
Overview
There were 11.0 million job openings in October, which was 400,000 more than economists had predicted. It was also 400,000 higher than the previous month. 4.2 million people quit their jobs in October. This is down slightly from September’s report of 4.4 million.
U.S. stocks all rose on Wednesday. The S&P 500 went up 0.31% to 4701.21, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ticked up 0.10% to 35754.75, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.64% to 15786.99. Stocks have recovered since dropping after news first broke about the Omicron variant.
Markets
The SP 500 is up by 0.31% to close at 4701.21. The index is up 4.17% over five days, up 1.17% over one month, up 4.15% over three months and up 28.00% over one year.
The trailing P/E is 28.06 compared to 41.65 one year ago and estimated future P/E 21.42. Dividend yield is currently 1.31 compared with 1.65 one year ago.
Leading stocks were NCLH up 8.55%, CCL up 5.57%, RCL up 5.19%, LVS up 4.40% and UAL up 4.24%.
Trailing stocks were KR down 5.13%, NXPI down 4.52%, KHC down 3.94%, BF-B down 2.77% and STX down 2.60%.
The Dow Jones industrial Average is up by 0.10% to close at 35754.75. The DOW is up 5.09% over five days, down 0.90% over one month, up 2.07% over three months and up 18.91% over one year.
The trailing P/E is 22.23 compared with 29.70 year ago and an estimated future P/E of 17.74. The current dividend yield is 1.93% compared with 2.01 one year ago.
Leading stocks were AAPL up 2.28%, DIS up 1.64%, MRK up 1.25%, IBM up 1.12% and AXP up 1.11%.
Trailing stocks were CSCO down 1.83%, INTL down 1.56%, HON down 1.21%, JPM down 1.17%, and HD down 1.14%.
The NASDAQ composite is up 0.64% and closed at 15786.99. NASDAQ is up 3.49% over five days, up 1.05% over one month, up 3.27% over 3 months and up 27.94% over one year.
Leading stocks were ISIG up 84.10%, EFOI up 70.26%, PPSI up 34.04%, IDRA up 31.77% and DWAC up 28.10%.
Trailing stocks were RDUS down 44.30%, NVEI down 40.45%, SFIX down 23.91%, VRA down 18.79%, and CORT down 16.91%.
The MidCap SP400 is up by 0.57% to close at 2818.07. The SP400 is up 5.76% for the past 5 days, down 2.09% for the past month, up 3.66% for the past 3 months and up 25.78% over the past year.
Leading stocks were RH up 11.39%, WING up 5.10% and LHCG up 4.68%.
Trailing stocks were CASY down 6.81%, GME down 6.08% and KD down 4.60%
The SmallCap SP600 is up by 0.46% to close at 1400.50. The SP600 is up 5.89% for the past 5 days, down 3.24% for the past month, up 4.17% for the past 3 months and up 28.51% over the past year.
Leading stocks were PLAB up 25.74%, UNFI up 13.23% and POWL up 10.31%.
Trailing stocks were VRA down 18.79%, CORT down 16.96% and CONN down 8.32%.
The CBOE VIX is down 8.73% and closed at 19.98. The VIX is down 35.83% over five days, up 6.62% over one month, up 11.08% over three months and up 10.42% over one year.
On the New York stock exchange 2069 stocks advanced and 1290 declined, while on Nasdaq 3072 advanced and 1593 declined.
There were 82 new 52 week highs and 19 new 52 week lows on NYSE with 50 new highs and 67 new lows on NASDAQ.
The 2 year Treasury note yield is 0.688% and 10 year is 1.520%. The 10-year yield is up 11.2% over five days, down 3.4% over one month, up 17.6% three months ago, and up 57.8% one year ago.
SP500 Sector Performance % Change:
Communication Services +0.75
Health Care +0.74
Real Estate +0.47
Information Technology +0.45
Materials +0.40
Consumer Discretionary +0.28
Industrials +0.27
Energy +0.01
Utilities -0.11
Consumer Staples -0.37
Financials -0.46
Communication Services is up 4.74% over five days, down 2.38% over one month, down 6.61% over three months and up 22.08% over one year.
Financials has been up 4.05% over five days, down 2.21% over one month, up 3.66% over three months and up 36.44% over one year.
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