Friday, August 8, 2025

NDX All-time Closing High...SPX Returns to Recent High...Technology, Financial, Health Care Led Sectors...GILD Up on Positive EPS Reaction...


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The past two weeks have included a wide array of developments from FOMC meeting and press conference, Mega Cap earnings from MSFT, META, AMZN, AAPL, Jobs Report, ISM Services Index, multiple Fed speakers, government drama, US investment from AAPL, more than 200 SPX earning releases and other national and geopolitical developments.

These developments coincided with a consolidation in the SPX that provided a bull flag pull back last week and a symmetrical bounce this week and the return to its Friday close two weeks ago.


SPX +49.45, 6,389, continued its bull flag bounce, and ended just short of a new all-time closing high by .32 point.  Breadth was stronger on Friday. 

NDX +0.95%, did make a new all-time closing high

DJI, 44,175 +0.47%, led by strength in AAPL, UNH, V, AMGN.

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NVDA +1.93, +1.07%, rose to horizontal resistance, ends with a new all-time high.
AVGO +1.21, +0.40%, at horizontal resistance, closed at all-time high.

GILD +9.13, +8.28%, beat, EPS $2.01 vs $1.94 Est., beat, Rev $7.082B vs. $6.940B Est., positive EPS reaction.

Recent IPOs: AMBQ -3.26%, FIG -0.17% and FLY -16.87% each closed lower.


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


SPY down 4.93 at 637.18, bull flag continuation, 63.9 million shares, below average volume,
VIX down 1.42 at 15.15
QQQ up 5.31 at 574.55

AAPL, CSCO, UNH, V led DJIA, 20 advancers, +6
GILD, ALB, GEN, MNST led SPX, 294 advancers,
GILD, MNST, MU, APP led NDX, 64 advancers,

Up: QQQ, SPY, DIA, IWM,
Down:

The SPY MFC green line turned up at 81.4, closed at a new all-time high by 8 cents and is short-term bullish. +5.9

Nine of eleven sectors were higher on Friday led by XLK, XLF and XLV.

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

The 6-month intermediate trend breakout is up.  The ten-day trend is sideways.

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


64 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday.

45 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA: AVGO, MSFT, NVDA, AMD, CSX, DASH, CSGP, GOOGL, AEP, SNPS, CDNS, FAST, PEP, REGN, ORLY, PLTR, XEL, PDD, BKR, CEG, ROST, TMUS, APP, AZN, CTAS, META, EA, VRTX, IDXX, MRVL, AXON, LIN, AAPL, COST, CSCO, TSLA, KDP, KHC, LRCX, MNST, ADP, BIIB, GILD, KLAC, MU,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Monday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 5
ADP, BIIB, GILD, KLAC, MU,    


Moving Below 30 DMA = 2
MDB, TTD,



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