Technical Analysis: Indexes Hang On — Barely

Written By
Paul Shread
Paul Shread
Published: May 13, 2005
Updated: Jul 16, 2021
1 minute read

The S&P and Dow (first two charts below) have pulled back as far as they can without giving up their recent downtrend line breakouts. Below 10,160 on the Dow and 1156 on the S&P, the market is in trouble. Resistance is 1164 and 1175-1180 on the S&P, and 10,340-10,400 on the Dow. The Nasdaq (third chart) is looking a little better for a change. Critical support is 1940, and resistance is 1983, 1994 and 2005.

Paul Shread

Paul Shread has covered nearly every aspect of enterprise technology in his 20+ years in IT journalism, including an award-winning series on software-defined data centers. He wrote a column on small business technology for Time.com, and covered financial markets for 10 years, from the dot-com boom and bust to the 2007-2009 financial crisis. He holds a market analyst certification.

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