Friday, July 31, 2026

SPX, NDX, DJI Closed Higher on Channel Bounce Continuation...RUT Closed Lower...Breadth Weakened...Mega-cap Day One Reactions Split...

 
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SPX +52.09, 7,474, opened and closed higher on Friday.  Mega cap earnings from META, MSFT, AAPL and AMZN split with day one reactions: two positive and two negative.  SPX is back above the middle of its eight-week trading range at 62% of the channel up from its support low.  More than 50% of SPX earnings reports are now completed and six of the original mega caps are complete with NVDA to report on August 26. 

Breadth weakened as decliners led on both the NYSE and the NASDAQ exchanges. 

SPX advancers: AMZN DXCM ETN GOOGL WY VRT COHR ANET FTNT SOLS.
SPX decliners: GDDY CTVA COIN AAPL EIX NXPI SYK TROW LIN MU IP.

AAPL -24.52, -7.35%, EPS $2.02 beats $1.89 estimate, sales $109.417B beat $108.651B estimate. 
AMZN +36.08, +15.32%, EPS $5.75 beats $1.82 estimate, sales $200.606B beat $196.460B estimate.

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Day 14, Q2 Earnings season:
Monday BMO: ECHO, L, MAR, TSN,
Monday AMC: AES, ARE, CLX, FANG, OKE, ON, PLTR, SBAC, TKO, VRTX, WMB,

Q2 First day reaction: +40%
Positive: AMZN, DXCM, ETN, WY, CBOE, ERIE, ARES, MHK, LYB, MTD, FSLR, CVX, BEN, CHD, EME, LRCX, PWR, MSFT, HII, CMG, BAX, WTW, REGN, AVY, EQIX, VLO, YUM, SOLS, PTC, BMY LH, MA, APD, KKR, SBUX, ICE, IP,  GRMN, GEHC, CTSH, APH, EXE, BXP, MDLZ, ADP STX, IEX, F, BIIB, BH, IQV, INCY, SHW, NUE, RCL, PNR BRO KO, BA, UHS, ECL, PYPL, XYL, ITW, PCAR, AMT PFG, CDNS, BKR, SLB, DLR, VRSN, VZ, HCA, LMT, ALLE, URI, TMO, DGX, RTX, CSX, HON, ROP, NSC, UNP, TSCO, PKG, LVS, BX, HAS, MMM, GM, STLD, DPZ, TRV, ABT, JBHT, PLD CFG, USB, UNH, BLK, BNY, CTAS, MTB, PNC, MS, GS, JPM, BAC, = 110

Neutral: AEE, LNT, FRT, SATS, CL, D, XOM, FTNT, MGM, XEL, REG, AWK, V, CBRE, EXR, VRSK, VLTO, BSX, GNRC, TER, JCI, CNP, CMS, CNC, UDR, DTE, CINF, NEE, DECK, KMI, IBM, AVB, EQR, NDAQ, WST, MRSH, WRB, DHI, STT, CAG = 40

Negative: GDDY, CTVA, COIN, AAPL, EIX, SYK, TROW, LIN, MRNA, LYV, ES, AJG, ABBV, CPT, AES, IR, FICO, CHRW, LKQ, NCLH, MO, LHX, META, VTR, MLM, ESS, EG, FTI, ALGN, PSA, HSY, ORLY, HOOD, AOS, EXC, TYL, VICI, CI, MAA, QCOM, BLDR, SO, INVH, TT, AEP,  LII, VRT, MAS, KLAC, FTV, NXPI, PPG, HUM, SWKS, SW, OMC, ETR, GD, WED, PG, ACGL, CSGP, VMC, ODFL, SWK, WM, AON, FE, GLW, CARR, UPS, TXT, SPGI, HUBB, HLT, IVZ, WELL DINO, FFIV, INTC, CHTR, NEM, EW, HIG, TSLA, TMUS, ROL, DOV, GOOGL, GL, CMCSA, LUV, HBAN, CCI, NOW, PCG, TXN NVR, SNA, FCX, AMP, DOW, RJF, DHR, MSCI, HAL, EFX, GPC, SCHW, NOC, SYF, KEY, ISRG, NFLX, RF, FITB, TFC, GE, UAL PGR, ELV, JNJ, C, WFC, FAST = 125
Bold is > +5% or -5%
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SK Hynix ADR, SKHY, closed 143.73, -3.54% on its sixteenth trading day.  IPO was at 149.  SK Hynix is a profitable company with over $65 billion in revenues (larger than SPCX) and $28 billion in annual profit.  The ADR is speculative because as a new IPO it does not have a track record to evaluate. 

SpaceX, SPCX, closed at 108.37, -3.41% formed a red candle.  Our view is that SPCX, with no earnings, is an overvalued speculation.  IPO at 135 on June 12. 

SPY +0.72%, above average volume of 62.4 million shares.
VIX -1.10, 15.99, lowest close since July 15.
NDX +0.60% formed a black candle in a channel bounce continuation.
DJI, 52,485 +0.52%, just 1.08% below its all-time closing high on July 6.


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


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


The SPY MFC green line is up at 44.6, price-action closed above the high of the low day and is short-term bullish. +5.0

Four of eleven sectors were higher on Friday led by XLY, XLC and XLE. 


52 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday.

54 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA: EA, FAST, PCAR, CCEP, AMGN, CSX, KHC, ADP, MELI, PAYX, PYPL, REGN, CTAS, GILD, PDD, FANG, INTU, ROST, HON, ODFL, ADSK, ROP, ADBE, BKNG, FAST, MDLZ, TRI, WDAY, ABNB, AXON. BKR, COST, CPRT, DASH, DDOG, DXCM, IDXX, MSFT, CMCSA, GEHC, MNST, PEP, SBUX, AVGO, CEG, AMZN, CRWD, CSCO, FTNT, GOOGL, MDB, MPWR, ORLY, PANW,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Monday
Moving Above 30 DMA = 9
AMZN, CRWD, CSCO, FTNT, GOOGL, MDB, MPWR, ORLY, PANW,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 5
AAPL, KDP, MSTR, NFLX, TTWO,



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