Friday, May 02, 2014

Weekly Stock Market Overview - May 2, 2014

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 151.43 points or 0.93%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 17.74 points or 0.95%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 48.34 points or 1.19%. Read More ...


The Technology Select Sector SPDR sector was the strongest sector (1.79%) last week followed by the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR sector (1.28%). The Utilities Select Sector SPDR sector was the worst performing sector (-1.41%) of the week followed by the Energy Select Sector SPDR sector (0.53%).


The Healthcare sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Utilities, while Electric Utilities, Diversified Utilities, and Drug Delivery are among the most overvalued industries. The Technology sector is the most oversold sector followed by Basic Materials, while Processing Systems/Prods, Technical/System Software, and Internet Info. Providers are among the most oversold industries.


Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
23.48% POM Pepco Holdings Inc. Utilities
11.25% S Sprint Nextel Corp. Telecommunications Services
10.18% FISV FIserv Inc. Information Technology


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-16.40% JDSU JDS Uniphase Corp Information Technology
-11.92% COH Coach, Inc. Consumer Discretionary
-8.57% JEC Jacobs Engineering Group Industrials


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 0
Downtrend Broken Resistance 18
Uptrend Support 12
Uptrend Exhaustion 18
Uptrend Broken Support 4
Downtrend Resistance 36
Oversold 7