Wednesday, July 29, 2026

SPX, RUT, NDX, DJI Closed Lower after FOMC Left Rate Unchanged as Expected...Breadth Weakened...META Misses EPS, MSFT Beats...


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SPX -112.63, 7,316, opened slightly lower, and closed lower after the FOMC meeting where rates were unchanged as expected.  Nine (75%) of the FOMC committee voted to leave rates unchanged.  NDX closed lower below seven-week support. 

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

SPX advancers: GRMN GEHC CTSH SBAC INTU IT ADBE DOW DDOG WDAY ACN.
SPX decliners: LII VRT MAS KLAC MU SMCI FLEX COHR AMAT BG BLDR.

META -50.89, -8.66%, EPS miss and sales beat, a negative earnings reaction
MSFT +34.67, +8.88% earnings and sales beat, a positive earnings reaction

AAPL, AMZN report Thursday after market close.

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Day 12, Q2 Earnings season:
Thursday BMO: AEP, AOS, APD, AVY, BAX, BLDR, BMY, CI, EME, EXC, FTI, HII, HSY, ICE, IP, KKR, LH, LKQ, MA, MLM, MO, NCLH, PWR, REGN, SO, SOLS, TT, VLO, WTW, XEL, YUM,
Thursday AMC: AAPL, AEE, AES, AJG, AMZN, COIN, CPT, CTVA, DXCM, EIX, ERIE, ES, FSLR, GDDY, IR, LNT, LYV, MHK, MTD, SATS, SYK, WY,

Q2 First day reaction: +40%
Positive: 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, = 73

Neutral: 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 = 28

Negative: 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 = 80
Bold is > +5% or -5%
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SK Hynix ADR, SKHY, closed 126.79, -2.60% on its fourteenth 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 112.55, -3.32% formed a red spinning top candle today.  Our view is that SPCX, with no earnings, is an overvalued speculation.  IPO at 135 on June 12. 

SPY -1.54%, above average volume of 70.6 million shares.
VIX +2.45, 20.66,
NDX -2.06% formed a red candle and closed below its June 9 support low and its 8-week sideways consolidation.
DJI, 51,594 -2.19%, fell to ST support on July 23.


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


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

The SPY MFC green line is down at 38.4, price-action closed below diagonal support from June 9 and 26 but is still above IT horizontal support and is short-term bearish. -12.8

Two of eleven sectors were higher on Wednesday led by XLE, XLP and XLRE 


39 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Wednesday.

50 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA: EA, FAST, PCAR, CCEP, AMGN, CSX, KHC, ADP, MELI, PAYX, PYPL, REGN, CTAS, AAPL, GILD, PDD, FANG, INTU, ROST, HON, ODFL, EXC, ADSK, ROP, ADBE, BKNG, FAST, MDLZ, TRI, WDAY, ABNB, AXON. BKR, COST, CPRT, DASH, DDOG, DXCM, IDXX, MAR, MSFT, ORLY, TTWO, CMCSA, GEHC, MNST, PEP, KDP, NFLX, SBUX,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Thursday
Moving Above 30 DMA = 3
KDP, NFLX, SBUX,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 4
CEG, ODFL, VRTX, XEL,



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