Stocks rose Tuesday ahead of the Fed’s decision on interest rates and Cisco’s earnings.
The Nasdaq rose 4 to 1401, the S&P 500 gained 7 to 915, and the Dow rose 106 to 8678. Volume fell to 1.33 billion shares on the NYSE, and 1.7 billion on the Nasdaq. Advancers led 16 to 15 on the NYSE, but decliners led by a few shares on the Nasdaq. Upside volume was 57% on the NYSE, and 45% on the Nasdaq. New highs-new lows were 25-26 on the NYSE, and 43-15 on the Nasdaq.
After the close, Computer Sciencesand pricelineslipped on disappointing earnings reports. Register.commissed earnings estimates but beat revenue estimates.
During the day, Applied Materialslost 4% after announcing layoffs. Inteldropped 2%.
Hutchinsonrose 5% after beating estimates.
IBMslipped 1% on news that earnings will be reduced by the PwC Consulting acquisition.
Ciscogained 3% ahead of Wednesday’s earnings report.
Synopsissurged 16% on positive guidance.
Adobefell 5.7% on concern about competition from Microsoftunder the antitrust ruling.
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No reversal for the market today, but the internals on today’s rally were unimpressive: volume, advance-declines, upside volume and new highs all deteriorated today despite higher closes on the indexes. The market will have a lot of news to digest tonight and tomorrow between elections, the Fed (a quarter point rate cut is expected at 2:15 p.m. tomorrow) and Cisco’s earnings, so the deteriorating internals may just suggest hesitance ahead of all that news. Still, the market is giving some hint of a reversal the last two days, so it’s possible the news gets sold. Thursday is an interesting cycle turn date, with Fibonacci turns off the August highs and October lows. The next cycle dates of import are November 25-26. The Nasdaq (first chart below) has a nice lower trendline that lines up with 1360 support, and 1347 is also important support. 1426.76 is major resistance. The Dow (second chart) and S&P (third chart) appear to be turning up out of consolidations, a potentially bullish development if the internals can improve. Resistance is 8726-8762 on the Dow and 924 on the S&P, and support is 900 on the S&P and 8500 on the Dow.
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