Friday, March 01, 2013

Weekly Stock Market Overview - Mar. 1, 2012

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 89.09 points or 0.64%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 2.60 points or 0.17%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 7.92 points or 0.25%. Read More ...

The Consumer Discretionary sector was the strongest sector (1.67%) last week followed by the Health Care sector (0.90%). The Financial sector was the worst performing sector (-0.56%) of the week followed by the Energy sector (-0.23%).

The Healthcare sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Utilities, while Hospitals, Drugs - Generic, and Biotechnology are among the most overvalued industries. The Basic Materials sector is the most oversold sector followed by Services, while Gold, Copper, and Industrial Metals/Mineral are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
10.07% DLTR llar Tree Inc. Consumer Discretionary
7.24% TIF Tiffany & Co. Consumer Discretionary
6.82% DF Dean Foods Consumer Staples


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-21.27% JCP Penney (J.C.) Consumer Discretionary
-10.44% APOL Apollo Group Consumer Discretionary
-9.35% BTU Peabody Energy Corp Materials


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 3
Downtrend Broken Resistance 22
Uptrend Support 21
Uptrend Exhaustion 10
Uptrend Broken Support 3
Downtrend Resistance 8
Oversold 8