Friday, February 01, 2013

Weekly Stock Market Overview - Feb 1, 2013

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 113.81 points or 0.82%. The Standard Poor's 500 Index gained 10.21 points or 0.68%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 29.39 points or 0.93%. Read More ...

The Energy sector was the strongest sector (1.53%) last week followed by the Technology sector (1.47%). The Consumer Discretionary sector was the worst performing sector (-0.94%) of the week followed by the Materials sector (-0.65%).

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 Conglomerates 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
17.72% VLO Valero Energy Energy
15.81% HES Hess Corporation Energy
13.74% PBI Pitney-Bowes Industrials


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-15.84% LXK Lexmark Int'l Inc Information Technology
-15.12% STZ Constellation Brands Consumer Staples
-9.87% HAR Harman Int'l Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 1
Downtrend Broken Resistance 24
Uptrend Support 3
Uptrend Exhaustion 75
Uptrend Broken Support 2
Downtrend Resistance 46
Oversold 2