Tech Talk for Thursday July 12th 2018

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 15 points in pre-opening trade.

Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for Weekly Jobless Claims was 225,000 versus 232,000 last week. Actual was 214,00. Consensus for the June Consumer Price Index was an increase of 0.2% versus a gain of 0.2% in May. Actual was an increase of 0.1%. Excluding food and energy, consensus for the June Consumer Price Index was an increase of 0.2% versus a gain of 0.2% in May. Actual was an increase of 0.2%.

Costco added $0.45 to $211.40 after JP Morgan raised its target price to $227 from $212.

Delta Airlines advanced $0.88 to $50.72 after reporting higher than consensus second quarter earnings.

CA Inc added $6.81 to $44.02 and Broadcom dropped $24.99 to $218.45 after Broadcom offered to purchase CA Inc. for $45.00 per share cash. Value of the offer is $18.9 billion

Netflix slipped $0.85 to $417.80 after UBS downgraded the stock to Neutral from Buy.

EquityClock's Daily Market Comment

Following is a link:

http://www.equityclock.com/2018/07/11/stock-market-outlook-for-july-12-2018/

Note seasonality charts on the Utilities sector, Crude Oil Days of Supply, Gasoline Days of Supply, Crude Oil, Job Openings, Producer Price Index, Wholesale Sales and Wholesale Inventories.

Observations

Commodity prices including grains, crude oil, copper and precious metals virtually collapsed yesterday. The CRB Index dropped by 2.75% and its related ETF, GSG plunged 4.06%.

Weakness in crude oil prices was particularly notable. Despite a larger than expected drop in U.S. crude oil inventories reported early yesterday, crude oil plunged over 5% on rumors that Russia may be willing to raise production.

The Japanese Yen broke support at 89.92 extending an intermediate downtrend.

StockTwits Released Yesterday @EquityClock

Turkey iShares $TUR moved below $28.24 extending an intermediate downtrend.

Technical action by S&P 500 stocks to 10:00: Quiet. Intermediate breakout: $ILMN. No breakdowns.

Editor's Note: After 10:00 AM EDT, intermediate breakouts included $DIS $FAST $RSG $MA. No breakdowns.

Restaurant Brands Int'l $QSR.CA $QRS, a TSX 60 stock moved above $81.81 Cdn on Tim Horton expansion into China news.

Thomson Reuters $TRI.CA, a TSX 60 stock moved above $54.29 extending an intermediate uptrend.

Walt Disney $DIS, a Dow Jones Industrial stock moved above $108.62 extending an intermediate uptrend.

US #PPI for All Commodities up 4.0% (NSA) in first half of year, well above 2.7% increase that is average for the period. $MACRO #Inflation

Yesterday’s #JOLTS report showed that Openings fell by 0.5% more than average in May, the result of very strong hiring activity. $MACRO

#Wholesale #Sales surge in May, up 10.0% (NSA), well above 2% average increase for month. Inventories -0.6% vs. -0.7% avg. $MACRO #Economy

Jump in production of Gasoline to the highs of the year helping to draw on Oil stockpiles in the latest week. $USO $CL_F $XLE $XOP

Trader's Corner

Daily Seasonal/Technical Equity Trends for July 11th 2018

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

Daily Seasonal/Technical Commodities Trends for July 11th 2018

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

Daily Seasonal/Technical Sector Trends for July 11th 2018

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

S&P 500 Momentum Barometer

The Barometer dropped 10.00 to 61.00 yesterday. It remains intermediate overbought.

TSX Momentum Barometer

The Barometer dropped 8.75 to 61.67 yesterday. It remains intermediate overbought.

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