A Bit More Bull

Bear Mountain Bull Annex/Archives

Market Wrap February 23, 2012

Filed under: Markets — BMB @ 3:20 pm
Dow Industrials 12984.69 +46.02 +0.36%
S&P 500 1363.46 +5.80 +0.43%
Nasdaq Comp. 2956.98 +23.81 +0.81%
Russell 2000 829.23 +12.73 +1.56%
NYSE Comp. 8136.15 +41.76 +0.52%
Nasdaq 100 2594.93 +15.15 +0.59%
Dow Transports 5161.65 +36.48 +0.71%
Dow Utilities 450.75 -1.59 -0.35%

View Major Index charts

Internals were positive, with volume slightly higher. Advances/declines were about 7 to 3 on both exchanges, with up/down volume near 7 to 3 on each as well. New highs/lows were 145/1 on the NYSE and 99/23 on the Nasdaq.

Leaders — Biotechs (+2.17%), Telecoms (+2.10%), Broker Dealers (+2.07%), Homebuilders (+1.94%), REITs (+1.36%), Natural Gas (+1.30%), Retailers (+1.18%), Disk Drives (+1.15%)
Laggards — Airlines (-1.34%), HMOs (-0.86%), Utilities (-0.27%), Paper (-0.22%), Defense (-0.10%), Semis (+0.14%), Health Care Products (+0.30%), Chemicals (+0.35%)

An extensive visual representation of the day’s winners and losers can be found at Finviz.com.

Treasury Yields — 6-Month : 0.13 %,  2-Year : 0.30 %,  5-Year : 0.88 %,  10-Year : 1.99 %,  30-Year : 3.13 %

Energy Prices — Crude oil: $108.13/barrel,  Gasoline: $3.12/gallon,  Natural Gas: $2.61/mmBTU

US Dollar Index — 78.636

Precious Metals — Gold: $1779.70/ounce,  Silver: $35.41/ounce,  Platinum: $1721.00/ounce

BMB Note:  
So far, the indices have decided to work off their overbought condition by moving sideways rather than pulling back. The trend remains up — go with it or not, but fighting it is probably not the right move yet.

How ’bout oil at $108 and gas at $3.12 in the futures market? Welcome to central-bank-sponsored-and-encouraged (and financed) inflation.

 

 
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