Friday, May 25, 2012

Weekly Stock Market Overview - May 25, 3012

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 85.45 points or 0.69%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 22.60 points or 1.74%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 58.74 points or 2.11%. Read More ...

The Materials sector was the strongest sector (3.72%) last week followed by the Consumer Discretionary sector (3.02%). The Health Care sector was the worst performing sector (0.97%) of the week followed by the Utilities sector (1.02%).

The Utilities sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Financial, while REIT - Residential, Diversified Utilities, and REIT/Healthcare Facilities are among the most overvalued industries. The Services sector is the most oversold sector followed by Technology, 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
11.97% S Sprint Nextel Corp. Telecommunications Services
11.00% CPWR Compuware Corp. Information Technology
10.93% URBN Urban Outfitters Inc. Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-15.47% DELL Dell Inc. Information Technology
-13.46% NTAP NetApp, Inc. Information Technology
-7.12% TIF Tiffany & Co. Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 19
Downtrend Broken Resistance 9
Uptrend Support 64
Uptrend Exhaustion 0
Uptrend Broken Support 1
Downtrend Resistance 4
Oversold 67