Pre-opening Comments for Thursday October 26^th

U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 18 points at 8:35 AM EDT.

Index futures recovered 10 points following release of preliminary third quarter GDP at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an annualized increase of 4.7% .Actual was an increase of 4.9%.

IBM gained $1.62 to 138.70 after reporting higher than consensus third quarter revenues and earnings.

Hasbro dropped $5.75 to $48.96 after reporting less than consensus third quarter revenues and earnings.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP.TO $96.20) is expected to open lower after reporting less than consensus third quarter earnings.

Whirlpool dropped $7.07 to $118.54 after lowering guidance.

 

EquityClock’s Daily Comment

Headline reads “The cost of borrowing has become hinged in recent days to the gyrations in the price of oil”.

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Next Canadian Association for Technical Analysis meeting

Next video presentation is tonight at 8:00 PM EDT. Speaker is Dave Landry. Everyone is welcome. Not a member of CATA? Contact https://canadianata.ca/

 

Technical Notes

The Canadian Dollar $CDW moved below US72.57 cents extending an intermediate downtrend. The Bank of Canada maintained its lending rate to major Canadian banks at 5.00%.

Microsoft $MSFT a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved above intermediate resistance at $340.86

Honeywell $HON a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved below $179.13 extending an intermediate downtrend

Salesforce.com $CRM a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved below $197.42 extending an intermediate downtrend.

Alphabet $GOOG an S&P 100 stock moved below $$128.19 and $127.00. $GOOGL moved below $127.22 and $126.38 setting an intermediate downtrend.

Amazon $AMZN an S&P 100 stock moved below $123.04 extending an intermediate downtrend.

Other NASDAQ 100 stocks extending an intermediate downtrend included CSX $CSX on a move below $29.45, Qualcomm $QCOM on a move below $105.51, IDEXX Laboratories $IDXX on a move below $420.22, Cognizant on a move below $64.41, Biogen $BIIB on a move below $248.41, Accenture $ACN on a move below $293.27 and Zoom $ZM on a move below $60.45.

S&P 100 stocks moving below support and extending an intermediate downtrend include Accenture $ACN on a move below $293.27, Dow $DOW on a move below $47.73 and Philip Morris $PM on a move below $90.07

India ETF $PIN moved below $22.87 completing a Head & Shoulders pattern

Restaurant Brands International $QSR.TO a TSX 60 stock moved above intermediate resistance at Cdn$93.62.

TSX technology iShares $XIT.TO moved below Cdn$42.00 and Cdn$41.92 extending an intermediate downtrend.

CGI Group $GIB a TSX 60 stock led the drop in XIT.TO by moving below $28.89 extending an intermediate downtrend.

 

Trader’s Corner

Equity Indices and Related ETFs

Daily Seasonal/Technical Equity Trends for Oct.25^th 2023

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

Source for all positive seasonality ratings: www.EquityClock.com

Commodities

Daily Seasonal/Technical Commodities Trends for October 25^th 2023

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

Sectors

Daily Seasonal/Technical Sector Trends for October 25^th 2023

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

 

Links offered by valued providers

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S&P 500 Momentum Barometers

The intermediate term Barometer dropped 2.40 to 14.60. It remains Oversold.

The long term Barometer dropped 3.00 to 29.40. It remains Oversold. Daily downtrend was extended.

 

TSX Momentum Barometers

The intermediate term Barometer added 0.44 to 25.55. It remains Oversold.

The long term Barometer added 0.44 to 29.52. It remains Oversold.

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