Stock Market Will Likely Go Up Again After Dow Finished Restesting 17000

Dow, Nasdaq, S & P 500 and Russell 2000 closed  at 17024.21-44.05,4451.53 -34.40,1977.65 and 1186.87-21.31 respectively. Today's strong sectors are Utilities XLU, TechnologyXLK  and Consumer Staples XLP. Weak sectors are solar TAN, biotechnology IBB, gold GDX, home builders XHB, social networking SOCL, software IGV, retail XRT and transportation IYT. Standard & Poor 500's biggest gainers are: PETM +2.2%, AAPL +1.9%, COH +1.9%. The largest decliners in the S & P 500 stocks are: CHK -4.7%, DAL-4.6%,  BTU-3.6%%. 10year bond yield fell 0.031 percent to 2.617 percent. August crude futures fell $ 0.59 to $ 103.47 a barrel. August gold futures fell $ 1.2 an ounce to $ 1,319.40.


U.S. stocks opened down this morning, and stayed down at the close. Russell 2000 Index and the Nasdaq Composite fell the most, a decrease of approximately 1.7% and 0.8% respectively. I think the big drops in Russell 2000 is probably due to confusions and adjustments from last week's annual stock adjustments and is not a trend. The Dow and S & P 500 fell by a smaller amount of 0.3% and 0.4%, respectively. There's no economic news to drive the stock market today. However weak European stocks have caused U.S. investors to take profit.  Last week, the S & P 500 and the Dow both made new highs. Dow has broken above the psychological barrier of 17,000 and stock market momentum is up. The fact that the the Dow can hold above 17,000 level today is good performance. The general market will likely go up again if the Dow can stay above 17,000 level for another day or two. S & P 500's 2,000 level is the next key resistance level and this level will serve like a magnet in pulling the general market up. Second-quarter corporate earnings report starts tomorrow, the generally optimism about the 2nd quarter corporate earnings should serve as catalyst for the market's further advance. Dow, Nasdaq, S & P 500 and Russell 2000's  major resistances are: 17200,4500,2000 and 1213 respectively. Supports are: 17000,4424,1975 and 1185 respectively.