Overview
The major indexes fell at market close on Thursday. The Nasdaq Composite had the biggest drop falling 1.71% to 15517.37. The S&P 500 dropped 0.72% to 4667.45 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average remained at 0.00% only falling from 35754.75 to 35754.69.
Initial jobless claims went down for the week ending December 4 from 227,000 to 184,000. This is the lowest number of initial jobless claims since 1969. Continuing jobless claims for the week ending November 27 was 1.99 million.
Wholesale inventories report was 2.3% for October, up from 2.2% previously.
Real household wealth for the third quarter was 1.5%, compared to 12.1% the previous quarter.
Real domestic nonfinancial debt went from 0.2% to -2.7% in quarter three.
Markets
The SP 500 is down by 0.72% to close at 4667.45. The index is up 1.97% over five days, up 0.39% over one month, up 3.88% over three months and up 27.24% 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 HRL up 4.72%, CVS up 4.50%, HUM up 2.84%, ANET up 2.57% and MSI up 2.18%.
Trailing stocks were TSLA down 6.10%, LH down 5.01%, AMD down 4.89%, ETSY down 4.72% and CHTR down 4.69%.
The Dow Jones industrial Average went down by 0.00% to close at 35754.69. The DOW is up 3.22% over five days, down 0.46% over one month, up 2.51% over three months and up 19.19% over one year.
The trailing P/E is 22.25 compared with 29.53 year ago and an estimated future P/E of 17.74. The current dividend yield is 1.93% compared with 2.02 one year ago.
Leading stocks were WBA up 1.38%, WMT up 1.35%, V up 1.16%, MCD up 1.07% and UNH up 1.00%.
Trailing stocks were INTL down 2.45%, BA down 1.64%, NKE down 1.25%, DOW down 0.95%, and CRM down 0.70%.
The NASDAQ composite is down 1.71% and closed at 15517.37. NASDAQ is up 0.88% over five days, down 1.19% over one month, up 1.76% over 3 months and up 25.08% over one year.
Leading stocks were IINN up 84.01%, AVCT up 82.52%, ENSC up 66.78%, BOXD up 28.85% and EVOK up 26.61%.
Trailing stocks were RETA down 46.51%, TGLS down 36.02%, CCNC down 29.41%, BZFD down 23.57%, and TRIT down 22.45%.
The MidCap SP400 is down by 1.45% to close at 2777.32. The SP400 is up 1.46% for the past 5 days, down 4.01% for the past month, up 2.42% for the past 3 months and up 23.65% over the past year.
Leading stocks were CIEN up 15.64%, RH up 5.47% and LITE up 3.81%.
Trailing stocks were GME down 10.30%, NCR down 8.92% and TTEK down 7.40%
The SmallCap SP600 is down by 1.65% to close at 1377.35. The SP600 is up 1.27% for the past 5 days, down 5.47% for the past month, up 2.73% for the past 3 months and up 25.76% over the past year.
Leading stocks were EXTR up 4.43%, INGN up 4.41% and ARLO up 3.36%.
Trailing stocks were LGND down 7.76%, WW down 7.75% and CONN down 7.68%.
The CBOE VIX is up 8.44% and closed at 21.58. The VIX is down 22.79% over five days, up 22.20% over one month, up 14.79% over three months and up 4.17% over one year.
On the New York stock exchange 848 stocks advanced and 2485 declined, while on Nasdaq 1149 advanced and 3547 declined.
There were 490 new 52 week highs and 53 new 52 week lows on NYSE with 59 new highs and 89 new lows on NASDAQ.
The 2 year Treasury note yield is 0.696% and 10 year is 1.520%. The 10-year yield is up 5.5% over five days, down 5.2% over one month, up 19.9% three months ago, and up 59.5% one year ago.
SP500 Sector Performance % Change:
Health Care +0.06
Consumer Staples +0.24
Utilities -0.20
Financials -0.26
Industrials -0.31
Materials -0.55
Communication Services -0.77
Energy -0.91
Information Technology -1.09
Real Estate -1.36
Consumer Discretionary -1.70
Health Care is up 3.04% over five days, up 0.51% over one month, down 0.27% over three months and up 19.61% over one year.
Consumer Discretionary has been up 0.15% over five days, up 0.13% over one month, up 9.28% over three months and up 27.17% over one year.