Saturday 13 May 2023

Weekend update - US equity indexes

It was a bearish week for most US equity indexes, with net weekly changes ranging from -2.4% (Transports), -1.1% (Dow), -1.0% (R2K), -0.9% (NYSE comp'), -0.3% (SPX), to +0.4% (Nasdaq comp').

Lets take our regular look at six of the main US indexes

sp'500

Nasdaq comp'

Dow

R2K

NYSE comp'

Trans

Summary

Five US equity indexes settled net lower for the week, with one net higher.

The Transports lead the way down, whilst the Nasdaq managed a moderate gain.

Looking ahead

A somewhat lighter week is ahead, with the market to focus on retail.

Earnings:

M - MNDY, WKHS, NU, RUM

T - HD, SE, BIDU, PSFE, TME IQ, SBLK,

W - TGT, TJC, JACK, WIX, CSCO, SQM, TTWO

T - WMT, BABA, CSIQ, GRAB, GOOS, BBWI, AMAT, FTCH, ROST

F - DE, FL

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Econ-data/events

M - Empire state manu'

T - Retail sales, indust' prod', home builder confi'

W - Housing starts, EIA Pet'

T - Weekly jobs, Phil' Fed, existing home sales, leading indi'

F - *OPEX*

As Friday is OPEX, I would expect considerable chop, on pretty high vol'.

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