Dow declines 123.47 points ( -0.74 %) to settle at 16,516.50.
The US Large Cap S&P 500 index declines 15.82 points ( -0.81 %) and is now at 1,932.23.
The tech heavy Nasdaq declines 32.52 points ( -0.71 %) closing at 4,557.95.
Oil settles at $33.96 ( +0.62 % from last trading day.)
Gold is now at $1,238.50 ( +0.33 % from previous.)
The 10 year bond yield is at 1.74%. The interest rate of the yield has decreased ( -0.02 %), meaning that the value of the bond has increased. Decreasing bond yield means that the value of the bond increases and benefits bond holders but can discourage people from putting money in bonds.
The percentage of advancing stocks in the InvestDashboard.com stock universe is at 43.59 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 50.26 %. Volume is 10.19 % % from the average. Higher volume means there is higher conviction in this (down) move.
The percent of stocks above the 50 Day Moving Average is 60.83 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 29.92 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in a downtrend and not yet oversold.
There are 00.38 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 00.80 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.
The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is -07.26 %.
The median forward PE is at 14.13, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 12.42 % and average yield is 02.40 %.
The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 1.95. The PEGY Ratio of 1.95 says market is on the more expensive side, but not a more extreme expensive valuation (PEGY of greater than 2.)
The average short percent of float is at 07.03 %.
The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:
- Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 106.92 (-1.00;-00.93 %)
- Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 96.69 (-0.22;-00.23 %)
- Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company (WSH) at 47.18 (-1.39;-02.86 %)
- Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) at 552.52 (-2.71;-00.49 %)
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (VRX) at 65.80 (-14.85;-18.41 %)
The winners with above average volume are:
- API Technologies Corp. (ATNY) at 1.95 (0.94; 93.07 %)
- Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation (FDML) at 7.26 (2.28; 45.78 %)
- General Steel Holdings, Inc. (GSI) at 1.57 (0.48; 44.04 %)
- Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (SALT) at 3.15 (0.79; 33.47 %)
- Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc. (ALDX) at 4.90 (1.17; 31.37 %)
The losers with above average volume are:
- Ocwen Financial Corp. (OCN) at 3.79 (-2.36;-38.37 %)
- Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (ASPS) at 26.76 (-7.65;-22.23 %)
- Federal Signal Corp. (FSS) at 11.86 (-3.26;-21.56 %)
- United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) at 30.86 (-8.39;-21.38 %)
- Endo International plc (ENDP) at 41.81 (-11.13;-21.02 %)
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