Showing posts with label biotech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biotech. Show all posts

Thursday, May 18, 2023

May 15- 19, 2023 Market Recap - The Poor & The Rich Sector in the Market

May 19, 2023


It is another quiet move on the US major benchmarks.

  • QQQ -.23%  SPY -.15%  DIA -.34%

However, the retail sector continues to slump following FL's dismal earnings report.

FL earnings reaction













DE earnings reaction









  • Sympathy moves from FL's dismal earnings report:




























May 18, 2023


The technology sector/ stocks continue to outperform in the market.  

  • QQQ +1.86%  SPY +.96%  DIA  +.43%
US Jobless claims fell 22k to 242k in the week ending May 13  May 13 Jobless Claims



Netflix reveals 5 million daily active user on its ADS plan



















May 17, 2023


The US stock market rallied hard today.  The top performers continue to be the Technology stocks.

  • DIA +1.29%   SPY +1.21%  QQQ +1.21%



 May 16, 2023


The stock market dropped as the  Debt Ceiling anxiety intensify, despite of the assurance of House Leader McCarthy's reassurance that they are hopeful that a resolution will be reached  by the weekend Biden-Mccarthy-meet-us-debt-ceiling-talks/

The Dow Jones continues to be the weakest among the top 3 major US benchmarks/ETFs.

  • SPY -.67%  DIA -1.02%  QQQ +.11%


Notable Movers:


RH sell-off is attributable to Berkshire exiting position








May 15, 2023


https://www.investors.com/news/technology/srpt-stock-halted-as-fda-panelists-discuss-highly-anticipated-gene-therapy/






Tuesday, April 18, 2023

April 17- 21, 2023 Stock market notable movements

APRIL 21, 2023


It's another quiet trading session in the US market as market participants focus on corporate earnings. The stock ETFs/ benchmarks eeked a small gain - SPY +.08%  DIA +.10%  QQQ +.10%.


Stocks trading at 6 month high or at 52 weeks high:

  • CMG +.09%  LLY +2.78%  







APRIL 20, 2023

The US stock market took a breather today, despite the dismal earnings, TSLA -9.75%

The stock ETF/ benchmark has avoided the full percentage decline, SPY -.55%  DIA -.31%  QQQ -.76%, these ETFs closed at or above their 20 & 50-day moving average support.


Notable earnings mover:

  • TSLA -9.75% - closes near day low
  • FFIV -2.11% this has exhibit buy the dip earnings price reaction
  • IBM +.03%- the gap rally of nearly +4% day high has been sold off.




April 19,2023


Today marks day 4 of a quiet trading session in the US market, whereas the market index moved less than a full percentage.  SPY -.02%  DIA -.24%  QQQ -.05%.  

Corporate earnings news:

  • NFLX -3.17%  post-earnings result.
  • TSLA -8.16%  after-hours, post Q1 '23 earnings report- Q1 revenue $23.3B, EPS 73c,                          adj. EPS 85c, gross margin 19.3%
  • UAL +7.50%  post-earnings result from Q1 adjusted loss $0.63 per share, revenue                                       $11.43B   reiterated 2023 adjusted EPS target between $10- $12,                           analyst consensus $8.68
Tesla on daily chart, beforeQ1 '23  earnings report


Stocks trading at 6 month high or at 52 weeks high:
  • AAPL +.70%  CMG +1.49%  

Bitcoin pulled back from $30l levels, with the price hovering around $28.8k- $29.2k.  Stocks trading at 6 month high or at 52 weeks high:



 April 18, 2023


It's another quiet day in the US equities, DIA -.04%  QQQ +.01%  SPY +.07%.  Notable earnings for the week:

  • 4/18 - NFLX  after market close
  • 4/19 -  MS, TSLA, AA, FFIV, 

Stocks trading at 6 month high or at 52 weeks high:

  • AAPL +.75%, CMG +.19%, BKNG +.77%, NVDA +2.46%
Bullish stocks:
  • MARA +2.01%  RIOT +4.02%  MSTR +5.37% - are today's performers, note that these names follow Bitcoin price movement, Bitcoin is trading at 30,200 which appears as the current overhead resistance. 




April 17, 2023


It's a Merger & Acquisition Monday for the biotech sector, Merck has announced a private takeout of  RXDX for $200 per share or a $10.8B deal or +70% since last Friday's closing price Prometheus Biosciences announced buyout from Merck. The ETF XBI +4.66% rallied on the news, sending the ETF LABU +13.71% higher.

Biotech winners in lieu of RXDX buyout: 

  •  KRTX +8.22%  ITCI +4.93%  SAGE +4.09% ICPT +6.23%  ACAD +7.67%




The US equities breadth for today's trading session was bullish.

  • SPY +.36%  DIA +.32%  QQQ +.08% - these closed the trading session at their resistance level.
Stocks trading at 6 month high or at 52 weeks high:
  • CMG +2.11%  FSLR +5.03% NTES +4.49%



Bullish Signal