Tech Talk for Thursday July 2nd 2020

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday July 2^nd

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 39 points in pre-opening trade.

Equity index futures moved higher following economic news released at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for Weekly Initial Jobless Claims was 1,355,000 versus 1,480,000 million last week. Actual was1,427,000 million. Consensus for June Non-farm Payrolls was an increase to 3.000 million from 2.509 million in May. Actual was an increase to 4.8 million. Consensus for the June Unemployment Rate was a slip to 12.3% from 13.3% in May. Actual was a drop to 11.1%. Consensus for June Average Hourly Earnings was a drop of 0.7% versus a decline of 1.0% in May. Actual was a drop of 1.2%. Consensus for the May U.S. Trade Deficit was an increase to $53.0 billion from $49.40 billion in May. Actual was an increase to $54.60 billion

The Canadian Dollar improved 0.10 to US73.69 cents following release of the May Canadian Trade report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a deficit of $3.00 billion versus a revised deficit of $4.27 billion in April. Actual was a deficit of $0.68 billion.

McDonalds slipped $1.36 to $183.30 after the company paused the additional reopening of drive in services at its U.S. restaurants.

PayPal added $2.33 to $179.76 after Wedbush raised its target price from $176 to $200.

Tesla gained $76.82 to $1197.00 after reporting higher than consensus second quarter deliveries. Wedbush raised its target price from $1000 to $1250.

EquityClock’s Daily Market Comment

Following is a link:

http://www.equityclock.com/2020/06/30/stock-market-outlook-for-july-2-2020/

Note seasonality charts on the S&P 500 Index, Case/Shiller 20 City Home Price Index and Canadian GDP.

Technical Notes

Amgen (AMGN), a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $244.39 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend.

FedEx (FDX), an S&P 100 stock moved above $149.27 extending an intermediate uptrend.

AbbVie (ABBV), an S&P 100 stock moved above $99.35 extending an intermediate uptrend.

Corn ETN (CORN) moved above $12.45 completing a double bottom pattern.

Soybeans ETN (SOYB) moved above $14.15 completing a reverse Head & Shoulders pattern.

Solar ETF (TAN) moved above $36.40 extending an intermediate uptrend.

Greg Schnell’s “Market Buzz”

Released yesterday. Headline reads, “Gold Miners Get Set To Surge”. Following is a link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c30XfjpHAY&feature=youtu.be

Trader’s Corner

Equity Indices and related ETFs

Daily Seasonal/Technical Equity Trends for July 1^st 2020

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

Commodities

Seasonal/Technical Commodities Trends for July 1^st 2020

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Red: Decrease from previous day

Sectors

Daily Seasonal/Technical Sector Trends for July 1^st 2020

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

S&P 500 Momentum Barometer

The Barometer slipped 2.40 to 69.34 yesterday. It remains intermediate overbought.

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