Pre-opening Comments for Friday January 12^th

U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged at 8:35 AM EST.

S&P 500 futures recovered 13 points following release of the U.S. December Producer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.1% versus no change in November. Actual was down 0.1%. On a year-over-year basis, consensus was an increase of 1.3% versus a gain of 0.9% in November. Actual was an increase of 1.0%. Excluding food and energy, consensus for December PPI was an increase of 0.2% versus a gain of 0.2% in November. Actual was an increase of 0.2%. On a year-over-year, consensus for core PPI was an increase of 1.9% versus a gain of 2.0% in November. Actual was an increase of 2.5%.

Crude Oil advanced $2.31 per barrel to $74.33 on growing Middle East tensions.

Delta Airlines dropped $2.04 to $40.22 after the company lowered profit guidance.

Bank of America dropped $0.53 to $32.62 after reporting less than consensus fourth quarter earnings.

Wells Fargo dropped $0.62 to $48.50 after increasing its loan loss provisions

 

Technical Notes

All of the U.S. equity breakouts occurred just after the opening yesterday.

Amazon $AMZN a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $155.63 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend.

Netflix $NFLX a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $500.89 extending an intermediate uptrend.

Salesforce.com $CRM a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved above 268.36 extending an intermediate uptrend.

Microsoft $MSFT a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved above $384.30 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend.

Alphabet $GOOGL a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $142.68 extending an intermediate uptrend.

George Weston $WN.TO a TSX 60 stock moved above Cdn$168.01 extending an intermediate uptrend. Responded to share price strength in Loblaw Companies following an upgrade by TD Bank. Loblaw broke to an all-time high.

 

Trader’s Corner

Equity Indices and Related ETFs

Daily Seasonal/Technical Equity Trends for Jan.11^th 2024

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

Source for all positive seasonality ratings: www.EquityClock.com

 

Commodities

Daily Seasonal/Technical Commodities Trends for Jan 11^th 2024

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

 

Sectors

Daily Seasonal/Technical Sector Trends for Jan.11^th 2024

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

 

Links offered by Valued Providers

CPI Report Sends Shock Waves Through Markets: Tom Bowley

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2 STOCK PICKS: Putting My Money Where My Mouth is! Dave Landry

2 STOCK PICKS: Putting My Money Where My Mouth is! – YouTube

 

U.S. inflation comes in higher than expected in December: instant reaction: BNNBloomberg

U.S. inflation comes in higher than expected in December: instant reaction – YouTube

 

S&P 500 Momentum Barometers

The intermediate term Barometer dropped 1.20 to 84.60. It remains Overbought. Daily data has turned down.

The long term Barometer dropped 1.40 to 75.80. It remains Overbought. Daily data has turned down.

 

TSX Momentum Barometers

The intermediate term Barometer dropped 1.78 to 71.56. It remains Overbought.

The long term Barometer was unchanged at 59.56. It remains Overbought.

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