While selling pressure has
remained subdued, the U.S. stock markets continue to see some
weakness in late-morning trading on Monday. Weakness among
resource stocks is contributing to the losses being shown by the
major averages.
Our
PowerRatings
Heat Maps*
have been pointing towards this breakdown in resource/energy
stocks over the last week. It will be interesting to see
what signals we get today.
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Crude for March delivery has
fallen in morning trading after Saudi oil minister said OPEC does
not need to continue cutting supply. Crude is currently down
$1.59 to $58.30 a barrel.
After closing at an 8-month high
last week, gold is giving back some ground currently down $2.80 to
$664.05 an ounce.
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Volume |
915,774,000 |
825,215,000 |
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Strongest/Weakest Sectors |
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Weakest Sectors |
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Amex Airline Index (XAL) |
Dow Jones Equity REIT Index (DJR) |
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Computer Hardware Index (HWI) |
Deutsche Bank Energy Index (DXE) |
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Morgan Stanley Healthcare Providers Index (HMO) |
CBOE Oil Index (OIX) |
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Economic
News |
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reports released today. |
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Darren Wong
Associate Editor
darrenw@tradingmarkets.com