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The stock market is open today.
The S&P 500 moved down less than 0.1% on Monday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.1%. The tech-laden index fell a bit. The QQQ Trust and the S&P 500 exchange traded fund were both up.
Ahead of this week’s earnings results, electric-vehicle leader*Tesla raced 2% higher Monday. The “poison pill” plan adopted by the company was a factor in the jump in TWTR’s share price.
There is an index.
There is a symbol.
The price.
Loss/gain.
% change
The name of the company is Dow Jones.
There is a 0DJIA.
34411.61
38.62
-0.11
S&P 500 is a stock market index.
(0S&P5)
4391.86
0.78
-0.02
The stock exchange.
(0NDQC)
13332.36
18.72
0.14.
Russell 2000
IWm.
195.62
-1.34
0.67
IBD 50.
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36.32
-0.22
0.60
Despite the stock market rally, American Express and Caterpillar are still the leaders of the DOW Jones.
Apple and Microsoft traded up and down in today’s stock market.
IBD has Microsoft andTesla on their list of top stocks. This week’s Stocks Near A Buy Zone column featured Caterpillar and Edwards Lifesciences. On Monday, he was also Monday’s IBD stock of the day. Caterpillar is a stock on Swing Trader.
Treasury Yields, Oil Prices are included in the futures.
The fair value was little changed after Monday’s close. The next stock market session doesn’t necessarily correspond to overnight action in the futures market.
The 10-year Treasury yield rose to 2.86 on Monday, its highest level in over a year. The price of oil in the U.S. rose 1% to $107 a barrel.
The stock market rally is having difficulties.
The stock market ended Monday with modest losses.
Even though the underlying uptrend is still intact, it’s time to proceed with a greater degree of caution. Don’t buy most new purchases if you want to focus on stocks that have heavy-volume breakouts past correct buy points. Also, be flexible. The market could rebound and move back into a confirmed uptrend, or it could fall into a correction.
The Big Picture warned that the Nasdaq has wiped out all of its gains from March 18 and is below its 50-day moving average. The S&P 500 is still above its March 16 follow-through.
If you’re new to IBD, you should look at its stock trading system and CAN SLIM basics. One key to the investment guidelines is recognizing chart patterns. IBD has a wide range of growth stock lists.
The investors can create watchlists, find companies nearing a buy point, or develop custom screens at IBD MarketSmith.
There are five Dow Jones stocks to watch.
American Express, Caterpillar are some of the stocks that are to buy and watch.
American Express is tracing a cup with a handle with a buy point. Monday was the third day in a row that shares rose and ended about 5% away from the latest entry.
Caterpillar is in a buy range past a cup-with-handle’s 227.15 buy point. The 5% buy area went up to 238.51. The stock’sRS line is at its highest level in over a year. Monday was a good day for shares.
The current stock market rally has four top growth stocks to watch.
There are stocks to buy and watch.
A cup with handle with a 125.21 buy point is shown in the stock of Edwards Lifesciences, as a result of last week’s weakness. The shares were down on Monday.
Murphy Oil broke out past the buy point of the ascending base. The stock has a perfect 99 IBD rating.
After shares inched higher Monday, defense contractor Raytheon Technologies finished just below a flat base’s 104.44 buy point.
Shell, the April 1 IBD Stock Of The Day, is in a buy range above a flat base’s 56.23 buy point after Monday’s 0.4% rise. The 5% buy area goes up.
According to a chart analysis by IBD MarketSmith, shares of Ulta Beauty are in the 5% buy range past a cup-with-handle’s 408.83 buy point. The buy area goes up. A key sign of market leadership is the stock’s relative strength line, which is at a new high. ULTA shares were little changed Monday.
The experts from IBD analyze the current stock market rally on IBD Live.
The earnings of the company.
Analysts say that the company could be expecting its slowest growth in a decade. The company’s earnings are expected to fall 22% to $2.92 per share. The year-ago period saw sales decline.
Following Monday’s 1% decline, NFLX shares are more than 50% off their 52 week high.
The earnings of the company.
After the close of business on Wednesday, earnings are due out. The EV giant is expected to report earnings per share of $2.26 on sales of $17.59 billion, representing year-over-year increases of 143% and 69%, respectively.
At the start of April, the company reported that it delivered more than 300,000 vehicles in the first quarter, but it was below analyst expectations.
Monday’s 2% gain was the result of Thursday’s 3.7% decline. The EV giant’s shares were close to the cup-with-handle’s buy point.
The stock was close to the all-time high when it traded at 1,243.49 on November 4.
Apple, Microsoft are the leaders of the index.
Apple shares fell below the 50-day line and triggered the loss-cutting rule from a 176.75 buy point. The latest entry to watch is a handle buy point. The stock lost ground Monday.
Microsoft is below its 50- and 200-day lines. The stock is 20% off its high.
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