIX up .71 at 18.71
QQQ down 8.76 at 414.65

AXP, JPM, AMGN, KO led the DJIA, 21 advancers, +6
PARA, FITB, KMI, BAC led the SPX, 335 advancers 
WBA, ADSK, EXC, AMGN led the NDX, 39 advancers

Up:   DIA, IWM,
DownSPY, QQQ,

Six of eleven sectors were higher on Friday, led by XLU, XLF and XLE.

The SPY MFC green line is pointed down at 4.7 and is short-term bearish.

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

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

3-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up
3-day Short Term Market TrendDown


39 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday.

11 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  CTAS, FANG, AZN, GOOGL, KHC, KDP, XEL, PEP, AEP, EXC, TMUS,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Monday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 3
AEP, EXC, TMUS,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 4
CEG, DDOG, MU, PANW,



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