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US major indices close lower but off the low levels for the day

  
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Prices recover in the last hour of trading

The major indices are closing lower but off the low levels for the day. The last hour of trading saw prices move higher. The major indices have moved lower in 3 last 4 trading days
The final numbers are showing:
  • The S&P index fell -38.34 points or -1.52% at 2488.56. The high for the day reached 2538.18 . The low extended to 2459.96
  • the NASDAQ index fell -114.225 points or -1.53% to 7373.08. The high price reached 7518.71.The low extended to 7288.11
  • The Dow fell -357.99 points or -1.67% to 21055.49. The high price reached to 21 447.81. The low extended to 20863.09
For the week, the major indices all declined with the Dow industrial average falling the most. The changes for the week are showing:
  • Dow -2.7%
  • S&P -2.08%
  • Nasdaq -1.72%

YTD, the Dow al  so is leading the declines:

  • Dow -26.23%
  • S&P, -22.97%
  • Nasdaq, -17.83%.

US Indices run higher into the close. Major indices close near session highs

  
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Major indice rise by 1.6% to 2.2%

The US stocks ran higher into the close with the major indices rising about 0.9% more in the last hour of trading.
The final numbers are showing:
  • The S&P index rose 56.09 points or 2.28% at 2526.90
  • The NASDAQ index rose 126.73 points or 1.72% at 2487.31
  • The Dow Industrial Average rose 1 and 69.93 points or 2.24% at 21413.44
Going into the last hour of trading, the major indices were trading at:
  • S&P index up 32.81 points or 1.33% at 2503.31. The final hour added 0.95%
  • Nasdaq index up 54.859 points or 0.75% 7415.44.  The final hour added 0.97%
  • Dow up 275.64 points or 1.32% at 21219.15. The final hour added 0.92%
Some winners today included:
  • Chevron, +11.06%
  • Exxon Mobile, +7.62%
  • Morgan Stanley, +7.18%
  • Gilead, +6.09%
  • Broadcom, +5.77%
  • Nvidia, +5.16%
  • Intel, +4.80%
  • Caterpillar, +4.8%
  • IBM, +4.77%
  • Procter & Gamble, +4.62%
  • Lockheed Martin, +4.46%
  • Mastercard, +4.46%
Some losers today included:
  • Beyond Meat, -9.58%
  • United Airlines, -8.72%
  • Walgreens Boots, -6.14%
  • Slack, -5.94%
  • United Technologies, -5.92%
  • Boeing, -5.82%
  • Tesla, -5.63%
  • Delta Airlines, -4.78%

Dow leads the decline in stocks. Dow posts worst Q1 ever.

  
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Dow & S&P worst month since 2008. S&P falls -20% for the quarter. All indices are in the red going back a year.

The US stocks are ending the day with declines across the board but by differing degrees.
For the month, the Dow and S&P had the worst month since 2008. The Dow posted the worst Q1 ever.  The S&P fell an even -20.00% for the quarter (which is a bit ironic).
The final numbers are showing:
  • S&P index fell -42.06 points ro -1.6% at 2584.59
  • Nasdaq index fell -74.05 points or -0.95% at 7700.10
  • Dow index fell -410.32 points or -1.84% at 21917.16
For the month, the major indices are showing:
  • S&P index fell -12.51%
  • NASDAQ index fell -10.12%
  • Dow fell -13.74%
For the quarter, the final numbers for the 1Q are showing:
  • S&P index fell -20.00%
  • NASDAQ index fell -14.18%
  • Dow fell -23.2%
Going back 1 year, all the major indices are now showing declines
  • S&P index, -8.81%
  • NASDAQ index, -0.38%
  • Dow industrial average, -15.47%

US stocks close near session highs. Solid day higher.

