The major U.S. stocks were mixed on Thursday, one day after reports that inflation had hit a four-decade high at 9.1% in June. The S&P 500 slipped down 0.30% to 3790.38 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.46% to close at 30630.17. The Nasdaq Composite ticked up by 0.03% to close at 11251.19.
Economic Reports
Producer price index final demand (monthly) increased from 0.9% to 1.1% in June. Economists predicted it would drop to 0.8%.
Initial jobless claims also reported an increase for the week ending July 9, climbing from 235,000 to 244,000.
Continuing jobless claims for the week ending July 2 dropped from 1.37 million to 1.33 million.
Markets
The SP 500 went down by 0.30% to close at 3790.38. The index is down 2.88% over five days, up 3.37% over one month, down 13.71% over three months and down 13.07% over one year.
The trailing P/E is 21.07 compared to 37.70 one year ago and estimated future P/E 16.69. Dividend yield is currently 1.68 compared with 1.33 one year ago.
Leading stocks were QCOM up 4.62%, LVS up 4.09%, COST up 4.01%, NXPI up 3.10% and ON up 2.99%.
Trailing stocks were CZR down 7.21%, CAG down 6.99%, MRNA down 6.61%, CF down 5.70% and NEM down 5.48%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average went down 0.46% to close at 30630.17. The DOW is down 2.40% over five days, up 2.35% over one month, down 11.09% over three months and down 12.45% over one year.
The trailing P/E is 17.60 compared with 26.56 year ago and an estimated future P/E of 16.60. The current dividend yield is 2.27% compared with 1.79 one year ago.
Leading stocks were BA up 2.27%, AAPL up 2.05%, WMT up 1.99%, IBM up 1.88% and INTL up 1.34%.
Trailing stocks were TRV down 4.11%, JPM down 3.51%, AXP down 2.80%, CAT down 2.30% and DOW down 2.21%.
The NASDAQ composite went up 0.03% and closed at 11251.19. NASDAQ is down 3.19% over five days, up 5.68% over one month, down 15.73% over 3 months and down 22.64% over one year.
Leading stocks were CLNN up 43.40%, CLVR up 36.00%, GOEV up 29.13%, SISI up 25.90% and NTRB up 24.31%.
Trailing stocks were CFRX down 83.11%, NYMX down 36.53%, USEA down 31.89%, KPRX down 30.37%, and ENVB down 27.63%.
The MidCap SP400 went down by 1.05% to close at 2260.03. The SP400 is down 2.92% for the past 5 days, up 2.69% for the past month, down 14.02% for the past 3 months and down 14.67% over the past year.
The SmallCap SP600 went down by 0.89% to close at 1113.73. The SP600 is down 2.86% for the past 5 days, up 2.41% for the past month, down 13.28% for the past 3 months and down 15.38% over the past year.
The CBOE VIX is down by 2.24% and closed at 26.22. The VIX is up 0.50% over five days, down 20.46% over one month, up 15.46% over three months and up 54.09% over one year.
On the New York stock exchange 860 stocks advanced and 2369 declined, while on Nasdaq 1442 advanced and 3070 declined.
There were 3 new 52 week highs and 379 new 52 week lows on NYSE with 17 new highs and 447 new lows on NASDAQ.
The 2 year Treasury note is 3.124% and the 10 year is 2.963%. The 10-year yield is down 3.9% over five days, down 23.8% over one month, up 13.5% three months ago, and up 166.4% one year ago.
SP500 Sector Performance % Change:
Information Technology +0.93
Consumer Staples +0.16
Utilities +0.01
Consumer Discretionary -0.06
Health Care -0.37
Industrials -0.58
Real Estate -1.00
Communication Services -1.05
Materials -1.89
Energy -1.90
Financials -1.92
Information Technology has been down 1.98% over five days, up 5.75% over one month, down 11.57% over three months and down 14.59% over one year.
Financials has been down 4.45% over five days, up 0.03% over one month, down 16.71% over three months and down 16.08% over one year.