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As we have seen numerous times over the past several days, the broad marekt bobbed and weaved in an indecisive fashion throughout the day, showing a lack of committment among market players. Stocks oscillated in a sideways range throughout most of the day, Read more…
After an impressive rally in the latter half of last week, stocks pulled back a bit yesterday, but did so on lighter volume. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJIA) eased 0.4%, the S&P 500 Index slipped 0.6%, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 1.0%. The small-cap Russell 2000 Index Read more…
Stocks followed up the previous day’s big breakout with a tight-ranged day of consolidation last Friday. The S&P 500 ($SPX) gained 0.4%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJIA) edged 0.1% higher, and the Nasdaq Composite was unchanged. Both the small-cap Russell Read more…
The major averages blasted higher out of the gate in what was a powerful morning session that did not slow down until 1 pm, where the averages stalled out and chopped around in a tight range until the close. All major averages gained about 2% on the day, Read more…
Failing to follow through on the previous afternoon’s bullish reversal, stocks sold off across the board yesterday. However, slightly lighter volume eased the sting. The Nasdaq Composite ($COMPQ) lost 0.7%, the S&P 500 ($SPX) fell 0.8%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average Read more…
Following through on momentum of the previous day’s decline, stocks trended lower throughout the first half of yesterday’s session. However, the bulls returned in the afternoon, enabling the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite to close near their intraday highs. Read more…
Holding support of their previous day’s lows, stocks rebounded modestly yesterday, with the Dow being the only index to finish in negative territory. Stocks trended higher in the morning, then traded in a tight, sideways range throughout the rest of the day. Read more…
After opening near the flat line and trending lower throughout the first two hours of trading, the major indices initially surrendered all of last Friday’s late day strength and had fallen to near the lows of their current consolidation patterns. However, for the second day Read more…
Stocks recovered dramatically from session lows yesterday, on higher volume. All five major indices closed lower on the session but well off their worst levels of the day. The S&P 500 contained losses to 0.5% after being as much as 1.2% down on the day. Read more…
Stocks finished modestly higher on Tuesday, on mixed trade. All of the major exchanges ended the day higher, with the Nasdaq and S&P MidCap 400 leading the advance. Both indices closed up by 0.6%. The S&P 500 added 0.5%, while the small-cap Russell 2000 Read more…
Equities moved higher on Thursday on higher trade. The small-cap Russell 2000 had the best performance yesterday, as it tacked on an impressive 1.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.2%, while the S&P 500 improved by 1.1%. The S&P MidCap 400 Read more…
Stocks posted solid gains on Friday but trade was light. All of the major indices closed in the black. The small-cap Russell 2000 demonstrated the most strength as it climbed 1.2% on the day. The Nasdaq posted a 1.0% gain, while the S&P MidCap 400 tacked on 0.9%. Read more…
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Michael Johnston: Despite some rather significant bumps along the road in 2011, many asset classes are now well into positive territory on a one year trailing basis as January draws to a close, riding high thanks to a strong finish to last year and start to 2012. Included on that list are a number of Read more…
In trading on Monday, the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology (NASDAQ:IBB) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.78% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…
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