Friday, September 26, 2014

Weekly Stock Market Overview - Sept. 26, 2014

All the major US indices were negative. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -166.59 points or -0.96%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -27.55 points or -1.37%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -67.60 points or -1.48%. Read More ...


The Materials Select Sector SPDR sector was the strongest sector (-0.08%) last week followed by the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR sector (-0.73%). The Industrial Select Sector SPDR sector was the worst performing sector (-2.06%) of the week followed by the Energy Select Sector SPDR sector (-1.93%).


The Utilities sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Healthcare, while Hospitals, Biotechnology, and Specialized Health Svcs are among the most overvalued industries. The Basic Materials sector is the most oversold sector followed by Services, while Oil & Gas Drilling/Explor, Copper, and Industrial Metals/Mineral are among the most oversold industries.


Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
33.60% SIAL Sigma-Aldrich Materials
9.49% VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Health Care
9.40% NKE NIKE Inc. Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-11.33% KMX Carmax Inc Consumer Discretionary
-9.10% BTU Peabody Energy Corp Materials
-9.05% MAT Mattel, Inc. Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 25
Downtrend Broken Resistance 10
Uptrend Support 59
Uptrend Exhaustion 1
Uptrend Broken Support 1
Downtrend Resistance 3
Oversold 38