Market Overview – Morning Express

– China implements lockdowns, Covid cases found in 11 provinces.
– Cases rising across the U.K., Germany, and Russia, among others.
– Markets and risk-sentiment very stable in the overnight.
– U.S. Dollar seeing safe haven bid on the back of cases.
– President Biden met with lawmakers over the weekend. Will scaled back agenda move through Congress before the President leaves for Europe end of week?
– S&P and Dow both set fresh record highs on Friday but did not hold.
– About one third of S&P 500 and Dow companies report earnings this week.
– Facebook in the spotlight, earnings after the bell. Bloomberg report, internal concerns on slipping usage rates by younger demographic.
– Tesla and PayPal balancing NQ higher
– Tesla up more than 4% on news Hertz ordered 100,000 cars.
– PayPal up 5.5% after saying not looking to buy Pinterest at this time.
– Crude Oil new highs.
– Natural Gas highest in 10 days
– Central banks in the spotlight this week. Federal Reserve in quiet period. Bank of Canada Wednesday, Bank of Japan Wednesday night, ECB Thursday.
– First look at Q3 GDP Thursday and Fed’s preferred inflation indicator Friday, Core PCE.
– HSBC beat top and bottom estimates early this morning. Kimberly-Clark missed bottom line, -2.5%.
– Alphabet and Microsoft report tomorrow
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E-mini S&P (December) / NQ (December)
The S&P500, yesterday’s close: Settled at 4536.50, down 5.25 on Friday and up 74.00 on the week
NQ, yesterday’s close: Settled at 15,341.00, down 137.75 on Friday and up 206.50 on the week
– The S&P and NQ have stayed rangebound within Friday’s opening bell highs and the 10:30 CT lows. Look for a break outside of this range to encourage directional tailwinds on the session.
– Price action is holding above our momentum indicators, designated as our Pivot below, ahead of the bell.
– Tuesday’s settlement in the S&P has left an untested intraday gap at 4511.25, algins to create major three-star support at 4507.25-45511.25. Added major three-star support developing above here at 4519.75-4525.50. Higher low than Friday tested this level overnight.
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Crude Oil (December)
Yesterday’s close: Settled at 83.76, up 1.26 on Friday and 2.03 on the week
– Backwardation steepening further, December holds 1.40 premium on January, nearly $8 premium on June and a $12 premium on December 2022.
– Goldman Sachs suggests global demand is back to pre-pandemic levels 99/100 mbpd and a supply imbalance could lead to $110 Brent.
– Feels like only an uncontrolled outbreak of Covid could derail this bull market; demand hit and Dollar strength.
– India throughputs increased in September to 4.45 mbpd versus 4.35 in August.
– Close above rare major four-star resistance at 84.60-85.00 is a fresh breakout.
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Gold (December) / Silver (December)
Gold, yesterday’s close: Settled at 1796.3, up 14.4 on Friday and 28.0 on the week
Silver, yesterday’s close: Settled at 24.449, up 0.279 on Friday and 1.10 on the week
– Massive rip on Friday, but both Gold and Silver struggled to hold it. Gold finished 1% from swing high and Silver 2% from its. Gold highest since selling on September 7th and Silver highest since Sept 3rd rally.
– Gold higher despite U.S. Dollar strength and downtick in Bonds.
– Pivot in both Gold and Silver detailed below encompasses momentum indicator, 100-and 200-day moving averages. Did not settle above here on Friday.
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