Wednesday, July 15, 2026

RUT, SPX, DJI Closed Higher...NDX Closed Lower on Earnings Season Day 2...


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SPX +28.81, 7,572, opened higher, traded in range and closed higher.  Closed 38 points below its all-time closing high on June 2.  The SPX rose while the NDX fell in their 6-week sideways channel.  Breadth remained positive as advancers led on both the NYSE and NASDAQ exchanges.

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Q2 Earnings season continues day 2.
Thursday morning BMO: ABT, CFG, GE, PLD STT, UNH, USB

Q2 First day reaction:
Positive: BLK, BNY, CTAS, MTB, PNC, MS, GS, JPM, BAC, = 9
Neutral: CAG = 1
Negative: PGR, ELV, JNJ, C, WFC, FAST = 6
Bold is > +5% or -5%

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PYPL +17.2% on a takeover offer from Stripe and private-equity firm Advent.

SK Hynix ADR, SKHY, closed 176.46, -9.00% on its fourth trading day.  IPO was at 149.

SpaceX, SPCX, closed at 135.27, -0.60%. Our view is that SPCX, with no earnings, is an overvalued speculation.  IPO at 135 on June 12.

SPX advancers: PYPL BLK CBRE IVZ BNY BKNG CTAS HCA AAPL KKR NDAQ.
SPX decliners: PNR ERIE DELL PGR WDC WLV SNDK MU LIT MRVL NTAP.

SPY +0.40%, below average volume of 43.8 million shares.
VIX -0.83, 15.67.
NDX -0.28% opened and closed higher.
DJI, 52,658 +0.29%, lifted by mega caps AAPL GOOGL MSFT and AMZN.


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


Up: IWM, SPY, DIA
Down: QQQ,

The SPY MFC green line is up at 79, price-action remained above ST support and is short-term bullish. +4.9

Five of eleven sectors were higher on Wednesday led by XLC, XLY and XLF. 


46 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Wednesday.

52 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA: AMAT, MNST, PANW, CRWD, FTNT, EA, FAST, PCAR, CCEP, BKNG, VRTX, ABNB, DASH, TTWO, AEP, AMGN, AXON, ROP, SBUX, CSX, KHC, ADP, DDOG, MELI, PAYX, PYPL, REGN, CTAS, TRI, AAPL, GILD, WDAY, DXCM, META, PDD, AMD, AMZN, TMUS, FANG, INTU, WBD, NVDA, PLTR, ADBE, ADSK, ASML, AVGO, CEG, GOOGL, IDXX, MSFT, ROST,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Thursday
Moving Above 30 DMA = 9
ADBE, ADSK, ASML, AVGO, CEG, GOOGL, IDXX, MSFT, ROST,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 5
EXC, LIN, ODFL, TXN, XEL,



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