EQUITIES: E-Minis On The Defensive Into The NY Cash Open

The post-jobless claims extension of the Tsy cheapening adds some pressure to S&P 500 e-minis, which look though Asia-Pac lows as a result, with bears threatening a clean break of 4,5800 at typing.

• That comes after a combination of disappointing after-market earnings from the likes of Tesla & Netflix, as well as a negative lead from China, kept the pressure on the space through pre-NY trade, while firmer than expected headline earnings releases from Johnson & Johnson did little to generate support.
• The soft tech earnings released after market, coupled with downgrade in guidance from semiconductor giant TSMC, means that the NASDAQ 100 leads the weakness in the e-mini space (-0.9%), with the S&P 500 contract also lower (-0.4%), while the DJIA contract is close to unchanged.
• Post-earnings, pre-market:
• IBM -1.3%
• Johnson & Johnson -1.5%
• Tesla -4.2%
• Netflix -6.3%
• Technically, the S&P 500 e-mini saw the rally accelerate further on Wednesday, with prices surging through the top-end of the bull channel drawn off the March 13 low. This marks another positive shift for short-term momentum and clears the way for a test of the March 29 2022 high (4,631.00). Nonetheless, the RSI has now tipped into overbought territory, signalling a slowing of the uptrend could dominate. Any corrective pullback would initially target the 20-day EMA (4,482.32).