  
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Broad indices move up over 3% on the day

The US stocks moved up to a new session high but backed off just a bit into the close.  It was still a solid day higher.
The major indices are closing at:
  • S&P index rose 5.02 points or 3.35% to 2626.49.
  • Nasdaq index rose 271.77 points or 3.62% tp 7774.15.
  • Dow industrial average rose 688.32 points or 3.18% to 22325.10.
Although the price extended to new session highs in the major indices during the last hour, the volatility was a bit less than recent history. The snapshot at 3 PM showed:
  • S&P index up 70.44 points or 2.77% at 2611.91. The index moved up to a high of 2631.80 in the last hour.
  • NASDAQ index +225.28 points or 3.0% at 7727.66. The index moved up to a high of 7784.34 in the last hour
  • Dow up 526.39 points or 2.43% at 22163.12. The index moved up to a high of 22378.09 in the last hour.
Some winners today included:
  • Johnson & Johnson, +7.9%
  • Merck, +7.45%
  • Microsoft, +7.15%
  • Intel, +5.98%
  • Caterpillar, +5.88%
  • Facebook, +5.77%
  • Pfizer, +5.76%
  • Chubb, +5.32%
  • Nvidia, +5.15%
  • Coca-Cola, +5.04%
  • Walmart, +5.04%
  • Phillip Morris, +4.74%
  • IBM, +4.54%
  • General Mills, +4.42%
  • Gilead +4.30%
  • Adobe +4.22%

Some losers today included:

  • United Airlines, -8.08%
  • Boeing, -5.93%
  • Southwest Airlines -3.52%
  • Delta, -2.98%
  • Tesla, -2.43%
  • Papa John’s, -2.32%
  • Wells Fargo, -1.19%
  • Slack, -1.09%
  • Raytheon, -0.73%
  • DuPont, -0.62%
  • Lockheed Martin, -0.57%

Major indices close lower after late day rally fizzles out

  
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Another big move in the last hour of trading

The major indices are closing lower on the day after the late day rally fizzled out.
Starting the last hour of trading, the major indices were trading at:
  • S&P index 2584.95, down -45.12 points or -1.72%
  • NASDAQ index 7648.96, down -148.57 points or -1.91%
  • Dow 22046.95, down -505.18 points or -2.24%

The closing levels are lower at:

  • S&P index fell -88.62 points or -3.37% to 2541.45
  • NASDAQ index fell -295.15 points or -3.79% to 7502.37
  • Dow fell -915.39 points or -4.06% to 21636.78
Over the last hour of trading, the major indices each traded to new day highs, but quickly sold off and are closing near the session lows (with the NASDAQ just off the day’s lows). In the last hour of trading, the:
  • S&P index went from a high of 2615.91 to a low of 2534.99 or a range of 80.92 points
  • Nasdaq index went from a high of 7716.24 to a low of 7497.02 or a range of 219.2 points
  • Dow went from a high of 22327 to a low of 21602 or a range of 725 points

Another big move in the last hour of tradingAlthough lower for the day for all major indices closed with gains.

Leading the way was the Japan’s Nikkei with a gain of +17.14%. In the US, the biggest gainer was the Dow up by 12.84%. It was helped by a move back higher in Boeing.   Boeing shares went from $97 on Monday to around $180 at the highs. It is closing today around $162.  The gain for the week was at 70.48%

The S&P index rose by 10.26%.  The NASDAQ gained 9.05%.

Other big gainers for the week were:
  • Delta Air Lines +38.36%
  • United Airlines +33.8%
  • Slack +28.3%
  • Home Depot up 25.05%
  • intuitive surgical, +24.41%
  • Nike up 23.51%
  • Nvidia, +22.75%
  • Micron, +20.41%
  • Tesla, +20.36%
  • Broadcom, +20.2%
  • American Express up 19.56%
  • United Technologies up 17.69%
  • United health up 17.04%
  In Europe the biggest gainer was the German DAX which rose 7.88%.

Major indices end the day with solid gains and at the highs

  
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The Dow and S&P rises for the 3rd day in around.

Yesterday both the S&P index and the Dow closed higher for the 2nd day in a row. The NASDAQ did not join them as it fell in trading yesterday. However all 3 indices are closing higher in trading today with solid gains. The indices closed near/at the session highs.

The final numbers are showing:
  • S&P index rose 151.74 points or 6.13% at 2627.30
  • NASDAQ index rose 413.24 points or 5.6% at 7797.53
  • Dow industrial average rose 1351.62 points or 6.38% at 22552.17.
The final hour of trading – which has been very volatile of late – once again saw the major indices rock ‘n’ roll ‘n:
  • S&P index, was at 2594.44 at 3 PM ET. The high in the last hour reached 2637.01. The low reached 2574.92. That is a range of 63 points.
  • NASDAQ index was trading at 7686.41 at 3 PM. The high in the last hour reached 7809.82. The low extended to 7639.95. That is a range of 170 points.
  • Dow industrial average was trading at 22227.47 at 3 PM. The high in the last hour reached 22595. The low reached 21964.24. That is a range of 631 points in the last hour.

