US Equities Edge Higher at Midday as Tech Leads

Stocks trade above the opening range while the dollar and yields tick up. Energy and real estate lag the sector board.

By The Trade Signal · Published 3:33 PM ET · Data as of 12:30 PM ET

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Session so far

The S&P 500 is +0.65% at 7,726.94, having took out the prior-day high and stayed above the prior-day low. The Nasdaq 100 is +1.41% at 29,685.95, also took out the prior-day high and stayed above the prior-day low. The Dow is +0.03% at 52,377.21, stayed below the prior-day high but took out the prior-day low. The Russell 2000 is +1.07% at 2,816.20, took out the prior-day high and stayed above the prior-day low. All indices are above the opening range or equivalent, with the Dow inside the opening range. VIX is −5.13% at 17.56.

Levels

S&P 500 pivot points sit at 7,672.87, with resistance at 7,706.03 and support at 7,643.60. Nasdaq 100 pivots are 29,229.92, 29,447.92, and 29,055.39. Dow pivots are 52,415.01, 52,566.76, and 52,209.82. Russell 2000 pivots are 2,789.66, 2,801.16, and 2,774.93.

Movers

Top gainers include HRI at +23.51%, KNSA at +23.00%, and JBLU at +16.67%. Top decliners include INOD at −26.80%, XYL at −12.85%, and UNF at −11.38%. Most active names are SOFI at 141.34M shares, NU at 81.41M shares, and SPCX at 76.09M shares.

Sectors

Technology leads at +1.72%, followed by consumer discretionary at +1.14% and materials at +0.75%. Energy is the worst sector at −1.99%, with real estate at −1.20% and consumer staples at −0.94% also in negative territory.

Still to come

API Crude Oil Stock Change is due at 4:30 PM ET ET, with a forecast of 0.8M versus a previous reading of -4.93M.

Session so far

Change since the prior session's close; the range covers today's regular session up to the time shown. Data as of 12:30 PM ET.

Indices

Index	Last	Chg	Chg %	Day range
SPX500 (S&P 500 index)	7,726.94	+50.17	+0.65%	7,677.16 – 7,736.06
NAS100 (Nasdaq 100 index)	29,685.95	+412.54	+1.41%	29,340.89 – 29,713.27
Dow Jones Industrial Average	52,377.21	+15.63	+0.03%	52,231.84 – 52,477.91
Russell 2000 index	2,816.20	+29.78	+1.07%	2,788.59 – 2,816.92

Index futures & volatility

Instrument	Last	Chg	Chg %	Range
S&P 500 futures (ES)	7,762.75	+48.25	+0.63%	7,712.50 – 7,772.00
Nasdaq 100 futures (NQ)	29,845.50	+406.00	+1.38%	29,494.50 – 29,875.50
Dow futures (YM)	52,570	+23	+0.04%	52,419 – 52,668
Russell 2000 futures (RTY)	2,826.30	+29.00	+1.04%	2,796.10 – 2,828.00
VIX	17.56	−0.95	−5.13%	17.51 – 18.18

Commodities & crypto

Instrument	Last	Chg	Chg %	Range
Gold futures	$4,071.00	+$44.00	+1.09%	$4,034.60 – $4,078.90
WTI crude futures	$99.99	−$1.60	−1.57%	$99.80 – $101.92
Bitcoin	$80,473	+$592	+0.74%	$79,744 – $80,564

Dollar, FX & yields

Instrument	Last	Chg	Chg %	Range
US Dollar Index (DXY)	102.27	+0.27	+0.26%	102.16 – 102.30
EUR/USD	1.1145	−0.0036	−0.32%	1.1141 – 1.1157
GBP/USD	1.3307	−0.0039	−0.29%	1.3306 – 1.3332
USD/JPY	157.88	+0.36	+0.23%	157.69 – 157.93
US 10-year yield	4.995%	+0.9 bp	+0.18%	4.980% – 5.007%

Movers

US-listed stocks above $2 and a $1B market cap with at least 500K shares traded.

