Friday, May 07, 2010

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 5/7/2010

All the major US indices were negative. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -628.18 points or -5.71%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -75.80 points or -6.39%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -195.55 points or -7.95%. Read More ...

The Consumer Staples sector was the strongest sector (-3.22%) last week followed by the Health Care sector (-3.76%). The Materials sector was the worst performing sector (-8.41%) of the week followed by the Energy sector (-8.21%). The Utilities sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Healthcare, while Drugs - Generic, Specialized Health Svcs, and Drug Delivery are among the most overvalued industries. The Technology sector is the most oversold sector followed by Conglomerates, while Security Software & Svcs, Printed Circuit Boards, and Information Technlgy Svcs are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
1.59% HAS Hasbro Inc. Consumer Discretionary
1.17% TDC Teradata Corp. Telecommunications Services
-0.08% PPL PPL Corp. Utilities


Weekly S&P 500 Loosers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-19.68% JDSU JDS Uniphase Corp Information Technology
-17.29% DOW Dow Chemical Materials
-15.83% MAS Masco Corp. Industrials


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 2
Downtrend Broken Resistance 6
Uptrend Support 45
Uptrend Exhaustion 0
Uptrend Broken Support 8
Downtrend Resistance 0
Oversold 12