At the Dow Jones Industrial Average there was a continued move to the upside as the index closed above the 10,000 area ending the week higher. The index began trading the week trading at 9,712.13 before moving to a price low at 9,678.95. As for now the index is above 5, 10, 32, and 50 week moving average but below its 200 week moving average at 11,206.51. The biggest movers in the Dow 30 were (STX) Seagate Technology up 8.12%, (DTV) Direct TV Group up 7.68%, (GE) General Electric Co. up 5.94%, (ADP) Automatic Data Processing up 4.67% and (MCD) McDonalds up 4.33%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been on the upside 23 of the past 35 weeks. Downside support is at 8,982.78 with upside resistance is at 10,119.47. To end the week the index closed at 10,023.42 up 310.69 points or 3.20% on lighter than average volume of 4.36 billion. The average weekly trading volume for the Dow Jones Industrial average is 4.88 billion.
The Nasdaq Composite Index began the week trading at but ended the week on the upside after pulling back to a low in the 2,024 area. The Nasdaq is above its 5 week moving average but below its 10, 32, 50 and 200 week moving averages. The index is poised to continue higher but needs to break above its 10 week moving average in order to confirm a move higher. The top Nasdaq 100 movers for the week were (WYNN) Wynn Resorts up 11.17%, (CTSH) Cognizant Technology Solutions up 10.82%, (DISH) Echo Star Communications up 9.18%, (BIDU) Baidu.com up 9.13%, and (SBUX) Starbucks up 9.03%. The Nasdaq ended the week trading at 2,112.44 up 67.33 points or 3.29% on lighter than average volume of 10.80 billion. As for now upside resistance for the Nasdaq is at 2,212.18 above it 200 week moving average with downside support at 1,906.75.
The Standard and Poors 500 moved higher to end the week after 2 prior weeks of price declines. Upside resistance is at 1,101.36 with downside support at 867.21. The index is above its 5, 10, 32, and 50 week moving averages but below its 200 week moving average at 1,243.55. The biggest movers in the S&P 500 this week were (BDK) Black and Decker Corp. up 28.96%, (BNI) Burlington Northern Santa Fe up 27.82%, (RX) IMS Health up 25.80%, (JDSU) JDS Uniphase up 17.03%, and (EK) Eastman Kodak Co, up 14.95%. All indicators are pointing to a higher as the index ended the week trading at 1,069.30 up 33.11 points or 3.20% on the upside on lighter than average volume of 21.36 billion. The average weekly trading volume for the S&P 500 is 21.73 billion.
In the precious metals markets the price of gold continued its advance to the upside after moving lower the week prior. The Gold Index is above all of its major moving averages as the dollar continues to tumble to the downside. Three weeks ago the index broke out above its multi-year price high in the $1,030.00 area. This week there was a similar event that took place as the index once again moved higher breaking through the $1,100.00 area for the first time. If the dollar continues to fall apart we will continue to see the price of precious metals advance in the near term. As the week came to an end the price of gold moved higher ending the week trading at $1,095.20 per troy ounce up $49.50 or 4.73%.
As for the oil markets there was a slight advance to the upside after a pullback in the price of the index the week prior. The oil index began the week trading at $77.02 per barrel. The index moved as high as $81.06 before ending the week higher. Margins are getting hurt at many oil related companies due to the fact that there is a lot of supply but little demand. Downside support for the oil index is at $66.81 with upside resistance at $82.00. The oil index ended the trading week with a shooting star candle stick price pattern in which represents that there were more sellers than buyers of oil for the week. The index is currently above it 5, 10, 32, 50, and 200 week moving averages. The oil index ended the week trading at $77.43 per barrel up $0.43 or 0.56% on the upside.
By: Marlin Rolle
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