Top gainers

Ticker	Price	Chg %	Volume
HRI Herc Holdings, Inc.	$157.02	+23.51%	1.38M
KNSA Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals	$89.77	+23.00%	1.66M
JBLU JetBlue Airways Corporat	$2.77	+16.67%	59.11M
CTOS Custom Truck One Source	$10.31	+14.37%	1.30M
SOFI SoFi Technologies Inc	$16.49	+14.00%	141.34M
AEHR Aehr Test Systems	$64.19	+13.40%	1.96M
ABSI Absci Corporation	$10.70	+13.23%	4.45M
USAR USA Rare Earth, Inc. Cla	$10.08	+13.13%	15.95M

Top decliners

Ticker	Price	Chg %	Volume
INOD Innodata Inc.	$43.86	−26.80%	8.30M
XYL Xylem Inc.	$94.34	−12.85%	7.34M
UNF UniFirst Corporation	$247.81	−11.38%	1.72M
BA Boeing Company	$168.62	−10.46%	37.20M
PARR Par Pacific Holdings Inc	$75.23	−9.55%	582.7K
DK Delek US Holdings Inc	$71.08	−9.42%	933.6K
BA/PA Boeing Company 6% Pfd Re	$53.60	−8.66%	1.81M
VLO Valero Energy Corporatio	$389.90	−8.64%	3.60M

Most active

Ticker	Price	Chg %	Volume	% of avg day
SOFI SoFi Technologies Inc	$16.49	+14.00%	141.34M	236%
NU Nu Holdings Ltd. Class A	$12.48	−0.91%	81.41M	86%
SPCX Space Exploration Techno	$149.75	+1.94%	76.09M	66%
INTC Intel Corporation	$93.58	+3.44%	66.24M	66%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation	$217.77	+0.82%	57.68M	58%
GRAB Grab Holdings Limited Cl	$2.72	+0.18%	51.98M	100%
AAL American Airlines Group	$12.60	+3.24%	44.87M	72%
CRWV CoreWeave, Inc. Class A	$59.54	+7.87%	43.69M	51%

Sectors

SPDR sector ETFs, % change today.

Sector	ETF	Chg %
Technology	XLK	+1.72%
Consumer Discretionary	XLY	+1.14%
Materials	XLB	+0.75%
Industrials	XLI	+0.54%
Utilities	XLU	+0.41%
Communication Services	XLC	+0.01%
Health Care	XLV	−0.08%
Financials	XLF	−0.24%
Consumer Staples	XLP	−0.94%
Real Estate	XLRE	−1.20%
Energy	XLE	−1.99%

Large caps

Stock	Last	Chg %	Day range	Prior high	Prior low
Apple (AAPL)	346.86	+0.86%	342.39 – 347.78	347.09	341.03
Microsoft (MSFT)	531.61	−0.19%	528.33 – 534.70	533.25	521.69
Nvidia (NVDA)	217.77	+0.82%	215.53 – 219.19	217.75	212.61
Amazon (AMZN)	254.25	+2.07%	248.71 – 254.68	250.79	247.23
Tesla (TSLA)	408.02	+4.19%	395.25 – 408.09	397.27	383.73
Meta (META)	623.58	−1.11%	621.36 – 628.46	647.69	627.80
Alphabet (GOOGL)	323.41	+2.09%	316.86 – 323.60	321.48	316.60

Still to come today

Time (ET)	Event	Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
4:30 PM ET	API Crude Oil Stock Change (Oct/23)	Medium	–	0.8M	-4.93M

Levels to watch

The opening range is the first 30 minutes of the session. Breaks compare today's high and low with the prior-day high and low.

Index	Opening range	vs opening range	Prior high	Prior low
SPX500 (S&P 500 index)	7,683.66 – 7,708.85	above the opening range	7,702.13 took out the prior-day high	7,639.70 stayed above the prior-day low
NAS100 (Nasdaq 100 index)	29,373.28 – 29,529.03	above the opening range	29,404.44 took out the prior-day high	29,011.91 stayed above the prior-day low
Dow Jones Industrial Average	52,264.73 – 52,477.91	inside the opening range	52,620.19 stayed below the prior-day high	52,263.25 took out the prior-day low
Russell 2000 index	2,792.04 – 2,799.52	above the opening range	2,804.40 took out the prior-day high	2,778.17 stayed above the prior-day low

Movers, sectors and breadth: snapshot at 3:33 PM ET.

Sources: Yahoo Finance, TradingView. Data may be delayed.

Not financial advice. The Trade Signal is for information and education only. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Markets carry risk; do your own research.

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