DJI, SPX, NDX, RUT Closed Lower...Breadth Weakened...Afterhours - STX Gains on Positive EPS Reaction...AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT Report Wednesday After the Close...

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SPX -35.11, 7,173, pulled back in a one-day bull flag pattern.  Breadth weakened as decliners led on the NYSE and NASDAQ exchanges. Volume was below average and VIX closed lower, a sign that institutions continued to unwind hedges. 

The FOMC will report on its latest interest rate action on Wednesday at 2 p.m. EDT.  Rates are expected to remain unchanged. 

AMZN GOOGL META MSFT report after the close tomorrow Wednesday, April 29.

After hours: STX +107.97, 18.65% reported EPS and had a strong positive reaction to earnings.

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EPS season Day 11:   CNC BEN AVB NUE KO VTR INCY AMT IVZ GM ABY KMB closed higher on a positive EPS reaction.  ARE ZBH PNR UHS GLW ALLE PCAR XYL BRO UPS SHW CDNS HLT PSA SYY SPBI CINF ECL CMS closed lower after a negative EPS reaction.  

ABBV ADP APH BG BIIB CTSH EME ETR GS GEHC GNRC GRMN HUM IEX LII ODFL PSX REGN SWK VMC VRSK YUM report EPS Wednesday BMO. 26 more SPX companies report after the close for 48 total on Wednesday.  There are 156 companies or 31.2% of SPX companies scheduled to report Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

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NVDA -3.44, +1.59%, on 180.2 million shares.

MU -20.27, -3.86%, paused and formed a doji on Tuesday.

SPX advancers: CNC BEN AVB UDR PKG NUE EQR ESS CPT IP MAA KO UNH.

SPX decliners: ARE ZBH PNR UHS GLW LITE ALLE CIEN SNDK ALB PCAR AMAT.

SPY below average volume of 43.1 million shares.

VIX -0.19 17.83, 

NDX -1.01% paused and formed a spinning top od Tuesday.

DJI, 49,141, -0.05% formed a spinning top in a bull flag pullback

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

Up:

Down: DIA, SPY, QQQ, IWM

The SPY MFC green line pointed up at 97.6, price-action is a bounce to new closing high short-term bullish. +1.1. 

Six of eleven sectors (32.8%) were higher on Tuesday led by XLE, XLRE and XLP. 

37 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Tuesday.

60 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA: ROST, MRVL, ARM, AMD, CSX, FAST, ODFL, AMZN, INTC, KLAC, MAR, MPWR, STX, WDC, CSCO, ADI, MCHP, TXN, AMAT, AVGO, GOOGL, LRCX, MELI, AAPL, FER, MU, NVDA, NXPI, SBUX, META, MNST, ABNB, CDNS, PYPL, QCOM, SNPS, DASH, MSFT, MSTR, TTWO, APP, DDOG, PANW, CCEP, CRWD, FTNT, MDB, FANG, BKR, ISRG, KDP, AEP, CEG, LIN, TSLA,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Wednesday

Moving Above 30 DMA = 5

ADBE, CPRT, KHC, MDLZ, PEP,

Moving Below 30 DMA = 6

ASML, BKNG, COST, IDXX, ORLY, PCAR,

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