Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday December 6^th

U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged in pre-opening trade.

Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the U.S October Trade Report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a deficit of $79.90 billion versus a deficit of $73.30 billion in September. Actual was a deficit of $78.2 billion.

The Canadian Dollar was virtually unchanged at U.S.73.41 cents following release of Canada’s October Merchandise Trade report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a surplus of $1.34 billion versus a surplus of $1.14 billion in September. Actual was a surplus of $1.21 billion

Textron $TXT advanced $5.58 to $75.48 after the company was awarded initial contract for the U.S. Army’s future long range assault aircraft program.

AutoZone $AZO) added $17.82 to $2,544.74 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal first quarter revenues and earnings.

General Mills slipped $0.75 to $85.55 after Deutsche Bank downgraded the stock from Buy to Hold.

 

EquityClock’s Daily Comment

Headline reads “The downfall of bank stocks is emphasizing the lack of risk-taking in this market as investors front-run the potential resumption of the bear-market slide.

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Technical Notes

BMO Equal Weight Global Base Metals ETF $ZMT.TO moved above $52.50 extending an intermediate uptrend.

American Express $AXP a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved above $158.88 extending an intermediate uptrend

Salesforce.com $CRM a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved below $136.04 extending an intermediate downtrend.

Wheat ETN $WEAT moved below $7.63 extending an intermediate downtrend.

Energy prices and related ETNs dropped sharply. Natural Gas ETN $UNG moved below $17.41 extending an intermediate downtrend. Crude oil ETN dropped more than 3%.

U.S. energy equity related ETFs responded to the drop in natural gas and crude oil prices.

Energy SPDRs $XLE moved below $87.29 completing a Head & Shoulders pattern

Natural Gas Equity ETF $FCG moved below $25.63 setting an intermediate downtrend.

Big cap U.S. energy stocks led the drop by equity energy ETFs. Chevron $CVX a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved below $175.82 completing a Head & Shoulders pattern Exxon Mobil $XOM an S&P 100 stock moved below$107.48 and $106.71 completing a Head & Shoulders pattern.

Canopy Growth $WEED.TO a TSX 60 stock moved above Cdn$6.06 extending an intermediate uptrend.

 

Trader’s Corner

Equity Indices and Related ETFs

Daily Seasonal/Technical Equity Trends for December 5^th 2022

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

 

Commodities

Daily Seasonal/Technical Commodities Trends for December 5^th 2022

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

 

Sectors

Daily Seasonal/Technical Sector Trends for December 5^th 2021

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

 

S&P 500 Momentum Barometers

The intermediate term Barometer dropped 7.40 to 83.60. It remains Overbought and shows early signs of a peak.

The long term Barometer dropped 4.20 to 59.50. It changed from Overbought to Neutral on a drop below 60.00.

 

TSX Momentum Barometers

The intermediate term Barometer dropped 6.78 to 77.97. It remains Overbought and show early signs of a peak.

The long term Barometer dropped 5.51 to 51.27. It remains Neutral.

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