8 of the last 10 days on the S&P are red. Terrible day Friday for the Nikkei crashing below its 200 SMA. Oil sitting at 2 ½ year high and gold glitters.
S&P 500 down -2.10% YTD return -3.19% Above 200 SMA just
DAX down -1.77% YTD return -7.98% Below 200 SMA
CAC 40 down -1.39% YTD return -4.09% Below 200 SMA
FTSE 100 down -0.44% YTD return -9.96% Below 200 SMA
NIKKEI 225 down -4.51% YTD return -9.43% Below 200 SMA Friday
Shanghai Comp. down -3.39% YTD return -4.67% Below 200 SMA
Hang Seng down -2.45%YTD return 1.30% Above 200 SMA
XAO down -1.89%YTD return -3.86% Below 200 SMA Friday
DOW, U.S. Mining Index up 2.41%
NYSE Gold BUGS Index up 3.01%
Gold up 1.48% at $1,352.90
Oil up 2.24% at $65.74
Copper futures U.S. down -1.55%
Nickel futures U.K. down -1.31%