Tech Talk for Friday November 23rd 2018

U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 17 points in pre-opening trade. Weakness was led by energy stocks following a 5% drop in the price of crude oil in overnight trade.

Trade volumes are expected to remain significantly lower than average today. Trading in U.S. equities on U.S. exchanges closes at 1:00 PM EST.

The Canadian Dollar was virtually unchanged at U.S. 75.61 cents following release of Canadian economic data at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for the October Consumer Price Index was an increase on an annualized basis of 2.2%. Actual was 2.4%. Consensus for September Retail Sales was unchanged versus an upwardly revised unchanged in August. Actual was an increase of 0.2%

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Trading Hours for U.S. equity markets today

Equity trading closes today at 1:00 PM EST

StockTwits Released Yesterday @EquityClock

Another Canadian gold producer stock breakout! B2 Gold $BTO.CA moved above $2.64 extending an intermediate uptrend.

Trader's Corner

No changes yesterday.

Equity Indices and related ETFs

Daily Seasonal/Technical Equity Trends for November 22nd 2018

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Commodities

Daily Seasonal/Technical Commodities Trends for November 22nd 2018

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Sectors

Daily Seasonal/Technical Sector Trends for November 22nd 2018

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