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US stocks stumble after hitting record highs

  
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Closing changes for North American trade on January 10, 2020:

Closing changes for North American trade on January 10, 2020:
On the day:
  • S&P 500 down 9 points to 3265 after hitting 3282 (-0.3%)
  • DJIA down 133 points to 28823
  • Nasdaq down 24 points to 9178

On the week:

  • S&P 500 up 0.9%
  • DJIA up 0.7%
  • Nasdaq +1.75%

The turnaround today is a bit of warning signal. Note that January is a weak seasonal month but there is a long-term trend of strength early in the month. I also tend to think the signing of the ‘phase one’ deal is sell-the-fact risk.

US Market : Record close for the major indices

  
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Dow toys with extending above 29,000, but stalls just short of the level today

The major US stock indices are closing once again at record highs.  The down industrial average toyed with the idea of breaking the 29,000 level. The index moved above the 28,000 level on November November 15. The high price today reached 29,988.01 before backing off.
The closing levels are showing:
  • S&P index up 21.66 points or 0.67% to 3274.71. That is just off the high price of 3275.58. The low reached 3263.67.
  • NASDAQ index rose 74.184 points or 0.81% to 9203.42. The high price reached 9215.95. The low extended to 9158.504
  • Dow rose 212.08 points or 0.74% to 28957.12. The high reached 28988.01. The low extended to 28844.31.
Some big winners today included:
  • Beyond Meat, +10.84%
  • Chewy, +2.97%
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb, +2.47%
  • AMD, +2.36%
  • Apple, +2.16%
  • Goldman Sachs, +2.05%
  • Starbucks, +1.82%
  • Coca-Cola, +1.79%
  • Alibaba, +1.79%
  • American express, +1.79%
  • Costco, +1.60%
  • Boeing, +1.52%
  • Home Depot, +1.51%
  • Microsoft, +1.22%
  • McDonald’s, +1.21%
Some losers today included:
  • under armor, -3.09%
  • Slack, -2.4%
  • Walgreens boots, -2.08%
  • Tesla, -2.08%
  • AT&T, -1.5%
  • Verizon, -1.47%
  • General Mills, -1.15%
  • Netflix, -1.05%
  • DuPont, -0.91%
  • Lam research -0.78%
  • Broadcom, -0.76%
  • Walt Disney, -0.47%
  • Cisco, -0.42%
  • micron, -0.35%
  • Caterpillar, -0.25%
  • Wells Fargo, -0.17%
  • Southwest Airlines, -0.13%

Day 1 of 2020 and record closes for the major indices, and at session highs too.

  
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NASDAQ index leads the way with a gain over 1.33%

It is day one of 2020 and the major indices are all closing at record levels. The NASDAQ index is leading the way with a gain over 1%.
The final numbers are showing:
  • S&P index rose 27.21 points or 0.84% to 3257.98. The high price was at 3258.14. The low extended to 3235.53
  • NASDAQ index rose 119.58 points or 1.33% to 9092.18. The high reached 9093.43. The low extended to 9010.89
  • Dow industrial average rose 331.51 points or 1.16% to 28869.95. The high reached 28872.80. The low extended to 28627.77
It is only one day, but the markets are starting off with a flourish in 2020.  Apple reached $300.00 and is closing above the $300 level for the first time ever (closing at $300.35).   For the day Apple rose $6.70 or 2.28%.
Other big gainers among the big names include:
  • AMD, +7.06%
  • Tencent, +3.77%
  • Alibaba, +3.61%
  • Northrop Grumman rose 3.39%
  • micron, +3.03%
  • Tesla, +2.87%
  • Amazon rose 2.72%
  • Salesforce rose 2.69%
  • Disney rose to 2.43%
  • PayPal rose 2.39%
  • Apple rose 2.28%
  • Facebook rose 2.21%
  • Alphabet rose 2.19%

Laggards include:

