Wednesday, January 15, 2025

NDX, SPX Closed Higher Led by TSLA on Broad Rally after Better-than-Expected CPI Report...Financials, Consumer Discretionary, Technology Lead Sectors...Postive EPS Reactions: BK, WFC, C, GS, BLK, JPM...


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SPX +107.00, 5,949.  Gapped higher after a (better) than-expected CPI report M/M Core 0.2% vs. 0.3% expected and Y/Y Core 3.2% vs 3.3% expected.  Trended higher in a broad rally and with its highest close in the past six days.

The DJI, 43,221, closed +1.69% higher in a bounce continuation move. 

NDX +2.31%, closed above the high of the low day.

TSLA +31.86, +8.04%, opened and closed higher, above its 30 DMA.


Five of six reporting SPX stocks, BK, WFC, C, GS, BLK had 5%+ EPS reactions today. 

13 more SPX companies report this week: Thursday: BAC, MS, MTB, PNC, UNH, USB, JBHT, Friday: CFG, FAST, HBAN, RF, SLB, STT, TFC

First day reaction: Q4
PositiveBK, WFC, C, GS, BLK, JPM, WBA, DAL = 8
Neutral:  = 0
NegativeSTZ = 1


Mega caps TSLA, META, NVDA, GOOGL, TSM, AMZN, MSFT, AAPL, BRK/B, AVGO rose on Wednesday. 

SPY up 10.59 at 592.78, 56.8 million shares, above average volume
VIX down 2.59 at 16.12,
VIX1D down 8.85 at 13.63,
QQQ up 11.62 at 516.70

GS, AXP, NVDA, HD led the DJIA, 23 advancers, +4              
TSLA, BK, WFC, C led the SPX, 367 advancers
TSLA, ISRG, MU, MSTR led the NDX, 88 advancers

Up:  QQQ, IWM, SPY, DIA,
Down: 

The SPY MFC green line turned up at 25.5 and is short-term bullish. +4.7.

Ten of eleven sectors were higher on Wednesday, led by XLF, XLY and XLK.

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

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

3-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Sideways
3-day Short Term Market TrendUp


88 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Wednesday.

35 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  MRVL, AVGO, GOOGL CEG, ASML, BKR, FANG, KLAC, AMAT, CDW, GEHC, ISRG, AEP, DXCM, ARM, CSCO, EXC, MU, PAYX, PCAR, QCOM, TXN, ADI, AMGN, ANSS, CRWD, GILD, LRCX, MELI, META, MSTR, PDD, PYPL, SNPS, TSLA,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Thursday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 13 
ADI, AMGN, ANSS, CRWD, GILD, LRCX, MELI, META, MSTR, PDD, PYPL, SNPS, TSLA,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 1
LULU,



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