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

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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.

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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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