Weekly Stock Market Overview - Apr. 24, 2015

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 253.84 points or 1.42%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 36.51 points or 1.75%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 160.27 points or 3.25%. Read More ...

The Technology Select Sector SPDR sector was the strongest sector (4.00%) last week followed by the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR sector (3.19%). The Energy Select Sector SPDR sector was the worst performing sector (0.09%) of the week followed by the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR sector (0.26%).

The Industrial Goods sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Technology, while Aerospace/Defense-Prd/Svc, Printed Circuit Boards, and Heavy Construction are among the most overvalued industries. The Healthcare sector is the most oversold sector followed by Services, while Gaming Activities, Food Wholesale, and Auto Parts Wholesale are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners

Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector 15.99% ATI Allegheny Technologies Inc Materials 15.03% MSFT Microsoft Corp. Information Technology 12.92% MAT Mattel, Inc. Consumer Discretionary

Weekly S&P 500 Losers

Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector -13.49% BTU Peabody Energy Corp Materials -9.33% PHM Pulte Homes, Inc. Consumer Discretionary -8.79% RIG Transocean Energy

Weekly S&P 500 Alerts

Stock Market Alerts Count Downtrend Exhaustion 0 Downtrend Broken Resistance 25 Uptrend Support 18 Uptrend Exhaustion 13 Uptrend Broken Support 4 Downtrend Resistance 21 Oversold 3