Friday, August 2, 2024

SPX, NDX Close Lower after a AMZN Negative EPS Reaction and Jobs Report Miss...Consumer Staples, Utilities, Real Estate Lead Sectors...


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The SPX -100.12, 5,446, opened lower, after AMZN reported earnings Thursday after the close and closed lower.

The Jobs Report was lower than expected and the Unemployment Rate was 4.3% vs 4.2% estimate.


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


SPY down 10.11 at 532.90, 82.7 million shares, above average volume
VIX up 4.80 at 23.39
QQQ down 10.91 at 448.75

UNH, MCD, PG, JNJ led the DJIA, 11 advancers, +2
CLX, GDDY, MKTX, CBOE led the SPX, 131 advancers 
MELI, DASH, MDLZ, DXCM led the NDX, 25 advancers

Up
Down:  DIA, SPY, QQQ, IWM,

Three of eleven sectors were higher on Friday, led by XLP, XLU and XLRE

The SPY MFC green line turned down at 24.5 and is short-term bearish.

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


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


25 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday.

36 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  REGN, VRTX, CHTR, EA, CTAS, AMGN, BKR, GILD, ODFL, AEP, CTSH, GEHC, ILMN, FAST, LIN, ADP, PAYX, EXC, WBD, XEL, KHC, PEP, ORLY, CSGP, MDLZ, CSX, MNST, CMCSA, KDP, PYPL, AZN, CCEP, DASH, ISRG, TMUS, MELI,


NDX Stocks to Watch on Monday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 1
MELI,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 2
CSCO, META,



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