Tech Talk for Thursday June 13th 2019

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 9 points in pre-opening trade.

Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of Weekly Jobless Claims at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was 217,000 versus 219,000 last week. Actual was 222,000.

WTI crude oil jumped $1.83 to $52.97 per barrel after two tankers were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz.

Lululemon gained $9.11 to $180.00 after reporting higher than consensus first quarter sales and earnings. The company also raised guidance.

Lennar gained $1.39 to $53.48 after Wedbush upgraded the stock to Outperform from Neutral.

Target (TGT $88.26) is expected to open higher after increasing its dividend

EquityClock's Daily Market Comment

Following is a link:

http://www.equityclock.com/2019/06/12/stock-market-outlook-for-june-13-2019/

Note seasonality charts on Crude Oil, Crude Oil Days of Supply and the Consumer Price Index

StockTwits released yesterday @EquityClock

Technical action by S&P 500 stocks to 10:00: Quietly bullish. Intermediate breakouts: $JNJ $XRX. No breakdowns.

Editor's Note: After 10:00 AM EDT, intermediate breakout included MRK and breakdown included RTN.

Johnson & Johnson $JNJ, a Dow Jones Industrial stock moved above $141.36 extending an intermediate uptrend.

US Consumer Price Index #CPI up 0.2% (NSA) in May, slightly weaker than the 0.3% increase that is average for the spring month. $MACRO #Economy

Cascades $CAS.CA moved above $9.72 extending an intermediate uptrend.

Merck $MRK, a Dow Jones Industrial stock moved above $83.85 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend.

Power Corp $POW.CA, a TSX 60 stock moved below $27.42 extending an intermediate downtrend.

Power Financial $PWF.CA moved below $29.58 extending an intermediate downtrend.

Inter Pipeline $IPL.CA moved below $20.16 setting an intermediate downtrend.

Trader's Corner

Equity Indices and related ETFs

Daily Seasonal/Technical Equity Trends for June 12th 2019

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

Commodities

Daily Seasonal/Technical Commodities Trends for June 12th 2019

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

Sectors

Daily Seasonal/Technical Sector Trends for June 12th 2019

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

S&P 500 Momentum Barometer

The Barometer slipped 2.20 to 54.31 yesterday. It remains intermediate neutral.

TSX Momentum Barometer

The Barometer added 0.63 to 49.58 yesterday. It remains intermediate neutral.

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