  • General Mills, -2.67%
  • Target, -1.68%
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb, -1.23%
  • Procter & Gamble, -1.15%
  • Costco, -0.83%
  • Papa John’s, -0.46%
  • Coca-Cola, -0.63%
  • Wells Fargo, -0.04%

S&P, Nasdaq have best year since 2013

  
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Nasdaq up over 35% on year

The US stock market is closed for the year, and oh what a year it was.
The S&P index and the NASDAQ index both had their best years since 2013. The NASDAQ index led the way for the year with a gain of 35.23%. The S&P index rose by 28.87%. The Dow industrial average was limited with a 22.33% gain. Boeing weighed on that index in 2019.
For the day, the major indices are closing near highs:
  • S&P index rose 9.41 points or 0.29% to 3230.70
  • NASDAQ index rose 26.611 points or 0.30% to 8972.60
  • Dow rose 76.1 points or 0.27% to 28538.24
Globally for the year, the Nasdaq index was the largest gainer (+35.23%) followed by the S&P index (+28.88%) and Italy’s FTSE MIB (up 28.28%).  The Shanghai composite index had a impressive 22.1% return.  France’s Cac and Germany’s DAX rose 26.37% and 25.48% respectively.
The worst performing index was the Portuguese PSI20 at 10.20% and Spain’s Ibex at 11.82%.  The UK FTSE, with all the upheaval and uncertainty from Brexit and the political upheaval, had a limited (relatively) gain of 12.10%.
The YTD returns were impressive in 2019

The major US indices snap their two-day slide

  
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Major indices close higher on the day

The major US indices not there today slide and are closing near the days highs in the process. Chair Powell’s view that it would take significant and persistent inflation before the next Fed hike, gave traders the green light to take stock higher.  Ahead, however, will be the US China tariffs scheduled to be hiked on December 15. That along with the UK election on the next key events for not only the US stock market but global stocks.
The final numbers are showing:
  • S&P index, +9.09 points or 0.29% at 3141.61. The high reached 3143.98. The low extended to 3133.21
  • NASDAQ index rose and 37.867 points or 0.44% at 8654.05. The high reached 8658.48. The low fell to 8622.355
  • The Dow rose 29.37 points or 0.11% to 27911.09. The hi reached 27925.50. The low extended to 27801.80

US Major indices close just off session lows

  
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tocks not three-day winning streak

The US major indices are closing just off session lows and in the process have snapped the 3 day winning streak.
The final numbers are showing:
  • S&P index, -9.95 points or -0.32% at 3135.96. The high reached 3148.87. The low extended to 3135.46
  • Nasdaq index closed down -34.7 points or -0.4% at 8621.82. The high reached 8678.85. The low extended to 8619.77
  • The Dow closed down -105.39 points or -0.3% at 27909.67. The high reached 28010.42. The low extended to 27906.14
The ranges of the major stock indices
Some winners today included:
  • US steel, +10.63%
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb, +2.29%
  • Slack, +2.2%
  • Deere & Company, +1.65%
  • Qualcomm, +1.31%
  • Target, +1.13%
  • Papa John’s, +1.12%
  • Home Depot, +1.06%
  • Tesla, +1.05%
  • IBM, +0.53%
  • Visa, +0.43%

Some losers today included:

  • Micron, -3.15%
  • Beyond Meat, -2.85%
  • Rite Aid, -2.29%
  • Intuitive Surgical, -2.10%
  • AMD, -1.77%
  • Alcoa, -1.75%
  • Stryker, -1.73%
  • Netflix, -1.52%
  • AliBaba, -1.58%
  • Apple, -1.39%
  • Goldman Sachs, -1.2%
  • Walt Disney, -1.0%

The Dow Rose 55 Points Because the U.S. and China Are Talking Trade Turkey

  
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All three main U.S. stock indexes closed with modest gains on Tuesday, adding to Monday’s record highs. U.S.-China trade negotiations continued ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, as representatives from both countries made another high-level call on Tuesday. Consumer confidence slipped again in November, but still remains at a relatively high level. In today’s After the Bell, we…

  • watch U.S. and China negotiators push trade talks a step further
  • gauge Trump’s position on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movements;
  • and check on how American consumers feel in November.

