Monday, January 13, 2025

SPX Gaps Down, Reversed, Filled the Gap, Closed Slightly Higher...Materials, Energy, Health Care Lead Sectors...MS Raises TSLA Price Target to $430...


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SPX +9.18, 5,836.  Gapped lower after futures moved down Sunday evening and Monday pre-market.  Sellers made a low during the first ten minutes of trading and the SPX recovered from its lower open, filled the gap and closed slightly higher.

Breadth strengthened on Monday.  Sellers controlled overnight and pre-market while buyers were primarily in control after the open on Monday.

The DJI, 42,297, closed +0.86% back above short-term support. 

NDX -0.30%, closed just below 3-week support.

TSLA +8.57, 2.17%, opened lower, trend up to close above Friday’s high and formed a bullish engulfing white candle.  MS maintains Overweight raises price target to $430.

PPI will report 8:30 am Tuesday BMO: M/M Core 0.2% and Y/Y 3.4% expected. 


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


SPY up 0.90 at 581.39, 47.6 million shares, average volume
VIX down .35 at 19.19,
VIX1D up .41 at 16.82,
QQQ down 1.63 at 505.56

UNH, CAT, AMGN, MMM led the DJIA, 20 advancers, +16   
MOS, RVTY, CVS, HUM led the SPX, 376 advancers
BKR, ON, REGN, DXCM led the NDX, 59 advancers

Up:  DIA, IWM, SPY,
Down:  QQQ,

The SPY MFC green line turned down at 27.2 and is short-term bearish. -4.4.

Nine of eleven sectors were higher on Monday, led by XLB, XLE and XLV.

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 Down.

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


59 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Monday.

17 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  MRVL, LULU, AVGO, GOOGL CEG, META, ASML, BKR, FANG, KLAC, AMAT, CDW, GEHC, ISRG, AEP, AMGN, DXCM,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Tuesday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 3 
AEP, AMGN, DXCM,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 3
ARM, AZN, MU,



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