10 September 2012
Market Summary
The Dow started lower yesterday and attempted to fade the gap but in vain, washed out in the last hour. For the trading session yesterday, NASDAQ led the down day without much effort to fight back by the bulls...
Market Internals
The internals are slightly flat to the downside with only the bears outpacing the bulls slightly....
Leaders and laggards
Surprisingly the tech was leading the sectors to the downside together with the industrials.. AAPL, INTEL, CSCO, ESRX led the down day in NASDAQ and in the tech sectors...
Technical Updates
On the NASDAQ, it's quite apparent that people are profit taking in the lights of FOMC statement.. With the FOMC statements coming out, the market will likely to retrace and stay flat until the FOMC statement gives a clearer indication.
Commentaries
| Stock Market Update |
| 16:15 ET Dow -52.35 at 13259.47, Nasdaq -32.40 at 3104.02, S&P -8.84 at 1429.08 :[BRIEFING.COM] Following a mostly uneventful, range-bound trading day, equities saw a late afternoon push to session lows. The major averages saw a notable divergence as the Dow slipped 0.4% while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq slid 0.6% and 1.0%, respectively. The Dow Jones Transportation Average outperformed the broader market as most components posted gains. Airlines United Continental (UAL 20.06, +0.36) and Delta(DAL 9.38, +0.10) ended higher by 1.8% and 1.1%, respectively. Meanwhile, trucking stocks also showed strength. JB Hunt (JBHT 52.16, +0.51) and Con-way (CNW 29.98, +0.38) both gained near 1.0%. Technology stocks lagged as major names within the space traded lower. Intel (INTC 23.26, -0.93) slid 3.8% as it remained under pressure after lowering its guidance on Friday. However, Intel's peer, AMD (AMD 3.47, +0.02) gained 0.6% after Goldman upgraded the shares from ‘sell' to ‘neutral.' In addition, major networking stocks showed weakness. F5 Networks (FFIV 96.63, -3.64) finished lower by 3.6%, while Cisco (CSCO 19.15, -0.41) slid 2.1%. Elsewhere, two tech giants traded near their respective all-time highs. Apple (AAPL 662.74, -17.70) marked a fresh all-time best at $683.29, but reversed into negative territory and ended down 2.6%. Meanwhile, Google (GOOG 700.77, -5.38) shed 0.8% as it nears its all-time high of $714.87. Shares listed in the materials space advanced as names within the sector benefited from China's plan to increase infrastructure spending. Companies specializing in construction materials were led by Martin Marietta (MLM 84.18, +3.05) which added 3.8% after being upgraded from ‘equal weight' to ‘overweight' at Stephens. Meanwhile, Vulcan (VMC 41.44, +1.09) and Headwaters (HW 7.38, +0.43) advanced 2.7% and 6.2%, respectively. Four paper and packaging producers slumped after receiving downgrades from Deutsche Bank. Rock-Tenn (RKT 66.97, -3.37), International Paper (IP 34.97, -1.51),Packaging Corp of America (PKG 32.44, -0.83), and KapStone (KS 20.75, -0.47) all lost between 2.0% and 5.0% on the news. The downgrade took place after the stocks went on a sharp rally in anticipation of a price increase in the fall. Deutsche Bank is skeptical as to the true ability of the producers to implement and maintain the said price hikes. Casino and gaming stocks were mostly higher after Nevada Gaming Control Board reported July Las Vegas Strip revenues increased by 27.5% year-over-year. Boyd Gaming (BYD 6.32, +0.21), Isle of Capri Casinos (ISLE 6.42, +0.14), MGM Resorts(MGM 10.92, +0.22), and Wynn Resorts (WYNN 103.09, +0.35) added between 0.3% and 3.5%. Meanwhile, Caesars (CZR 7.10, -0.12), and Las Vegas Sands (LVS 43.41, -0.89) started the session in the black but ended lower by 1.7% and 2.0%, respectively. According to the Federal Reserve, consumer credit decreased by $3.3 billion in July. This follows the prior month's reading of $6.5 billion, and is lower than the $10.0 billion that had been broadly expected among economists polled by Briefing.com. Tomorrow's economic data is limited to July trade balance which will be reported at 8:30 ET. ..NYSE Adv/Dec 1194/1802. ..NASDAQ Adv/Dec 1006/1448. |
Commodities
Treasuries
Not much data coming out for 11 Sep as the market will be focused on FOMC.
Just some suggested reading...
Europe’s recession will intensify and spread to Germany, the euro-zone’s largest economy, within six months, said George Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Management.
"That is no longer a forecast; it is an observation. The German public doesn’t yet feel it and doesn’t quite believe it. But it is all too real in the periphery and it will reach Germany in the next six months or so.” - Soros
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/soros-germanys-heading-into-depression-2012-09-10
Market Call: FLAT TO THE DOWNSIDE
Date: 11 SEP 2012
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