Tech Talk for Friday March 26th 2021

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 5 points in pre-opening trade.

Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of U.S. economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for February Personal Income was a drop of 7.0% versus a revised gain of 10.1% in January. Actual was a drop of 7.1%. Consensus for February Personal Spending was a drop of 0.7% versus a revised gain of 3.4% in January. Actual was a drop of 1.0%.

U.S. bank stocks moved higher on news from the Federal Reserve that restrictions for dividend increases and share buy backs expire for most banks on June 30th. Exceptions are banks that fail their stress tests. They will be allowed to increase dividends and share buy backs after September 30th. JP Morgan gained $1.40 to $153.95.

L Brands gained $3.57 to $63.00 after the company raised first quarter sales and earnings guidance.

Darden Restaurants added $1.10 to $146.00 after Deutsche Bank and KeyBanc raised their target price on the stock.

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Technical Notes for Thursday March 25th

Nike, a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock dropped below $129.19 extending an intermediate downtrend after China announced a sales boycott of its products.

Darden Restaurants, an S&P 100 stock advanced $10.97 to $144.90 after announcing higher than consensus fiscal third quarter sales and earnings. The company also announced an additional share repurchase program and offered positive fiscal fourth quarter sales and earnings guidance.

Linde (LIN), an S&P 100 stock moved above $273.40 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend.

Rite Aid (RAD) plunged $4.71 to 18.53 after the company reported lower than consensus sales and earnings.

Baidu (BIDU), a NASDAQ 100 stock moved below $226.78 completing a Head & Shoulders pattern.

Micron (MU), a NASDAQ 100 stock moved below $81.85 completing a double top pattern.

Twitter (TWTR), a NASDAQ 100 stock moved below $61.52 setting an intermediate downtrend.

Intuit (INTU), a NASDAQ 100 stock moved below $367.78 setting an intermediate downtrend.

Zoom (ZM), a NASDAQ 100 stock moved below $309.00 extending an intermediate downtrend.

O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $496.61 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend.

Silver ETN (SLV) moved below $23.05 extending an intermediate downtrend.

Another forest product stock breakdown! West Fraser Timber (WFG) moved below Cdn$78.11 setting an intermediate downtrend.

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Equity Indices and Related ETFs

Daily Seasonal/Technical Equity Trends for March 25th 2021

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Commodities

Daily Seasonal/Technical Commodities Trends for March 25th 2021

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Sectors

Daily Seasonal/Technical Sector Trends for March 25th 2021

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All seasonality ratings are based on performance relative to the S&P 500 Index

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