Friday, July 23, 2010

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 7/23/2010



It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 326.72 points or 3.24%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 37.78 points or 3.55%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 90.42 points or 4.15%. Read More ...

The Materials sector was the strongest sector (7.31%) last week followed by the Industrial sector (7.13%). The Health Care sector was the worst performing sector (-0.87%) of the week followed by the Consumer Staples sector (2.38%).

The Utilities sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Conglomerates, while Electric Utilities, Diversified Utilities, and Water Utilities are among the most overvalued industries. The Industrial Goods sector is the most oversold sector followed by Services, while Specialty Retail Other, Residential Construction, and Publishing - Periodicals are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
20.76% GENZ Genzyme Corp. Health Care
20.42% HOG HarleyDavidson Consumer Discretionary
20.09% CLF Cliffs Natural Resources Inc Materials


Weekly S&P 500 Loosers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-14.23% MHS Medco Health Solutions Inc. Health Care
-13.83% QLGC QLogic Corp. Information Technology


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 1
Downtrend Broken Resistance 38
Uptrend Support 6
Uptrend Exhaustion 4
Uptrend Broken Support 0
Downtrend Resistance 48
Oversold 11