Wednesday, August 14, 2024

SPX, NDX Closed Higher after Inline CPI Report...Financial, Energy, Technology Lead Sectors...After-hours: CSCO Rises on Positive EPS...


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The SPX +20.78, 5,455, opened slightly higher, after an inline CPI inflation report, traded in a range and closed slightly higher.  CPI Report Y/Y 2.9% vs 3.0 consensus, core CPI 3.2% vs 3.2% consensus.  The VIX opened lower and continued to fall into the middle of its range over the previous 11 ½ months.

The NDX +0.09%, opened flat, traded in a range as weakness in mega-caps TSLA, GOOGL and META weighed on NDX100 and closed fractionally higher.

K +5.78, +7.76%, leads the SPX after buyout offer from Mars for $83.50 a share.

After-hours: CSCO +2.61, +5.74%, after better-than-expected Q4 EPS and revenue report.


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


SPY up 1.71 at 543.75, 42.3 million shares, below average volume, C-pattern setup
VIX down 1.93 at 16.19
QQQ up .15 at 462.73


AXP, HD, TRV, GS led the DJIA, 23 advancers, -2
K, PGR, ALL, SCHW led the SPX, 300 advancers
CRWD, ZS, MU, WDAY led the NDX, 54 advancers

Up:  DIA, SPY, QQQ,
Down:  IWM,

Seven of eleven sectors were higher on Wednesday, led by XLF, XLE and XLK.

The SPY MFC green line is pointed up at 47.8 and is short-term bullish.

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

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

3-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up a little
3-day Short Term Market TrendUp


54 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Wednesday.

39 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  CHTR, EA, CTAS, GILD, AEP, CTSH, ILMN, ADP, PAYX, EXC, XEL, KHC, PEP, ORLY, MDLZ, KDP, PYPL, AZN, DASH, TMUS, MELI, ISRG, FTNT, PDD, REGN, GEHC, LIN, META, COST, PANW, TTD, SBUX, ADSK, ANSS, CCEP, NFLX, AVGO, KLAC, NVDA,


NDX Stocks to Watch on Thursday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 3
AVGO, KLAC, NVDA,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 4
CMCSA, IDXX, INTU, ODFL,



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