Stocks Coasting Into Quarter End

Mar 30, 2023 | Market Commentary

Friends

 

The bulls continue to hold the high ground with one day left before the end of the quarter. We suspected that this would be a quiet week, at least data wise, and for the most part it has been. We have noted the market’s resilience this month given that there was ample opportunity for everything to come undone. Sentiment could hardly be worse than it is yet stocks continue to confound the bears, at least for the moment.

 

As for today, by the close the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 141 points to finish the day at 32,859. The S&P 500 was up 23 points to close at 4,050. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 87 points to close at 12,013. Gold was up $16 to trade at $2000 per ounce, while oil was up $1.15 to trade at $74.12 per barrel WTI.

 

Bonds have quieted down recently also, but at yield levels much lower than a few weeks ago. For now, let’s first see how the week, the month and the quarter all end tomorrow.

 

Have a nice evening everyone.

Recent Posts

Tech Stocks Continue to Drag Market Lower

Tech Stocks Continue to Drag Market Lower

Friends The weakness in tech/AI stocks continues and the market averages, especially the Nasdaq, continue to lose ground as we get closer to year end. Instead of taking a victory lap the stocks that have been the leaders all year long are now cowering nervously in the...

Stocks Mostly Lower after Employment Data Release

Stocks Mostly Lower after Employment Data Release

Friends This morning’s release of the November non-farm payroll number showed that 64,000 new jobs were added, which was better than analysts had expected. The unemployment rate did tick up to 4.6%, which was actually more than expected. It’s hard to determine if this...

Stocks Soft As Economic Data Looms

Stocks Soft As Economic Data Looms

Friends Today was pretty much the same script we have seen over the past couple of weeks. The AI/big tech names came under selling pressure enough to take the market averages into negative territory. It’s hard to read too much into recent market action as we are so...