Weekly Scoreboard*

S&P 500 2,905.03 +.58%

 
























The Weekly Wrap by Briefing.com.

 
Indices

• DJIA 26,559.54 +1.59%

• NASDAQ 7,998.06 +.64%

• Russell 2000 1,565.75 -.85%

• S&P 500 High Beta 43.82 +1.11%

• Goldman 50 Most Shorted 160.45 -2.10%

• Wilshire 5000 29,896.93 +.38%

• Russell 1000 Growth 1,564.85 +.51%

• Russell 1000 Value 1,241.02 +.45%

• S&P 500 Consumer Staples 585.35 +1.24%

• MSCI Cyclicals-Defensives Spread 1,128.31 +2.86%
  

• NYSE Technology 1,953.91 +1.22%

• Transports 10,988.22 +1.88%

• Utilities 772.13 -.69%

• Bloomberg European Bank/Financial Services 82.8 +4.1%

• MSCI Emerging Markets 44.41 +.37%

• HFRX Equity Hedge 1,225.73 +.40%

• HFRX Equity Market Neutral 967.24 +.05%

Sentiment/Internals

• NYSE Cumulative A/D Line 352,357 +.12%

• Bloomberg New Highs-Lows Index 24 -125

• Bloomberg Crude Oil % Bulls 73.70 +34.4%

• CFTC Oil Net Speculative Position 516,662 +7.33%

• CFTC Oil Total Open Interest 1,021,814 +2.37%

• Total Put/Call .87 -13.0%

• OEX Put/Call .26 -89.12%

• ISE Sentiment 86.0 -17.31%

• NYSE Arms .86 -39.86%

• Volatility(VIX) 12.09 -7.14%

• S&P 500 Implied Correlation 35.94 -.11%

• G7 Currency Volatility (VXY) 5.46 -2.32%

• Emerging Markets Currency Volatility (EM-VXY) 8.27 +.85%

• Smart Money Flow Index 14,196.30 +.03%

• ICI Money Mkt Mutual Fund Assets $3.043 Trillion -1.79%

• ICI Domestic Equity Mutual Fund/ETFs Weekly Flows +$6.210 Billion

• AAII % Bulls 37.6 -6.78%

• AAII % Bears 21.8 +7.11%

Futures Spot Prices

• CRB Index 187.13 -.10%

• Crude Oil 64.0 +.46%

• Reformulated Gasoline 207.22 +1.77%

• Natural Gas 2.49 -6.74%

• Heating Oil 207.09 -.16%

• Gold 1,276.0 -1.53%

• Bloomberg Base Metals Index 186.22 -.98%

• Copper 292.0 +.92%

• US No. 1 Heavy Melt Scrap Steel 313.0 USD/Metric Tonne +.97%

• China Iron Ore Spot 89.18 USD/Metric Tonne -4.84%

• Lumber 335.70 -.97%

• UBS-Bloomberg Agriculture 888.96 -.67%

Economy

• Atlanta Fed GDPNow Forecast +2.77% +50.0 basis points

• ECRI Weekly Leading Economic Index Growth Rate 1.2% +100.0 basis points
• Bloomberg US Recession Probability Next 12 Months 25.0% unch.

• Philly Fed ADS Real-Time Business Conditions Index -.0716 +11.82%

• US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index 82.7 -50.0%

• S&P 500 Blended Forward 12 Months Mean EPS Estimate 172.46 +.04%

• Citi US Economic Surprise Index -59.20 -.8 point

• Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -43.30 +2.6 points

• Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 5.60 +10.4 points

• Fed Fund Futures imply 99.0% chance of no change, 1.0% chance of 25 basis point cut on 5/1

• US Dollar Index 97.37 +.51%%

• MSCI Emerging Markets Currency Index 1,649.74 -.09%

• Bitcoin/USD 5,277.44 +4.06%

• Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 130.77 -.55%

• Yield Curve 18.0 +1.5 basis points
  

• 10-Year US Treasury Yield 2.56% unch.

• Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet $3.893 Trillion -.13%

• U.S. Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 14.06 +.79%

• Illinois Municipal Debt Credit Default Swap 178.55 -.02%

• Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 257.75 +9.25 basis points

• China Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 40.33 -4.37%
  

• Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt CDS Index 67.17 -6.22%
  

• Israel Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 67.54 +5.05%

• South Korea Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 31.42 -3.02%

• Russia Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 130.80 -2.65%

• iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporate High Yield Index 161.50 +.49%

• 10-Year TIPS Spread 1.95% -1.0 basis point

• TED Spread 20.0 +1.75 basis points

• 2-Year Swap Spread 9.5 -.75 basis point

• 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -18.25 -4.5 basis points

• N. America Investment Grade Credit Default Swap Index 57.38 +.57%
  

• America Energy Sector High-Yield Credit Default Swap Index 455.0 -11.17%

• European Financial Sector Credit Default Swap Index 67.90 -.37%
  

• Emerging Markets Credit Default Swap Index 178.14 +.27%
  

• CMBS AAA Super Senior 10-Year Treasury Spread to Swaps 180.0 unch.
  

• M1 Money Supply $3.729 Trillion +.43%

• Commercial Paper Outstanding 1,081.40 +.9%

• 4-Week Moving Average of Jobless Claims 201,250 -5,750

• Continuing Claims Unemployment Rate 1.2% unch.
  

• Average 30-Year Mortgage Rate 4.17% +5.0 basis points

• Weekly Mortgage Applications 459.0 -3.49%

• Bloomberg Consumer Comfort 60.3 +.5 point

• Weekly Retail Sales +5.0% +30.0 basis points

• Nationwide Gas $2.84/gallon +.03/gallon

• Baltic Dry Index 790.0 +8.52%

• China (Export) Containerized Freight Index 801.28 +.19%

• Oil Tanker Rate(Arabian Gulf to U.S. Gulf Coast) 20.0 unch.

• Rail Freight Carloads 267,367 +3.32%

Best Performing Style

• Large-Cap Growth +.5%

Worst Performing Style

• Small-Cap Growth -1.4%

Leading Sectors

• Semis +5.6%

• Computer Hardware +4.7%

• Road & Rail +4.1%

• Homebuilders +3.4%

• Disk Drives +3.0%

Lagging Sectors

• Tobacco -4.2% 

• Drugs -4.2%

• Medical Equipment -6.1%

• Biotech -6.5%

• Healthcare Providers -7.0%

Weekly High-Volume Stock Gainers (23)

• ADTN, MAN, HRI, URI, BX, TCBI, EXP, WTR, LL, SNA, EHC, CG, APO, WWD, POOL, GBX, MGLN, UNP, HON, ELF, MDSO, HTLD and EME

Weekly High-Volume Stock Losers (18)

• NSP, BOOM, CWH, GBT, MO, ALNY, NEM, RDUS, TCMD, AA, NTRA, EWBC, AVNS, ANGO, MDB, GPC, SKX and SNBR

Weekly Charts

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