Monday, December 16, 2024

NDX All-time Closing High...SPX Rises...Consumer Discretionary, Technology, Communication Services Lead Sectors...AVGO, TSLA Lead SPX, NDX on Monday...Fed Announcement on Wednesday...


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SPX +22.99, 6,074, closed higher in a congested bull flag price pattern.    The DJI closed lower at 43,717.  The RUT closed higher and formed a bullish engulfing pattern at support.

NDX +1.45% closed at a new all-time closing high.

Fed interest rate announcement and press conference Wednesday afternoon.

AVGO +25.20, +11.21%, joined the mega-cap ranks last week with a trillion-dollar market cap after reporting strong earnings and AI growth.

SMCI -3.01, -8.26%, will be removed from the NDX 100 before the open on Dec. 23 along with MRNA and ILMNPLTR, AXON and MSTR will be added to the NDX.


Mega caps AVGO, TLSA, GOOGL, AMZN, AAPL, MSFT, META rose, and BRK/B, NVDA fell on Monday.


SPY up 2.58 at 606.79, 43.6 million shares, above average volume,
VIX up .88 at 14.69
QQQ up 7.64 at 538.17

HON, AMZN, BA, AAPL led the DJIA, 13 advancers,            
AVGO, TSLA, MU, CRWD, TER led the SPX, 181 advancers
AVGO, TSLA, APP, MU led the NDX, 52 advancers

Up:  QQQ, IWM, SPY,
Down:  DIA,

The SPY MFC green line turned up at 90.4 and is short-term bullish. +1.1.

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

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

The 6-month intermediate trend is up.  The ten-day trend is up a little.

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


52 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Monday.

50 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  DASH, BKNG, MRVL, TEAM, PANW, TTWO, ISRG, NFLX, TSLA, CDNS, WBD, AMZN, CRWD, COST, GFS, MAR, CPRT, FTNT, HON, PYPL, DXCM, SBUX, APP, DDOG, CTSH, LULU, TTD, DLTR, ORLY, ROST, AAPL, SMCI, MSFT, ASML, META, LRCX, CCEP, WDAY, AVGO, GOOGL, AZN, IDXX, KDP, GILD, ARM, KLAC, MU, ILMN, INTU, ZS,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Tuesday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 3
ILMN, INTU, ZS,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 2
CSCO, KHC,



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