Saturday, 24 February 2024

Weekend update - US equity indexes

It was a bullish week for most US equity indexes, with net weekly changes ranging from +1.9% (Trans), +1.7% (SPX), +1.4% (Nasdaq comp'), +1.3% (Dow), +1.2% (NYSE comp'), to -0.9% (R2K).

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 saw net weekly gains, with one net lower.

The Transports lead the way up, whilst the R2K was broadly lower.

The SPX, Dow, and NYSE comp' broke new historic highs.

Looking ahead

We've another truck load of earnings, but most of them are mid/low tier names that few will have any interest in.

Earnings:

M - LI, DPZ, BRK.B, KRYS, AMR, ITRI, FIS, FRPT, PPC, SGRY, U, ZM, WDAY, HIMS, OKE, IRBT, CARG, SBAC, EVBG, HEI

T - NCLH, AZO, LOW, TREE, AEP, FOUR, CBRL, AMT, M, BNS, DVN, FSLR, CAVA, RKLB, ARRY, AXON, BYND, LMND, SPLK, SPCE

W - BIDU, NVAX, AAP, IEP, TJX, VTRS, ACMR, FLGT, TGTX, EME, CRM, MARA, SNOW, AMC, AI, PARA, OKTA, IONQ, WW, DUOL

T - CELH, CNQ, MLCO, BBY, CRON, BIRK, PSNY, BUD, BBWI, SIX, ZS, DELL, SOUN, FSR, DNA, ADSK, GRBK, HPE, VEEV, ESTC

F - PLUG, FUBO, TDW, RPID, RDNT, AY, INTT, AMRX

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Econ-data/events

M - New home sales

T - Durable goods orders, Case-Shiller HPI, consumer conf'

W - Q1 GDP (print'2), intl' trade, retail/wholesale invent', EIA Pet'

T - Weekly jobs, Pers' income/outlays, PCE, pending home sales,

F - -

*as Thursday is end month, I'd expect more dynamic price action on higher vol'.
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