China is Back
At least for one day, China is back influencing the global markets. China released data last night that showed that imports dropped substantially due to weak domestic demand. This again is stoking fears about what’s really happening in China’s economy.
The DJIA was only down 50 points today but the other indices put in more reversal type price action with the SPX down almost 14 points and the Nasdaq down 42 points, closing almost on its low for the day. Biotech got hit hard again today with IBB down 3%.
In tonight’s Weekday Market Wrap video I look at all the market action including Valero (VLO), Tesoro (TSO) and Netflix (NFLX). Continue reading
The markets are still extremely volatile as the DJIA was down over 250 points at one point on Friday but closed up 200. A huge whipsaw day…enough to give anyone indigestion. The market was trying to digest the jobs report that was released Friday morning showing less than expected job growth and downward revisions to July and August.
After the pause day yesterday, the sell-off resumed with a vengeance today. At one point the DJIA was down nearly 300 points. Declining stocks led advancing stock on the NYSE by 4:1 and the number of 52 week new lows on the NYSE was the highest since Aug. 26th. In today’s Weekday Market Wrap video (below) I look at all the action.