Friday’s Stock Watch
The markets
followed up yesterday’s accumulation with a sell off that sank the
Dow and the S&P 500 below their 50-day moving averages. There were no sectors
left green today, with Internet, telecoms, software, and broker/dealers deep in
the red. New 52-week highs also tapered off, with the lows list showing a little
life. Stocks on our watch lists were just about all down, with one of our recent
breakouts turning ugly.
Market breadth was negative, with NYSE
declining issues over advancing issues by a ratio of 2.0, and down volume over
up volume by a 6.25 ratio. Nasdaq declining issues over advancing issues came in
at 1.92, and down volume beat up volume by a 3.64 ratio.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
$INDU |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) closed down 1.98% at 10176.08. The S&P 500
(
$SPX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
closed down 2.36% at 1103.69.
The Nasdaq [$COMPQ |$COMPQ] closed
down 2.36% at 1725.29.

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1,053
1,211
Issues
2,106
2,337
205,335,000
357,075,000
1,284,112,000
1,302,387,000
Total
Volume
1,499,809,000
1,775,189,000
Highs
49
45
21
13
Top sectors:
None
Losing sectors:
CBOE Internet
Index
(
$INX.X |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) down 6.16% at
98.40.
North American Telecoms
Index
(
$XTC.X |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) down 5.05% to 536.76.
New 52-Week Highs Consolidations:
Banking – 59
Real Estate – 27
Consumer Non-Durables – 22
Leisure – 20
Diversified Services – 19
Retail – 18
Insurance – 15
Manufacturing – 13
Metals and Mining – 13
Food and Beverage – 12
Health Services – 11
Utilities – 10
Automotive – 9
Materials and Construction – 8
Specialty Retail – 8
Consumer Durables – 7
Financial Services – 7
Drugs – 6
Wholesale – 5
Aerospace/Defense – 4
Chemicals – 4
Electronics 4
Media – 4
Telecommunications – 4
Conglomerates – 3
Watch List Action:
Panera Bread Company
(
PNRA |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) followed up its breakout with a 1.55% loss
on over twice average volume. We like to see breakouts follow through with some
upside, and the heavy volume suggests a heavy battle at hand.

Movie Gallery
(
MOVI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating), followed up its breakout with a 6.50% loss on
almost three times average volume. This isn’t what we want to see here, and
looks to be coming off our list.Â

Recent Breakouts
size=2>We monitor the action of Recent Breakouts as an indicator of
the market health for IT traders. When breakouts are acting well, this is a good
sign for the likelihood of further sustainable breakouts. When breakouts are
failing, IT traders should be even more cautious.
Christopher & Banks Corporation
(
CHBS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating),Â
down 2.19% on below-average volume.
Group 1 Automotive
(
GPI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating), down 4.84% on
below-average volume.
Movie Gallery
(
MOVI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating),
down 6.51% on almost three times average volume.
size=2>Multimedia Games Inc.
(
MGAM |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating), down 2.39% below-average volume.
size=2>Panera Bread Co
(
PNRA |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating), down 1.55% on
over twice average volume.
| color=#ffffff size=2>Company Name | color=#ffffff size=2>Symbol | color=#ffffff size=2>12 Month RS | color=#ffffff size=2>Price | color=#ffffff size=2>Price Change | color=#ffffff size=2>Average Volume | Pivot | 52-Week High |
Christopher & Banks | ( CHBS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | 91 | 36.92 | -0.83 | 532,800 | 33.60 | 38.69 |
Group 1 Automotive | ( GPI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | 90 | 41.00 | – 2.10 | 313,700 | 38.19 | 43.69 |
Movie Gallery | Â ( MOVI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | 98 | 16.94 | – 1.18 | 389,900 | 33.96 | 18.60 |
size=2>Multimedia Games Inc. | size=2> ( MGAM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | size=2>99 | 32.60 | – 0.80 | 379,500 | 30.91 | 37.05 |
size=2>Panera Bread Co | size=2> ( PNRA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | 94 | 67.10 | – 1.06 | 449,700 | 66.23 | 69.70 |
Stocks Forming a Handle
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
(
KKD |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating), up 0.37% on
below average volume for its second accumulation day
in a row.
| color=#ffffff size=2>Company Name | color=#ffffff size=2>Symbol | color=#ffffff size=2>12 Month RS | color=#ffffff size=2>Price | color=#ffffff size=2>Price Change | color=#ffffff size=2>Average Volume | Pivot |
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts | ( KKD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | 75 | 40.02 | + 0.15 | 620,500 | 44.12 |
Stocks Building A Base
| color=#ffffff size=2>Company Name | color=#ffffff size=2>Symbol | color=#ffffff size=2>12 Month RS | color=#ffffff size=2>Price | color=#ffffff size=2>Price Change | color=#ffffff size=2>Average Volume |
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