Dow declines 79.98 points ( -0.45 %) to settle at 17,502.59.

The US Large Cap S&P 500 index declines 13.09 points ( -0.64 %) and is now at 2,036.71.

The tech heavy Nasdaq declines 52.8 points ( -1.10 %) closing at 4,768.86.

Oil settles at $39.78 ( -0.03 % from last trading day.)

Gold is now at $1,220.70 ( -0.27 % from previous.)

The 10 year bond yield is at 1.88%. The interest rate of the yield has decreased ( -0.06 %), 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 16.62 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 77.25 %. Volume is -13.11 % % from the average. Lower volume means there is lower conviction in this (down) move.

The percent of stocks above the 50 Day Moving Average is 72.00 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 43.31 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in a downtrend and not yet oversold.

There are 00.44 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 00.61 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.

The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is -01.91 %.

The median forward PE is at 14.75, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 12.68 % and average yield is 01.84 %.

The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 1.81. The PEGY Ratio of 1.81 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 07.12 %.

The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:

  1. Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company (WSH) at 47.18 (-1.39;-02.86 %)
  2. Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 106.13 (-0.59;-00.55 %)
  3. Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) at 569.63 (9.15; 01.63 %)
  4. Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 112.54 (0.29; 00.26 %)
  5. NIKE, Inc. (NKE) at 62.44 (-2.46;-03.79 %)

The winners with above average volume are:

  1. Pepco Holdings, Inc. (POM) at 26.93 (5.69; 26.79 %)
  2. China Natural Resources Inc. (CHNR) at 2.58 (0.54; 26.47 %)
  3. Code Rebel Corp (CDRB) at 2.63 (0.55; 26.44 %)
  4. Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CPXX) at 12.48 (2.47; 24.68 %)
  5. Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (PTX) at 1.32 (0.22; 20.00 %)

The losers with above average volume are:

  1. Stone Energy Corp. (SGY) at 1.08 (-0.31;-22.30 %)
  2. China HGS Real Estate Inc. (HGSH) at 2.02 (-0.41;-16.87 %)
  3. Titan International Inc. (TWI) at 5.07 (-0.94;-15.64 %)
  4. Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (CLF) at 2.60 (-0.46;-15.03 %)
  5. ContraVir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CTRV) at 1.48 (-0.26;-14.94 %)

Most Recent Financial News (Updated Wed Mar 23 15:00:01 MDT 2016)


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  52. Oil prices continued to dictate market results on Wednesday as
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  65. Embattled Valeant Pharmaceuticals has enacted major management and
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  67. Shares of Red Hat (RHT) are down this afternoon after reporting a
  68. Craig Erlam, a senior market analyst at Oanda, based in London,
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  75. Two research firms disagreed on the outlook for global steel
  76. After trading low Tuesday evening in response to a tepid outlook,
  77. Alphabet’s Google may be losing the battle to Amazon when it comes
  78. Nike failed to blow away analysts’ expectations for revenue, but
  79. Value has outperformed growth thus far in 2016, but don’t expect
  80. Goldman Sachs (GS) stock’s bounce off the February lows is
  81. The trend has been friendly so far this year to investors in
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  84. Grey skies over the Belgian capital were a fitting backdrop for a
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As of: Wed Mar 23 15:10:04 MDT 2016

Dow declines -79.98 points (-0.45%) to end at 17,502.59: Wednesday March 23, 2016
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