Friday, February 25, 2011

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 2/25/2011

All the major US indices were negative. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -260.80 points or -2.10%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -23.13 points or -1.72%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -52.90 points or -1.87%. Read More ...

The Energy sector was the strongest sector (1.19%) last week followed by the Utilities sector (-0.49%). The Industrial sector was the worst performing sector (-3.19%) of the week followed by the Materials sector (-3.01%).

The Basic Materials sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Healthcare, while Hospitals, Major Integrated Oil/Gas, and Oil & Gas Pipelines are among the most overvalued industries. The Utilities sector is the most oversold sector followed by Consumer Goods, while Photographic Equip/Supls, Beverages-Brewers, and Trucks & Other Vehicles are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
12.04% COG Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. Energy
6.93% RDC Rowan Cos. Energy
6.88% VFC V.F. Corp. Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-13.06% EXPD Expeditors Int'l. Industrials
-12.31% HPQ Hewlett-Packard Information Technology
-10.99% FTR Frontier Communications Telecommunications Services


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 2
Downtrend Broken Resistance 13
Uptrend Support 21
Uptrend Exhaustion 2
Uptrend Broken Support 4
Downtrend Resistance 7
Oversold 5