US STOCKS: Midday Equities Roundup: Holding Range

Jan-16 17:09
  • Stocks are holding modest gains ahead midday, recovering from a round of midmorning selling Friday.
  • Currently, the DJIA trades up 5.00 points (-0.01%) at 49447.82, S&P E-Minis Future up 6.5 points (0.09%) at 6988.5, Nasdaq up 27.6 points (0.1%) at 23557.18.
  • A mix of Industrials, Financials and Technology sector shares led advances in the first half: GE Vernova +7.23%, Quanta Services +7.13%, Super Micro Computer +6.82%, Micron Technology +5.40%, Qnity Electronics +5.33%, Synchrony Financial +4.11%, PNC Financial Services +3.42% and Lam Research Corp +3.17%.
  • Conversely, Materials and Utilities sector shares held weaker in the first half: Amcor -5.87%, Albemarle -5.84%, Mosaic Co -3.83%, Freeport-McMoRan -2.33% and Smurfit WestRock -1.85% weighed on the Materials sector as Gold trades weaker (-27.13 at 4589.02).
  • Meanwhile, Constellation Energy -9.37%, Vistra Corp -5.86%, NRG Energy -2.06% and PG&E -1.68% weighed on the Utilities sector.
  • Expected after today's close: Interactive Brokers, Netflix Inc and United Airlines Holdings.

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  • EUR/USD: Dec19 $1.1500(E3.0bln), $1.1650(E1.2bln), $1.1675-80(E2.7bln), $1.1700(E1.2bln), $1.1750-60(E4.2bln), $1.1785-00(E4.8bln), $1.1850(E2.0bln), $1.1900(E2.0bln), $1.2000(E3.2bln); Dec22 $1.1675($1.3bln), $1.1700(E1.3bln), $1.1815(E1.0bln)
  • USD/JPY: Dec19 Y155.00($2.2bln), Y156.00($1.2bln); Dec23 Y156.00($1.2bln)
  • EUR/GBP: Dec19 Gbp0.8800(E1.3bln), Gbp0.9000(E1.4bln)
  • AUD/USD: Dec19 $0.6675(A$1.1bln), $0.6700(A$1.6bln)
  • AUD/NZD: Dec19 N$1.1300(A$1.1bln)
  • USD/CAD: Dec19 C$1.3800($940mln), C$1.3825($1.8bln), C$1.3900($1.7bln), C$1.3950($1.2bln), C$1.4000($1.5bln)
  • USD/CNY: Dec19 Cny7.3000($1.1bln)

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