Daily Market Commentary

Stocks opened lower on Tuesday but after an early battle, the bulls were able to push the large cap indices into the green and hang onto some small gains into the close. The Dow ended the up 39-points but small caps closed just south of even.

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Stocks opened flat on Monday but quickly sold off and before long the Dow was down 145-points. By about noon ET the bleeding stopped and stocks caught a bid and closed fairly strongly, although still in negative territory. The Dow closed down 13-points with more moderate losses in the S&P and Nasdaq, while small caps struggled.

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Stocks chopped around in a fairly tight range on Friday but a late decline pushed the indices to their lows of the day setting up a negative reversal day on some of the charts. Small caps actually closed with a gain but the Dow lost 65-points on the day and it turned to be the first negative Month for the Dow since October.
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The bulls took charge early on Thursday, after a slightly weak open. By the close the Dow had added 69-points with the three major indices all gaining near 0.3%. The Transports led with a 0.8% gain while the small caps added 0.5%, and the I-fund was held back by another rally in the dollar.

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Stocks were mixed on Wednesday with the Dow down 42-points as financials were a bit of a drag on the large caps. The S&P, Nasdaq, and small caps all posted small to moderate gains. Retail stocks did well and on the NYSE there were close to 2 stocks up for every one down so the loss in the Dow wasn't telling the story.

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