Friday, January 25, 2013

Weekly Stock Market Overview - Jan. 25, 2013

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 246.28 points or 1.80%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 16.98 points or 1.14%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 15.00 points or 0.48%. Read More ...

The Consumer Discretionary sector was the strongest sector (2.17%) last week followed by the Financial sector (1.87%). The Technology sector was the worst performing sector (-0.31%) of the week followed by the Consumer Staples sector (0.77%).

The Healthcare sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Basic Materials, while Hospitals, Specialty Chemicals, and Medical Practitioners are among the most overvalued industries. The Utilities sector is the most oversold sector followed by Technology, while Wireless Communications, Long Distance Carriers, and Personal Computers are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
15.85% AMD Advanced Micro Devices Information Technology
8.68% KLAC KLA-Tencor Corp. Information Technology
8.61% HRB Block H&R Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-17.14% COH Coach, Inc. Consumer Discretionary
-12.02% AAPL Apple Computer Information Technology
-7.17% MKC McCormick & Co. Consumer Staples


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 0
Downtrend Broken Resistance 29
Uptrend Support 3
Uptrend Exhaustion 106
Uptrend Broken Support 4
Downtrend Resistance 89
Oversold 3