Friday, April 27, 2012

Weekly Stock Market Overview - April 27, 2012

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 199.05 points or 1.53%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 24.83 points or 1.80%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 68.75 points or 2.29%. Read More ...

The Consumer Discretionary sector was the strongest sector (2.76%) last week followed by the Energy sector (2.67%). The Consumer Staples sector was the worst performing sector (-0.12%) of the week followed by the Health Care sector (0.64%).

The Services sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Basic Materials, while Auto Parts Stores, Lodging, and Broadcasting - TV are among the most overvalued industries. The Technology sector is the most oversold sector followed by Utilities, while Computer Peripherals, Wireless Communications, and Semiconductr-Memory Chips are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
20.31% PHM Pulte Homes, Inc. Consumer Discretionary
13.34% RF Regions Financial Corp. Financials
12.70% EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp Health Care


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-18.60% BIG Big Lots, Inc. Consumer Discretionary
-13.96% RSH RadioShack Corp. Consumer Discretionary
-12.90% RSG Republic Services Inc. Industrials


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 2
Downtrend Broken Resistance 27
Uptrend Support 14
Uptrend Exhaustion 14
Uptrend Broken Support 4
Downtrend Resistance 42
Oversold 6