DJIA Closed New All-time High...NDX, SPX, RUT Closed Higher...After-hours: PLTR Postive EPS Reaction...

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DJIA closed at 53,178, a new all-time closing high.

SPX +110.78, 7,600, opened and closed higher just 9 points below its all-time closing high of 7,609 on June 2.  Mega caps gains from META, MSFT, GOOGL, AMZN and NVDA provided +85.93 SPX points on Monday.  SPX is at resistance with potential BO to a new all-time on Tuesday. 

Breadth strengthened as advancers led on both the NYSE and the NASDAQ exchanges. 

SPX advancers: FSLR COHR LITE ORCL AXON BLDR VRT ARES MHK BA BAX.

SPX decliners: MAR FICO EBAY CF CBOE FTI MCK CTVA LVS WDC BF/B.

After-hours: PLTR +18.72, +14.90%, CORRECTION: Palantir Technologies Q2 Adj. EPS $0.41 beats $0.35 estimate, sales $1.935B beat $1.802B estimate

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Day 15, Q2 Earnings season:

Tuesday BMO: ADM, AME, APO, APTV, BALL, BR, CAT, CMI, DD, DUK, EXPD, FIS, GWW, HISC, IDXX, IT, KIM, KMB, LDOS, MCD, MPC, MRK, NRG, PEG, PFE, PNW, Q, ROK, RVTY, SYY, TDG, WAT, ZBRA,

Tuesday AMC: AIZ, AMD, AMGN, ANET BKNG, DOC, CVA, DVN, EA, EMR, EOG, GILD, IFF, J, MOS, PRU, PSKY, WYNN,

Q2 First day reaction: +40%

Positive: TSN, ECHO, 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, = 112

Neutral: L, 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 = 41

Negative: MAR, 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 = 126

Bold is > +5% or -5%

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SpaceX, SPCX, closed at 114.53, +5.68% formed a bullish engulfing candle.  First EPS Tuesday AMC.  Private shares lock-up expire on August 6 with at least 911.5 million shares becoming free to trade.  Our view is that SPCX, with no earnings, is an overvalued speculation.  IPO at 135 on June 12. 

SPY +1.42%, above average volume of 59.9 million shares.

VIX -1.13, 15.86, lowest close since July 15.

NDX +1.78% formed a white candle in a channel bounce continuation.

DJI, 53,178 +1.32%, an all-time closing high.

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

Up: QQQ, IWM, SPY, DIA,

Down:

The SPY MFC green line is up at 54.9, price-action is near horizontal resistance and is short-term bullish. +10.3

Eight of eleven sectors were higher on Monday led by XLC, XLI, XLY and XLK. 

70 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Monday.

58 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, PEP, AVGO, CEG, AMZN, CRWD, CSCO, FTNT, GOOGL, MDB, ORLY, PANW, CRWV, FER, LITE, NFLX, NVDA, PLTR, TTWO,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Tuesday

Moving Above 30 DMA = 7

CRWV, FER, LITE, NFLX, NVDA, PLTR, TTWO,

Moving Below 30 DMA = 3

MNST, MPWR, SBUX,

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