Directional Bias For The Day:
- S&P Futures are little changed; moving down since 0:30 AM after rising by nearly 20 points
- Daily and weekly trends are down
- Odds are for a sideways to down day with elevated volatility – watch for break above 2591.75 and break below 2577.00 for more clarity
- Key economic data due:
- PPI (est. -0.1%; 0.1% prev.) at 8:30 AM
- Core PPI (est. 0.2%; 0.31% prev.) at 8:30 AM
- Empire State Manufacturing PMI (est. 11.6; 10.9 prev. ) at 8:30 AM
Markets Around The World
- Markets in the East closed up
- European markets are mostly lower – U.K and Switzerland are up
- Currencies:
Up Down - Dollar index
- USD/JPY
- USD/CHF
- USD/INR
- EUR/USD
- GBP/USD
- AUD/USD
- NZD/USD
- USD/CAD
- Commodities:
Up Down - Crude Oil
- Copper
- Platinum
- Palladium
- Sugar
- Cotton
- NatGas
- Gold
- Silver
- Coffee
- Cocoa
- Bonds
- 10-yrs yield is at 2.694%, down from January 14 close of 2.710%;
- 30-years is at 3.041%, down from 3.060%
- 2-years yield is at 2.529%, down from 2.537%
- The 10-Year-&-2-Year spread is at 0.165, down from 0.173
Key Levels:
- Critical support levels for S&P 500 are 2578.22, 2570.41 and 2568.89
- Critical resistance levels for S&P 500 are 2589.32, 2597.82 and 2600.91
- Key levels for eMini futures: break above 2591.75, the high of 6:30 AM and break below 2577.00, the low of 4:00 PM on Monday
Pre-Open
- On Monday, at 4:00 PM, S&P future (January contract) closed at 2581.25 and the index closed at 2582.61 – a spread of about +1.50 points; futures closed at 2580.50 for the day; the fair value is +0.75
- Pre-NYSE session open, futures price action is little changed – at 7:45 AM, S&P 500 futures were up by +1.00; Dow down by -2; and NASDAQ up by +24.75
Directional Bias Before Open
- Weekly: Down
- Daily: Down
- 120-Min: Side
- 30-Min: Side
- 15-Min: Down-Side
- 6-Min: Down
The trend and patterns on various time frames for S&P 500 are:
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Previous Session
Major U.S. indices closed mostly down on Monday January 14. Dow Jones Transportation Average closed up. The volume was mostly higher than that on Friday but lower than the 10-day average. S&P 500 traded in lower volume.
From Briefing.com:
The S&P 500 lost 0.5% on Monday, pulling back from a three-week winning streak. The benchmark index never traded in positive territory but it did cut its intraday losses in half. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (-0.4%) also finished off its low. The Nasdaq Composite (-0.9%) and the Russell 2000 (-1.0%) did, too, yet they did not fare as well overall.
The S&P 500 utilities (-2.3%), health care (-1.2%), and information technology (-0.9%) sectors weighed on the broader market. Conversely, the financials (+0.7%) sector helped offset losses and it was the only sector to finish in positive territory.
[…]U.S. Treasuries finished mixed with the 2-yr yield decreasing three basis points to 2.52% and the 10-yr yield adding one basis point to 2.71% in a curve-steepening trade. The U.S. Dollar Index lost 0.1% to 95.59. WTI crude lost 2.1% to $50.58/bbl.
- S&P 500 Sectors
Sector | Daily Trend (Visual) | Relative Strength (Last Month – December) | Relative Strength (January) | %K vs. %D (January) |
Consumer Discretionary | Down | XLY (X-Over) | XLY | Cross-Over |
Consumer Staples | Down | XLP | SPY (Cross-Under) | Below |
Energy | Down | SPY | XLE (Cross-Over) | Cross-Over |
Materials | Down | XLB | XLB | Cross-Over |
Industrials | Down | SPY (X-Under) | XLI (Cross-Over) | Cross-Over |
Finance | Down | SPY (X-Under) | SPY | Cross-Over |
Technology | Down | SPY | SPY | Below |
Utility | Under Pressure | SPY (X-Under) | SPY | Below |
Heath Care | Down | XLV | SPY (Cross-Under) | Below |
Real Estate | Down | SPY (X-Under) | SPY | Below |
Telecom | Down | SPY | XTL (Cross-Over) | Cross-Over |
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