After another rocky day of trading, the U.S. stock indexes closed lower on Tuesday as investors anxiously await the upcoming Federal Reserve meeting. The S&P 500 fell 1.22% to 4356.45, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.19% to 34297.73, and the Nasdaq Composite went down 2.28% to 13539.29.
Economic Reports
The S&P Case-Shiller national home price index (year-over-year change) dropped slightly in November from 19.0% to 18.8%. Where as the FHFA national home price index (year-over-year change) increased by 0.1% to 17.5%.
The consumer confidence index came down in January from 115.2 to 113.8.
Markets
The SP 500 is down by 1.22% to close at 4356.45. The index is down 4.82% over five days, down 8.98% over one month, down 4.77% over three months and up 13.17% over one year.
The trailing P/E is 27.24 compared to 41.74 one year ago and estimated future P/E 20.10. Dividend yield is currently 1.38 compared with 1.55 one year ago.
Leading stocks were AXP up 8.92%, APA up 8.28%, OXY up 8.12%, HAL up 7.00% and MRO up 6.56%.
Trailing stocks were NEE down 8.33%, MPWR down 6.75%, XLNX down 6.66%, PAYC down 6.63% and CDAY down 6.57%.
The Dow Jones industrial Average went down by 0.19% to close at 34297.73. The DOW is down 3.03% over five days, down 5.77% over one month, down 4.08% over three months and up 10.86% over one year.
The trailing P/E is 20.64 compared with 29.47 year ago and an estimated future P/E of 19.14. The current dividend yield is 2.02% compared with 1.95 one year ago.
Leading stocks were AXP up 8.92%, IBM up 5.65%, CVX up 4.25%, JNJ up 2.86% and JPM down 1.09%.
Trailing stocks were CRM down 3.43%, MSFT down 2.66%, WBA at 2.65%, WMT down 2.18%, and INTL down 1.81%.
The NASDAQ composite is down 2.28% and closed at 13539.29. NASDAQ is down 6.67% over five days, down 14.21% over one month, down 11.13% over 3 months and down 0.64% over one year.
Leading stocks were SRRA up 46.23%, APM up 38.89%, XELA up 32.95%, VMAC up 27.64% and ADTX up 25.66%.
Trailing stocks were JRJC down 41.18%, IMTE down 21.79%, TKLF down 16.42%, AGIL down 15.94%, and PT down 14.89%.
The MidCap SP400 is down by 1.75% to close at 2595.15. The SP400 is down 4.73% for the past 5 days, down 8.37% for the past month, down 7.08% for the past 3 months and up 6.87% over the past year.
Leading stocks were GATX up 6.48%, NOV up 6.23% and MUR up 5.63%.
Trailing stocks were ETRN down 17.32%, SAIL down 9.06% and NUVA down 9.04%
The SmallCap SP600 is down by 1.12% to close at 1296.67. The SP600 is down 4.07% for the past 5 days, down 7.58% for the past month, down 6.07% for the past 3 months and up 5.15% over the past year.
Leading stocks were MDRX up 16.02%, HOPE up 11.37% and PETS up 8.98%.
Trailing stocks were AJRD down 18.56%, HSKA down 8.86% and LYLT down 7.52%.
The CBOE VIX is up by 4.21% and closed at 31.16. The VIX is up 36.73% over five days, up 77.65% over one month, up 94.99% over three months and down 35.36% over one year.
On the New York stock exchange 1428 stocks advanced and 1978 declined, while on Nasdaq 1901 advanced and 2898 declined.
There were 18 new 52 week highs and 159 new 52 week lows on NYSE with 25 new highs and 282 new lows on NASDAQ.
The 2 year Treasury note yield is 1.024% and 10 year is 1.777%. The 10-year yield is down 9.8% over five days, up 29.2% over one month, up 16.8% three months ago, and up 73.7% one year ago.
SP500 Sector Performance % Change:
Energy +3.96
Financials +0.47
Real Estate -0.26
Health Care -0.66
Industrials -0.93
Consumer Staples -1.13
Utilities -1.57
Consumer Discretionary -1.81
Communication Services -2.24
Information Technology -2.34
Energy has been up 0.90% over five days, up 16.66% over one month, up 11.02% over three months and up 62.09% over one year.
Information Technology has been down 6.48% over five days, down 14.09% over one month, up 5.23% over three months and up 12.46% over one year.