US stocks were mixed on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve released the minutes from their January policy meeting. The S&P 500 went up by 0.09% to 4475.01, the Dow Jones Industrial Average went down 0.16% to 34934.27, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.11% to 14124.09.
Economic Reports
Retail sales went up in January from -2.5% to 3.8%.
Retail sales excluding autos increased as well from -2.8% to 3.3%.
Import price index came up to 2.0% in January, it was -0.4% previously.
Industrial production index was 1.4% in January.
Capacity utilization increase 1% in January rising from 76.6% to 77.6%.
Business inventories went up as economists had predicted to 2.1%.
NAHB home builders’ index fell from 83 to 82 in February.
Markets
The SP 500 is up by 0.09% to close at 4475.01. The index is down 2.45% over five days, down 1.27% over one month, down 4.56% over three months and up 13.83% over one year.
The trailing P/E is 25.36 compared to 44.94 one year ago and estimated future P/E 20.05. Dividend yield is currently 1.36 compared with 1.49 one year ago.
Leading stocks were GNRC up 14.36%, ABMD up 6.80%, Wabtec up 6.44%, CINF up 6.17% and KHC up 5.59%.
Trailing stocks were VIAC down 17.81%, AKAM down 5.56%, ETSY down 5.28%, PYPL down 4.26% and KR down 3.96%.
The Dow Jones industrial Average went down 0.16% to close at 34934.27. The DOW is down 2.33% over five days, down 0.27% over one month, down 2.77% over three months and up 10.51% over one year.
The trailing P/E is 19.60 compared with 31.90 year ago and an estimated future P/E of 18.74. The current dividend yield is 1.99% compared with 1.87 one year ago.
Leading stocks were DIS up 1.05%, PG up 0.76%, NKE up 0.63%, BA up 0.55% and V down 0.44%.
Trailing stocks were CRM down 1.17%, MMM down 1.09%, GS down 1.07%, HD down 0.90% and WBA up 0.87%.
The NASDAQ composite went down 0.11% and closed at 14124.09. NASDAQ is down 2.53% over five days, down 1.51% over one month, down 11.29% over 3 months and up 1.14% over one year.
Leading stocks were HOOK up 54.48%, UPST up 35.65%, SATL up 27.51%, SGLY up 20.65% and REDU down 20.04%.
Trailing stocks were ATXI down 48.69%, MASI down 36.990%, BXRX down 26.78%, ANGI down 23.50%, and WIX down 23.06%.
The MidCap SP400 went up by 0.27% to close at 2702.37. The SP400 is down 0.70% for the past 5 days, up 0.57% for the past month, down 6.45% for the past 3 months and up 7.00% over the past year.
Leading stocks were NUS up 12.37%, OC up 9.16% and SABR up 8.39%.
Trailing stocks were MASI down 36.99%, APPS down 9.39% and CROX down 6.35%
The SmallCap SP600 is up by 0.26% to close at 1329.69. The SP600 is up 0.56% for the past 5 days, up 0.11% for the past month, down 7.95% for the past 3 months and up 3.33% over the past year.
Leading stocks were NBRWF up 16.07%, CORT up 12.80% and SPPI up 8.49%.
Trailing stocks were LZB down 17.26%, CLW down 15.59% and AMCX down 15.02%.
The CBOE VIX is down by 5.49% and closed at 24.29. The VIX is up 21.69% over five days, up 1.84% over one month, up 41.96% over three months and up 12.98% over one year.
On the New York stock exchange 2108 stocks advanced and 1243 declined, while on Nasdaq 2429 advanced and 2266 declined.
There were 63 new 52 week highs and 157 new 52 week lows on NYSE with 48 new highs and 243 new lows on NASDAQ.
The 2 year Treasury note yield is 1.511% and 10 year is 2.028%. The 10-year yield is down 0.33% over five days, up 11.91% over one month, up 26.01% three months ago, and up 56.04% one year ago.
SP500 Sector Performance % Change:
Energy +0.76
Materials +0.65
Industrials +0.52
Consumer Discretionary +0.27
Real Estate +0.25
Consumer Staples +0.20
Utilities +0.18
Health Care +0.13
Financials 0.00
Information Technology -0.17
Communication Services -0.20
Energy has been down 0.83% over five days, up 5.83% over one month, up 20.51% over three months and up 49.43% over one year.
Communication Services has been down 2.58% over five days, down 7.11% over one month, down 13.95% over three months and down 0.80% over one year.