Tuesday, April 21, 2026

NDX, DJI, SPX, RUT Closed Lower...Breadth Weakened...Energy and Technology Sectors Closed Higher...Temporary Ceasefire Extended by U.S...


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SPX -45.13, 7,064 opened and closed lower, forming a red spinning top that closed above Friday’s S-1 level.  After the close, POTUS indicated that the U.S. would extend the temporary ceasefire due to Iran’s “fractured” leadership. Futures are up in after-hours trading.  Breadth weakened as decliners led on the NYSE and NASDAQ exchanges. Volume was again below average and VIX closed higher.

EPS season Day 6:   NTRS UNH DHI MSCI STLD DGX HAL GPC closed higher on a positive EPS reaction.  DHR SYF MMM EFX RTX GE NOC TSCO closed lower after a negative EPS reaction.  BA BSX CME ELV GEV MAS MSCO NVR OTIS PM T TDY TEL VRT WAB report EPS Wednesday BMO.

NVDA -2.18, -1.08%, in range trading day, on 107.6 million shares.
MU +0.96, +0.21%, BO test, again closed above Tuesday’s S-1 level.

SPX advancers: NTRS HPQ UNH DHI MSCI STLD NTAP CF APA DGX DELL.
SPX decliners: TSCO SATS COIN NOC LITE PRU CCL GE TDG HOOD NEM NRG.

SPY below average volume of 58.5 million shares.
VIX +0.63 19.50
NDX -0.42% paused for a second day.
DJI, 49,149, -0.59% formed a bearish engulfing pattern

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


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

The SPY MFC green line turned down at 96.2, price-action is a bull flag/BO test counter-trend defensive. -1.9. 

Two of eleven sectors (38%) were higher on Tuesday led by XLE, XLK and XLF


40 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Tuesday.

68 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA: ROST, MRVL, ARM, EA, AMD, BKR, AMD, AMD, AZN, CSX, FAST, ODFL, AMZN, INTC, KLAC, MAR, MPWR, STX, WDC, CSCO, ADI, BKNG, MCHP, TXN, AMAT, AVGO, GOOGL, LRCX, MELI, AAPL, ASML, FER, MU, NVDA, NXPI, ORLY, PCAR, SBUX, META, MNST, FANG, GEHC, ABNB, CDNS, PYPL, QCOM, SNPS, DASH, MSFT, MSTR, TTWO, APP, CHTR, DDOG, PANW, ROP, TSLA, ADSK, CCEP, CMCSA, CRWD, FTNT, COST, MDB, TRI, ADBE, CPRT, LIN, PAYX, FANG,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Wednesday
Moving Above 30 DMA = 1
FANG,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 7
AEP, IDXX, MDLZ, PDD, PEP, WBD, XEL,



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