The indices are also closing well off there lows for the day (the major indices did not go negative today).  Looking at the % low, % high and % Close, the % lows for the indices reached:

  • S&P index, +1.02%
  • NASDAQ index, +1.06%
  • Dow industrial average, +1.07%
Of the lows from Monday:
  • The Nasdaq is up 17.77%
  • The S&P index is up 20.31%
  • The Dow is up 24.06%
Of course those gains are impressive, but understand the gains are off much lower levels. The major indices are still well off the highs for the year.

US stocks jump in a monster bounce — Dow gains most since 1933

  
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The Fed and Congress inspire an equity rally

Closing changes:
  • S&P 500 +9.4% — biggest since 2008
  • DJIA +11.3%
  • Nasdaq +8.0%
It was a great day to buy stocks as the market bets that Congress will come through with some kind of stimulus. There was also some major bargain hunting and short-covering. The four best performers on the S&P 500 were: L Brands, American Airlines, MGM Resorts, Norwegian Cruise Lines. Energy was the top-performing sector.
Every bottom starts with a bounce but not every bounce is a bottom. That said, bottoms are built on skepticism so my skepticism is only adding fuel to the fire.
The rally today is slightly bigger than the one that led Trump to email out this:
The Fed and Congress inspire an equity rally

US Indicies plunge to end the week but not as bad as some recent days

  
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When you have -10% days, a fall of -4.35% doesn’t sound that bad

The US stocks plunged once again today with the declines led by the Dow.  Although sharply lower, a fall of over 4% does not sound so bad when we’ve endured -10% moves of late.  What we know is the numbers are not pretty today/this week/YTD and over the last year.
A look at the final number for the day are showing:
  • S&P index fell -104.47 points or -4.34% to 2304.92
  • Nasdaq index fell -271.05 points or -3.79% to 6879.52
  • Dow fell -913.21 points or -4.55% to 9173.98
For the week, the numbers were horrible as well:
  • S&P index fell -14.98%
  • NASDAQ index fell -12.64%
  • Dow fell -17.3%
Year to date numbers for the major indices are showing:
  • S&P index, -28.66%
  • Nasdaq index, -23.33%
  • Dow -32.81%

Finally, going back 1 year:

  • S&P index, -18.39%
  • NASDAQ index, -10.99%
  • Dow, -25.53%
No matter how you slice it, the final numbers for the day, the week, the year to date and the year are not pretty….not pretty at all.

US stocks close higher but well off highs in volatile trading

  
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Nasdaq was down -1.88% at the lows, and up 5.03% at the high today

The US stock indices are closing higher on the day but off the highs for the day. I guess you can say there well off the lows for the day too.  The NASDAQ index was down -1.8% at the lows, and up 5.03% the highs. It closed up 2.3%. The volatility is red hot.

The final numbers are showing:
  • The S&P index rose 11.29 points or 0.47% to 2409.39. The low price was at 2319.78, down -3.27% at the time. The high was at 2466.97, up 2.87% at the peak.
  • The Nasdaq index rose  160.73 points or 2.3% to 7150.57.
  • The Dow rose 188.27 points or 0.95% to 20087.19. The low price was at 19177.13, or down -3.63%. The high reached 20442.63, or up 2.73%.
A hugely volatile day for the US stocks.
The US stocks had a hugely volatile day

A Turnaround Tuesday. Major indices close higher.

  
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6% gains for S&P and Nasdaq.

It is a Turnaround Tuesday for the major US stock indices.

The summary of what was a wild swing day is showing:
  • The S&P index rose 142.88 points or 5.99% to 2529.01. The low reached 2367.04. The high was up at 2553.93
  • The Nasdaq index rose 430.189 points or 6.23% to 7334.78. The low reached 6828.91. The high moved up to 7406.23
  • The Dow rose 1049.27 points or +5.2% to 21237.79. The low reached 19882.26. The high reached 21379.35
In the last hour of trading, their was what has been more typical volatility.  Below is the summary of the changes. Not only did stocks move higher, but the US 10 year yield moved up by 5 basis points.
6% gains for S&P and Nasdaq.
Although off the highs the major US indices are ending the day well off the lows.
Major indices close higher
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