It was another day of solid gains for equity markets yesterday, with the NQ E-mini leading the way higher, and closing with a wide spread up candle ending the session at 4094, just shy of the psychological 4100 price level which was missed by o.25 of a point!
Price action on the major US indices yesterday could best be described in one word, indecision, with all of the Emini futures closing with a doji candle of one variant or another.
U.S. futures as well as Europe’s markets remain flat this morning ahead the 2:00 pm EDT Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy statement and Chairwoman Janet Yellen’s first news conference will follow at 2:30 pm EDT.
Current market conditions – The Dow Jones (DIA, quote) trading up by 0.22% to 13184.08, S&P 500 (SPY, quote) is trading lower by 0.17% to 1420.47 and the NASDAQ (QQQ, quote) is trading down by 0.41% to 2990.28.
Current market conditions – The Dow Jones (DIA, quote) trading up by 0.21% to 13101.07, S&P 500 (SPY, quote) is trading lower by 0.10% to 1421.51 and the NASDAQ (QQQ, quote) is trading down by 0.65% to 2969.88
Welcomes to today’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. markets are coming of the largest single day gains since early September. Depending on which analysts have the airways the move was due to an extreme oversold condition while others point to the growing confidence in a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff.
Welcome to today’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. markets are coming off a beaten up week with last week Friday the only trading session to see all 3 index in the green. The Dow Jones Industrial Average loss more than 1,000 points last week with 5 out 6 days to the downside.
Welcome to today’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. markets are getting ready for the final session of a losing week. Markets suffered on increasing focus and concern over the looming fiscal cliff. Opinions surrounding the fiscal cliff differ from one extreme to the other.
Welcome to today’s Morning Coffee Break – Well it is November 15 the midpoint of the month and the results from the U.S. markets downright a mess you can even say they outright ugly.
Welcome to Monday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. futures are suggesting a positive open this morning after Friday’s sharpest one day drop in nearly four months. Market participants will be starting the week off with no economic data releases putting the focus on earnings and U.S. politics. Headlines in the Euro Zone will have a stronger impact on U.S. markets as well.
