April 24, 2024

Daily Wrap

DJIA -32.41 (-0.21%) to 15,451.85;S&P 500 -6.24 (-0.37%) to 1,676.26;NASDAQ -8.99 (0.25%) to 3,598.50 A relatively boring down day as the highs for the day were marked in the opening minuted and then the S&P 500 to lose ground until it bottomed around 1:30 with some small positive divergences on the 5 minute MACD and then rallied until 2:30 pm EST where it again lost ground but held above those earlier lows.  The market spent the last 30-40 minutes rallying but never regaining the 2:30 pm highs. In economic news we had CPI data with the core meeting expectations of up 0.2%…

Daily Wrap

DJIA+100.38 (+0.76%) to 13,235.39; S&P 500+16.78 (+1.19%) to 1,430.36; NASDAQ+39.27 (+1.32%) to 3,010.60; Today was never in doubt and the highs that were made around noon in all three major averages held until just after 2pm when the indexes globally bottomed and we pressed higher closing at fresh highs by the end of the day.  What was even more impressive was the rally was stronger across tech and small caps showing a “risk on” type of attitude. Stock of the day today included Clearwire (CLWR) which agreed to be purchased by Sprint (S).  This was in focus last week as…