Stock Market Today With IBD

Stock indexes rallied strongly on Friday and for the week. The Nasdaq continues to look strong, perhaps slightly extended. But notably, market breadth improved considerably, with the Dow Jones, Russell 2000 and the S&P 500 equal-weight ETF powering above key levels. Tesla broke out as several other stocks flashed early entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stock indexes rallied broadly as investors grow more confident about a soft landing for the U.S. economy. Breadth improved with winners beating losers on the Nasdaq by about to 2-to-1. CrowdStrike recovered after an earnings downdraft; Cloudflare extended gains and Tidewater bounced off a key support level. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nasdaq composite and S&P 500 halted three-session win streaks in orderly fashion. But declining stocks still had the upper hand over advancers on both exchanges. Extreme Networks extended gains and closed near the top of a 6-month consolidation, while Global-E Online and Datadog showed more relative strength. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The major indexes closed mixed with the Nasdaq coming well off highs while the Dow was slightly lower for most of the session. Life Time Group and On Semiconductor cleared official buy points Tuesday morning, but reversed lower. Fluence Energy held much of its jump around buy points, but is extended from key levels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The major indexes rallied strongly on Friday. For the week, the Nasdaq roared, led by chip and AI plays such as Arista Networks. But the Dow Jones slipped amid weak market breadth. Smartsheet and Tesla are both near buy points. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blue chips and small caps lagged and breadth was weak again, with declining stocks beating advancers on both exchanges by nearly 2-to-1. Nvidia soared more than 20% after guiding fiscal Q2 revenue about $4 billion above expectations. KLAC gave a buy signal; MNDY rallied again in fast trade and ELF soared on strong results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The S&P 500 extended losses after the minutes from the early-May Federal Reserve meeting showed a divided Fed about the need for another rate hike in June. Growth stocks sold off again, but Palo Alto Networks, Dynatrace and Celsius were bright spots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The major indexes retreated while a number of stocks from leading groups fell sharply, including Las Vegas Sands and Meritage Homes. Alamos Gold made a bullish move. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Markets were mixed on Monday but it wasn’t all bad. Advancers beat decliners and if money moves aways from consumer staples, is growth the destination? Shopify tried to break above a downtrend, 10x Genomics moved out of a flat base, and Kinsale is setting up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Indexes dipped Friday, but all rose for the week, but with the Nasdaq clearly leading. Chip and software names with an AI spin led the way, but Life Time Meritage Homes and MercadoLibre are setting up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices