Dow declines 50.44 points ( -0.29 %) to settle at 17,552.17.
The US Large Cap S&P 500 index declines 3.3 points ( -0.16 %) and is now at 2,060.99.
The tech heavy Nasdaq went up 2.56 points ( +0.05 %) close at 5,048.49.
Oil settles at $38.12 ( +0.05 % from last trading day.)
Gold is now at $1,075.80 ( -0.01 % from previous.)
The 10 year bond yield is at 2.24%. 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 47.54 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 43.87 %. Volume is -61.40 % % 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 43.03 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 39.00 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in a downtrend and not yet oversold.
There are 00.69 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 00.25 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.
The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is -02.06 %.
The median forward PE is at 15.66, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 12.92 % and average yield is 02.13 %.
The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 2.10. The PEGY Ratio of 2.10 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 108.03 (-0.58;-00.53 %)
- HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. (HCC) at 77.93 (-0.06;-00.08 %)
- NIKE, Inc. (NKE) at 63.18 (-1.18;-01.83 %)
- Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) at 662.79 (-0.91;-00.14 %)
- Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. (FSL) at 36.53 (-1.53;-04.02 %)
The winners with above average volume are:
- Resource America, Inc. (REXI) at 4.61 (1.01; 28.06 %)
- Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (AMOT) at 27.27 (5.76; 26.78 %)
- Sajan, Inc. (SAJA) at 4.22 (0.88; 26.35 %)
- Auris Medical Holding AG (EARS) at 4.17 (0.80; 23.74 %)
- Patriot National, Inc. (PN) at 8.19 (1.22; 17.50 %)
The losers with above average volume are:
- The Ensign Group, Inc. (ENSG) at 22.02 (-23.80;-51.94 %)
- NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NBY) at 2.24 (-0.38;-14.50 %)
- International Shipholding Corp. (ISH) at 1.62 (-0.20;-10.99 %)
- Spanish Broadcasting System Inc. (SBSA) at 3.01 (-0.37;-10.95 %)
- Mexco Energy Corporation (MXC) at 2.54 (-0.26;-09.29 %)
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