U.S. stocks weekly: Speed bump
Repeats from Friday with no changes to text. Updates chart
** S&P 500 .SPX advances fourth straight week, but edges up only 0.2% amid key economic data and Middle East caution .N
** So far, SPX setback from record highs just small
** Nasdaq .IXIC also ekes out weekly gain, +0.1%, and rises for fourth week in a row, though there is a red flag warning
** In any event, the question is as U.S. stock bulls run, can animal spirits keep pace?
** Benchmark U.S. Treasury 10-year yield US10YT=RR hits two-mth high Fri, nears 4%
** Majority of sectors gain: Energy goes in overdrive, while bond proxies and Materials have worst suspension problems; that said, down the stretch, Momentum increased its lead
** Energy .SPNY surges 7%. Sector accelerates as crude prices spike on fears of widening Middle East conflict, supply disruption
** Financials .SPSY up 1%. Bank stocks up after jobs report points to still-strong economy
** Industrials .SPLRCI add 0.4%. Defense stocks gain after Iran launches missile barrage at Israel. Lockheed Martin LMT.N and RTX RTX.N, formerly Raytheon, both ascend ~4% on week
** Tech .SPLRCT ticks up 0.1%. At first, U.S. chipmakers fall as jittery investors await jobs data, Fed comments, but by Fri, Advanced Micro AMD.O up 4% for the week, Nvidia NVDA.O up 3%
Though Semiconductor index .SOX inches down 0.2% for week
** Healthcare .SPXHC off 0.9%. Humana HUM.N slides 25% as 2025 membership for top-rated Medicare Advantage plans slump
Though CVS Health CVS.N rises after report co exploring options including potential break-up
** Consumer Discretionary .SPLRCD down 1.2%. Nike NKE.N tumbles on annual rev forecast withdrawal
Tesla TSLA.O falls as Q3 deliveries miss Street estimates
Homebuilders drop as blowout jobs report drives yields higher
** Materials .SPLRCM retreat 2%. Gold miners fall as dollar rebounds on safe haven demand from escalating Middle East tensions. Amex Gold Bugs index .HUI slides >3%
** Meanwhile, in September, individual investors a bit more brash as they tap their cash stash, but more recently, bulls rein in their horns
** SPX performance YTD:
SP 500 2024 YTD THROUGH OCTOBER 4 https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/buzz/lbvgjnnnkpq/SP%20500%202024%20YTD%20through%20Oct%204.jpg
(Lance Tupper and Terence Gabriel are Reuters market analysts. The views expressed are their own)
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