Dow appreciates 185.34 points ( +1.06 %) to settle at 17,602.61.
The US Large Cap S&P 500 index appreciates 25.32 points ( +1.24 %) and is now at 2,064.29.
The tech heavy Nasdaq went up 44.82 points ( +0.90 %) close at 5,045.93.
Oil settles at $37.84 ( +0.91 % from last trading day.)
Gold is now at $1,069.50 ( +0.11 % from previous.)
The 10 year bond yield is at 2.26%. The interest rate of the yield has increased ( +0.02 %), meaning that the value of the bond has decreased. Increasing bond yield means that the value of the bond decreases and hurts bond holders but can encourage people to put more money in bonds for the higher yield.
The percentage of advancing stocks in the InvestDashboard.com stock universe is at 75.09 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 19.42 %. Volume is -12.12 % % from the average. Lower volume means there is lower conviction in this (up) move.
The percent of stocks above the 50 Day Moving Average is 40.07 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 38.21 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in a downtrend and not yet oversold.
There are 01.19 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 01.13 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.
The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is -02.93 %.
The median forward PE is at 15.21, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 13.03 % and average yield is 02.15 %.
The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 2.00. The PEGY Ratio of 2.00 is greater than 2 and the market is very expensive!
The average short percent of float is at 06.85 %.
The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:
- NIKE, Inc. (NKE) at 128.71 (-3.14;-02.38 %)
- Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 108.61 (1.38; 01.29 %)
- Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 104.63 (-0.88;-00.83 %)
- Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) at 663.70 (0.55; 00.08 %)
- Celgene Corporation (CELG) at 122.07 (10.93; 09.83 %)
The winners with above average volume are:
- Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ADMS) at 30.85 (13.99; 82.98 %)
- Memorial Production Partners LP (MEMP) at 2.74 (0.93; 51.38 %)
- Azure Midstream Partners, LP (AZUR) at 3.98 (1.15; 40.64 %)
- Linn Energy, LLC (LINE) at 1.65 (0.45; 37.50 %)
- Southcross Energy Partners, L.P. (SXE) at 4.12 (1.12; 37.33 %)
The losers with above average volume are:
- Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NWBO) at 3.61 (-0.84;-18.88 %)
- Great Basin Scientific, Inc. (GBSN) at 1.39 (-0.23;-14.20 %)
- XBiotech, Inc. (XBIT) at 10.56 (-1.39;-11.63 %)
- International Shipholding Corp. (ISH) at 1.62 (-0.20;-10.99 %)
- API Technologies Corp. (ATNY) at 1.12 (-0.12;-09.68 %)
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- It’s currently trading at a 12% discount to its average valuation.
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