Tuesday, September 30, 2025

SPX, NDX, DJI Closed Higher...Midnight Government Shutdown Pending...Health Care, Technology, Industrials Led Sectors...


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SPX +27.25, 6,688, continued a bull flag bounce today, five points short of its all-time closing high of 6,693, Monday, September 22.  Breadth was mixed and remained positive on Tuesday.

While there is still time, it appears that a government shutdown is likely to occur at midnight.

Another bull flag bounce continuation in an uptrend.  Dave

NDX +0.28%, also a bull flag bounce continuation in an uptrend. 

DJI, 46,397, +0.18%, a bull flag bounce continuation led by strength in AMGN, CAT and MRK.

NVDA +4.73, +2.60%, HBO
AVGO +2.01, +0.61%, formed a hammer in extended bull flag price pattern. 
ORCL -1.52, -0.54%, moved lower for a sixth day, formed a hammer.


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


SPY up +2.50 at 666.18, 86.1 million shares, above average volume,
VIX up +.16 at 16.28
QQQ up +1.64 at 600.37

MRK, AMGN, NVDA, JNJ led DJIA, 20 advancers, +0
PFE, MRK, DHR, TECH, CRL led SPX, 303 advancers,
WBD, AZN, AMGN, GEHC, NVDA led NDX, 53 advancers.

Up: SPY, QQQ, DIA, IWM, 
Down:

The SPY MFC green line turned up at 84.9, price action is short-term bullish. +1.7

Seven of eleven sectors were higher on Tuesday led by XLV, XLK and XLI. 

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

The 6-month intermediate trend breakout is up.  The ten-day trend is up.
3-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up
3-day Short Term Market TrendUp


53 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Tuesday.

53 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA: GOOGL, PDD, BKR, APP, AAPL, MNST, MU, INTC, PANW, QCOM, TSLA, TTWO, MDB, ADSK, AVGO, ASML, LRCX, DDOG, KLAC, DASH, WBD, ZS, MRVL, CRWD, CEG, PLTR, AMAT, FTNT, MDLZ, MELI, WDAY, MRVL, INTU, NVDA, CSX, FANG, XEL, ROST, CHTR, ORLY, ADBE, CCEP, EA, EXC, FAST, GFS, MSFT, PCAR, AEP, CSCO, EA, VRTX, AMD, BIIB, GEHC, NXPI,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Wednesday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 4
AMD, BIIB, GEHC, NXPI,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 5
ADBE, MAR, MELI, PCAR, PYPL,



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Hank said...

“Goverment shutdowns” are now common and just noise and have little or no effect on the intermediate term trend. Maybe at most a short term fluctuation because there is no real economic impact.