Directional Bias For The Day:

• S&P Futures are higher at 9:00 AM; drifted down from 4722.25 at 6:00 AM to near 4708.00; sharp rise following CPI report at 8:30 AM
• The odds are for a down day – watch for a break above 4713.25 for a change of sentiments
• No key economic data report due during the day:

Directional Bias Before Open:

Key Levels:

• Critical support levels for S&P 500 are 4713.57, 4699.05, and 4684.37
• Critical resistance levels for S&P 500 are 4726.98, 4731.99 and 4743.83
• Key levels for E-mini futures: break above 4713.25, the high of 8:30 AM and break below 4700.75, the low of 4:00 PM on Friday

Pre-Open

• On Friday at 4:00 PM, S&P futures (March 2022) closed at 4703.50 and the index closed at 4712.02 – a spread of about -8.50 points; futures closed at 4703.50 for the day; the fair value is 0.0
• Pre-NYSE session open, futures are mixed – at 8:45 AM, S&P 500 futures were up by +7.25; Dow down by -6; and NASDAQ up by +59.25

Markets Around The World

• Markets in the East closed mixed – Shanghai, Tokyo, and Sydney closed up; Hong Kong, Mumbai, Seoul, and Singapore closed lower
• European markets are mostly higher – the UK is lower
• Currencies (Compared to two weeks ago):
  

  Up	Down
  USD/JPY AUD/USD INR/USD	Dollar index EUR/USD GBP/USD USD/CHF NZD/USD USD/CAD

• Commodities (Compared to two weeks ago):
  • Energy futures are mixed
  • Precious metals are lower
  • Industrial metals are mostly lower
  • Soft commodities are mixed
• Treasuries (Compared to two weeks ago)
  • 10-years yield closed at 1.467%, down -1.5 basis points from two weeks ago;
  • 30-years is at 1.850%, up +2.3 basis points;
  • 2-years yield is at 0.657%, up +15.3 basis points;
  • The 10-Year-&-2-Year spread is at 0.806, down from 0.978
  • The 30-Year-&-10-Year spread is at 0.385, down from 0.345
• VIX
  • At 19.12 @ 8:30 AM; up from the last close; below 5-day SMA;
  • Recent high = 35.32 on December 3; low =  16.03 on November 16
  • Sentiment: Risk-Neutral-On

The trend and patterns on various time frames for S&P 500:

Previous Session

Major U.S. indices closed mostly higher on Friday, December 10, in mixed volume. Russell 2000 closed lower. Dow Jones Transportation Average and Russell 2000 traded in lower volume. The day’s price range was small. For most of the day, the price moved mostly sideways before advancing near the close.

For the week, major US indices closed higher in lower volume. Markets in Asia and Europe closed higher. Energy futures, precious metals, industrial metals, and soft commodities closed mixed. The US Treasury yields inched higher and all S&P sectors closed up for the week.

From Briefing.com:

The S&P 500 rose 1.0% on Friday, and closed at a record high, following a hot Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for November. The Nasdaq Composite (+0.7%) and Dow Jones Industrial Average (+0.6%) also posted decent gains, and like the S&P 500, ended the week with gains over 3.5%. All 11 S&P 500 sectors closed higher, with the information technology sector (+2.1%) being the biggest and most influential gainer. The financials sector (+0.1%) underperformed on a relative basis with a 0.1% gain. […] Specifying the data, total CPI increased 0.8% m/m in November (Briefing.com consensus 0.6%), leaving it up 6.8% yr/yr — its highest level since 1982. Core CPI, which excludes food and energy, increased 0.5% m/m, as expected, and was up 4.9% yr/yr. […] The 10-yr yield settled unchanged at 1.49% after trading at 1.51% prior to the CPI data. The 2-yr yield decreased two basis points to 0.66%, even though the report not only supported the case for the Fed be more aggressive with its tapering plan but also to think about hiking rates three times next year. The U.S. Dollar Index decreased 0.2% to 96.06. WTI crude futures rose 1.2%, or $0.83, to $71.70/bbl. […] The preliminary December University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment increased to 70.4 (Briefing.com consensus 68.0) from the final November reading of 67.4. The U.S. Treasury reported a $191.3 bln deficit for November to follow last month’s $165.06 bln deficit. The deficit one year ago was $145.27 bln. […] S&P 500 +25.5% YTD Nasdaq Composite +21.3% YTD Dow Jones Industrial Average +17.5% YTD Russell 2000 +12.0% YTD