Tech Talk for Wednesday March 11th 2020

U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 85 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures responded to disappointment that the U.S. Administration did not offer a fiscal package after the close yesterday as had been expected.

U.S. equity index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the February Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was unchanged versus a gain of 0.1% in January. Actual was a gain of 0.1%. Excluding food and energy, consensus for the February Consumer Price Index was an increase of 0.2% versus a gain of 0.2% in January. Actual was an increase of 0.2%.

Occidental Petroleum dropped $1.30 to $13.04 after JP Morgan lowered its target price from $37 to $16.

Dow fell $1.10 to $30.30 after Deutsche Bank lowered its target price from $58 to $40

Pepsico slipped $1.43 to $132.71 after announcing purchase of Rockstar Energy Beverages for $3.85 billion.

Hilton (HLT $90.32) is expected to open lower after the company lowered first quarter guidance due to the coronavirus.

EquityClock's Daily Comment

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http://www.equityclock.com/2020/03/10/stock-market-outlook-for-march-11-2020/

Note seasonality charts on Shanghai Composite Index, Copper and Australia All Ordinaries Composite Index.

StockTwits released yesterday

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Trader's Corner

Equity Indices and related ETFs

Daily Seasonal/Technical Equity Trends for March 10th 2020

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

Commodities

Daily Seasonal/Technical Commodities Trends for March 10th 2020

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

Sectors

Daily Seasonal/Technical Sector Trends for March 10th 2020

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

S&P 500 Momentum Barometer

The Barometer recovered 3.21 to 8.22 yesterday. It remains intermediate oversold.

TSX Momentum Barometer

The Barometer recovered 1.79 to 10.71 yesterday. It remains intermediate oversold.

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