Directional Bias For The Day:
S&P Futures are higher; trending up since 8:30 AM on Tuesday; moving sideways to down since 7:30 AM- Odds are for an up day – watch for break below 2689.00 for change of fortune
- Key economic data due:
- Prelim GPD (3.5% vs. 3.6% est. and 3.5% prev.) at 8:30 AM
- Good Trade Balance (-77.2B vs. -76.7B est. and -76.3B prev.) at 8:30 AM
- New Home Sales (est. 583K and prev. 553K) at 10:00 AM
- Fed Chair Powell Speech at 12:00 PM
Markets Around The World
- Markets in the East closed mostly higher – Sydney closed down
- European markets are mostly higher – U.K is lower
- Currencies:
Up Down - EUR/USD
- GBP/USD
- USD/JPY
- USD/CHF
- AUD/USD
- NZD/USD
- USD/CAD
- Dollar index
- USD/INR
- Commodities:
Up Down - NatGas
- Gold
- Silver
- Copper
- Palladium
- Sugar
- Cotton
- Crude Oil
- Platinum
- Coffee
- Cocoa (Unch.)
- Bonds
- 10-yrs yield is at 3.063%, up from November 27 close of 3.055%;
- 30-years is at 3.319%, unchanged
- 2-years yield is at 2.843%, up from 2.839%
- The 10-Year-&-2-Year spread is at 0.220, up from 0.216
Key Levels:
- Critical support levels for S&P 500 are 2674.42, 2664.41 and 2655.89
- Critical resistance levels for S&P 500 are 2696.81, 2701.96 and 2717.48
- Key levels for eMini futures: break above 2697.25, the high of 7:30 AM and break below 2689.00, the low of 6:30 AM
Pre-Open
- On Tuesday, at 4:00 PM, S&P future (December contract) closed at 2682.50 and the index closed at 2682.17 – a spread of about +0.25 points; futures closed at 2683.50 for the day; the fair value is -1.00
- Pre-NYSE session open, futures price action is to the upside – at 8:45 AM, S&P 500 futures were up by +12.25; Dow by +164; and NASDAQ by +42.75
Directional Bias Before Open
- Weekly: In Correction
- Daily: In Correction
- 120-Min: Side-Up
- 30-Min: Up
- 15-Min: Up
- 6-Min: Up
The trend and patterns on various time frames for S&P 500 are:
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Previous Session
From Briefing.com:
The S&P 500 recouped losses to finish with a gain of 0.3% in a volatile session on Tuesday. The stock market was able to shrug off early angst caused by President Donald Trump reiterating his hard-nosed tariff stance.
[…]Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4%, the Nasdaq Composite finished flat, and the Russell 2000 underperformed with a loss of 0.9%.
[…]Subsequently, the trade-sensitive materials (-1.3%) and industrial (-0.2%) sectors underperformed the broader market. The energy group (-0.3%) also finished near the bottom of the sector standings.
[…]On the other hand, the stock market assumed a defensive tone on Tuesday with the defensive-oriented health care (+1.0%), utilities (+0.9%), and consumer staples (+0.9%) sectors finishing with strong gains. The real estate (+0.6%) and communication services (+0.6%) sectors also had solid showings.
[…]In the bond market, U.S. Treasuries finished on a modestly higher note with the belly of the curve showing relative strength. The 2-yr yield was unchanged at 2.83%, and the 10-yr yield decreased two basis points to 3.06%.
Overseas, European equities finished modestly lower on Tuesday with Germany’s DAX (-0.4%) showing relative weakness. Elsewhere, Asian equity markets finished mixed with China’s Shanghai Composite unchanged.
[…]The key takeaway from the report [Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence] is that consumer confidence remains at historically strong levels due in large part to positive views on the labor market.
- S&P 500 Sectors
Sector | Daily Trend (Visual) | Relative Strength (Last Month – October) | Relative Strength (Current) | %K vs. %D |
Consumer Discretionary | Down | SPY | XLY | Below |
Consumer Staples | Under Pressure | XLP | XLP | Above |
Energy | Down | SPY | SPY | Below |
Materials | Side | XLB | XLB | Cross – Over |
Industrials | Down | SPY | XLI | Below |
Finance | Down | XLF | XLF | Cross – Over |
Technology | Down | SPY | SPY | Below |
Utility | Under Pressure | XLU | XLU | Above |
Heath Care | Under Pressure | SPY | XLV | Below |
Real Estate | Up | XLRE | XLRE | Cross – Over |
Telecom | Down | SPY | SPY | Below |