Time to Be Thankful

Stocks edged up again on Tuesday as trade negotiators from the U.S. and China hold another high-level phone call to resolve core issues. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 55.21 points, or 0.20%, to close at 28,121.68. The S&P 500 added 6.88 points, or 0.22%, to finish at 3140.52, and the Nasdaq Composite increased 15.44 points, or 0.18%, to close at 8647.93.

Wall Street hits new record as takeovers help spark rally

  
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Investors gobbled up US stocks to begin the Thanksgiving week, as trade optimism and a flurry of corporate dealmaking pushed all three major indices to new record highs. The S&P 500 surpassed its peak set one week ago, with technology shares leading the way amid renewed hope the US and China can reach a preliminary trade agreement. The benchmark index climbed 0.8 per cent, ending the day near its session high.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite locked up a record closing high of its own, rising 1.3 per cent. Semiconductor groups — seen as a benefactor from warmer trade relations — helped spark gains in the tech sector. The Philadelphia semiconductor index, which tracks 30 companies in the industry, leapt 2.4 per cent, its best performance in a month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was back above the 28,000 threshold, as it added 0.7 per cent. Investors’ hopes for a thaw in the US-China trade dispute have helped stoke a record run on Wall Street in recent weeks.

The S&P 500 has traded higher in six of the past seven weeks and has gained more than 3 per cent this month. New guidelines from Beijing on strengthening intellectual property safeguards gave Wall Street renewed confidence on Monday that a “phase one” deal could materialise before December 15, when new American tariffs on Chinese goods are due to begin. China’s alleged theft of intellectual property has been a sticking point in negotiations with Washington.

A series of big deals, including LVMH’s planned $16.6bn takeover of Tiffany and Charles Schwab’s $26bn deal to combine with TD Ameritrade, also gave a boost to stocks. The rally followed on the heels of gains around the world. The Europe-wide Stoxx 600 was up 1 per cent.

The Hang Seng surged 1.5 per cent. Some safe-haven assets took a hit amid the shift to equities. Gold fell 0.5 per cent, and the Japanese yen weakened by 0.3 per cent against the US dollar. The dollar index edged fractionally higher. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell 1.4 basis points to 1.7603 per cent.

The major indices end the week with modest gains. Dow and S&P broke 3 day slides

  
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For the week, the major indices moved lower

The major indices are ending the week with modest gains. The Dow and S&P ended a three-day slide.
  • S&P index rose 6.64 points or 0.21% at 3110.18.
  • NASDAQ index rose 13.68 points or 0.16% at 8519.89
  • Dow rose 107.32 points or 0.39% at 27873.68
For the week, the major indices closed lower. The NASDAQ index is closing lower for the 1st time in 7 weeks.  The declines were relatively modest. The numbers are showing:
  • S&P index, -0.33%
  • Nasdaq index, -0.25%
  • Dow, -0.47%
Overall, if this is a down week, it certainly was not a disaster.

Dip-buyers save US stocks from a deeper fall (for now)

  
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Stocks slump on trade headlines

Stocks slump on trade headlines
The main headline today was a report saying US-China talks could extend into 2020 because the sides are deadlocked.
The reaction was quick and the S&P 500 fell as low as 3091. However the dip buyers stepped up to the plate again (are you surprised?) and the index finished at 3108, a loss of 12 points or 0.4%.
Other markets:
  • Nasdaq -0.5%
  • DJIA -0.4%
  • TSX -0.1%
After the close of the market, CNBC reported that the trade talks are ‘in trouble’. Somehow, the story hasn’t gotten any attention, perhaps because it was a live report with no text follow up. We’ll see if it gets some traction in the hour ahead.
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