Dow declines 367.29 points ( -2.10 %) to settle at 17,128.55.
The US Large Cap S&P 500 index declines 36.34 points ( -1.78 %) and is now at 2,005.55.
The tech heavy Nasdaq declines 79.47 points ( -1.59 %) closing at 4,923.08.
Oil settles at $34.56 ( -0.49 % from last trading day.)
Gold is now at $1,065.70 ( +0.07 % from previous.)
The 10 year bond yield is at 2.20%. The interest rate of the yield has decreased ( -0.04 %), 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 32.13 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 63.30 %. Volume is 80.28 % % 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 27.24 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 31.61 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in a downtrend and not yet oversold.
There are 00.42 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 03.93 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.
The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is 00.57 %.
The median forward PE is at 15.33, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 13.08 % and average yield is 02.13 %.
The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 2.11. The PEGY Ratio of 2.11 is greater than 2 and the market is very expensive!
The average short percent of float is at 06.86 %.
The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:
- Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 106.03 (-2.95;-02.71 %)
- Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) at 54.13 (-1.57;-02.82 %)
- Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) at 664.14 (-6.51;-00.97 %)
- Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 104.04 (-2.18;-02.05 %)
- The Walt Disney Company (DIS) at 107.72 (-4.29;-03.83 %)
The winners with above average volume are:
- ReachLocal, Inc. (RLOC) at 1.82 (0.69; 61.06 %)
- FXCM Inc. (FXCM) at 12.43 (3.66; 41.73 %)
- Teekay Offshore Partners LP (TOO) at 5.13 (1.37; 36.44 %)
- EPIRUS Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (EPRS) at 3.69 (0.91; 32.73 %)
- The Chemours Company (CC) at 5.96 (1.24; 26.27 %)
The losers with above average volume are:
- ATRM Holdings, Inc. (ATRM) at 1.75 (-1.34;-43.37 %)
- Acacia Research Corporation (ACTG) at 4.42 (-1.11;-20.07 %)
- Skyline Medical Inc. (SKLN) at 3.13 (-0.67;-17.63 %)
- Great Basin Scientific, Inc. (GBSN) at 2.27 (-0.46;-16.85 %)
- eMagin Corp. (EMAN) at 1.57 (-0.30;-16.04 %)
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