4 May 2015
US Indices start April with a bang – TechTrader
FXStreet (Barcelona) - Harry Boxer of TheTechTrader, summarizes the performance of US Indices in Friday’s trading session, noting that Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 closes near their daily highs.
Key Quotes
“The stock market indices had a spectacular rally and closed at the highs for the day going away. They opened with big gaps up, went into consolidation during the morning session, came on again late morning, rallied strongly, pulled back in the last hour, only to come on again in the last 20-30 minutes, and close with a bang.”
“Net on the day, the Dow was up 183.54 at 18,024.06. The S&P 500 was up 22.78 at 2108.29, within pennies of its high. The Nasdaq 100 was up 64.80 at 4479.06, right at the high for the day.”
“Advance-declines were a little more than 3 to 2 positive on New York Stock Exchange and 16 to 11 positive on Nasdaq. Up/down volume was 2 1/2 to 1 positive on New York, with total volume of 3 1/3 billion shares. Nasdaq traded over 1.8 billion shares and had a 2 1/2 to 1 positive volume ratio.”
Key Quotes
“The stock market indices had a spectacular rally and closed at the highs for the day going away. They opened with big gaps up, went into consolidation during the morning session, came on again late morning, rallied strongly, pulled back in the last hour, only to come on again in the last 20-30 minutes, and close with a bang.”
“Net on the day, the Dow was up 183.54 at 18,024.06. The S&P 500 was up 22.78 at 2108.29, within pennies of its high. The Nasdaq 100 was up 64.80 at 4479.06, right at the high for the day.”
“Advance-declines were a little more than 3 to 2 positive on New York Stock Exchange and 16 to 11 positive on Nasdaq. Up/down volume was 2 1/2 to 1 positive on New York, with total volume of 3 1/3 billion shares. Nasdaq traded over 1.8 billion shares and had a 2 1/2 to 1 positive volume ratio.”