Consumer staples showing sharp rejection from horizontal resistance as traders have yet to adopt the risk-off mentality that typically leaches into trading activity as we near the start of May.
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Stocks closed generally mixed on Monday as traders await key inflation data that is slated to be released in the days ahead. The S&P 500 Index closed marginally lower by a mere four basis point (0.04%), managing to hold onto the 20-day moving average (5194) as a point of near-term support. The market seems to be “clingy” around this rather neutral level ahead of the uncertain events ahead. Characteristics of a bullish intermediate-term trend persist with moving averages advancing above one another and momentum indicators hovering above their middle lines. The negatives divergences with respect to MACD and RSI suggest that traders are still not all that enthusiastic about buying stocks at these heights, but this has yet to turn off the overall rising trend of equities that has spanned from the October of 2022 lows. Seasonally, about a month remains in the best time of year for stocks that runs from the end of October to the start of May and this year has certainly not disappointed. Next up will be to seek signs of risk aversion that would suggest traders preparing for a negative move in the equity market ahead, but, thus far, evidence of this is absent.
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