Stocks were positive for most of today's session but some late day selling left the major indexes with both small gains and losses. It is clear the market is now taking some time to digest the strong stock market direction uptrend that began in early September. For the first time in a while we saw the number of new lows explode above 40 and come close matching the number of new highs (see below). In addition, the DJIA and Nasdaq Composite closed slightly below their 21-day moving averages. So far the pullback looks healthy and could provide the opportunity to open new positions at better risk points. We are leaving the support levels for the DJIA (DIA), S&P 500 (SPY), and Nasdaq Composite (QQQQ) the same and adjusting the resistance levels down based on the recent activity (see below). Until the market can establish a new base that is safer to buy stocks the prudent approach is to be mostly in cash.
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SUMMARY
DJIA: Up 0.1% to 11,202
S&P 500: Down 0.1% to 1,198
Nasdaq Composite: Down 0.2% to 2,514
BREADTH FOR NYSE
Advancing Issues: 1,406
Declining Issues: 1,615
Advance/Decline Ratio: .9 to 1
New Highs: 52
New Lows: 44
High/Low Ratio: 1.2 to 1
SUPPORT/RESISTANCE LEVELS
DJIA: 11,144/11,215
S&P 500: 1,185/1,198
Nasdaq Composite: 2,505/2,518
SECTOR ANALYSIS
Financials was the best performing sector up 0.4% while materials was the worst performing sector down 0.8%.
Other Sectors:
Consumer Discretionary Down 0.2%
Consumer Staples Flat
Energy Down 0.5%
Health Care Flat
Industrials Up 0.3%
Technology Down 0.3%
Utilities Up 0.3%
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