Leadership Needs Semis’ And Brokers’ Help

What Tuesday’s Action Tells
You

The SPX
(
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ended the trading
session
as a narrow-range inside day and +0.3% to close at 1136.23. The range was
only
6.4 points, but it was trend-up above the opening as traders had
opportunity.
The Dow
(
$INDU |
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PowerRating)
closed at 10,413, +0.5%, the Nasdaq
(
$COMPQ |
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2035,
+0.8%, and the
(
QQQ |
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PowerRating)
s at 37.37, +1.0%.

NYSE volume was only 1.37 billion, with the
volume ratio at 56 and breadth +125. The 4 MA of the volume ratio was
neutral at
47 and the 4 MA of breadth just +65, so there is no lead information to get
from
any part of that. Today is the last day of the June report card and also the
FOMC at 2:15 p.m. ET.

In the sectors, technology and the cyclicals
were
green, led by the semis, with the
(
SMH |
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PowerRating)
+1.8%, but for the past four
days
has been spinning wheels at +2.2%, -1.4%, +0.5%, -1.0% and +1.8% yesterday.
The
SMH closed at 37.54, still sitting below its 37.90 200-day EMA and the down
trendline from the 45.78 rally high, which is just above the 200-day EMA.
The
XLB (basic industry SPDR) was +1.4%, with chemicals like
(
DOW |
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, +2.0%,
and
(
DD |
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, +1.0%, having green days and leaving some daily chart setups for
today.

25.5pt’>Thursday

6/24

25.5pt’>Monday
6/28

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