US Stock Market Sector Analysis – Wednesday, November 06, 2024 BULLISH

The US stock market opened with a clear risk-on tone after Tesla (TSLA) jumped 14.8% to $288.53, leading a broad rally that lifted 20 of 24 sectors. Finance led the charge with Goldman Sachs (GS) climbing 13.1% to $575.60 and JPMorgan (JPM) up 11.5% to $238.55, while Airlines rallied sharply — United (UAL) gained 9.4% to $87.58 — on stronger travel demand data. The Magnificent 7 group was constructive overall, with NVIDIA (NVDA) up 4.1% to $145.38 and Amazon (AMZN) up 3.8% to $207.09 helping bolster tech-led leadership in the S&P 500. Notable weakness was concentrated in Chip Equipment, where an active HIGH alert flags a 20-day decline of -11.7% even as the broader Chip Supply Chain gained 3.3% on the day.

Market Condition Dashboard

US 10-Year Treasury Yield

Wait & Watch

4.42%

rising

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Confidence

Crude Oil (WTI)

Neutral

$71.69

-0.4% 1D

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Confidence

VIX (Fear Index)

Normal Range

16.3

-20.6% 1D

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Confidence

Tracked Stocks Breadth (50DMA)

Late-Cycle Caution

71%

48 of 68 above 50DMA · +5.9pp 5D

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Confidence

Put/Call Ratio (5D)

Caution

0.75

Call-Heavy · stable

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Confidence

Signal analysis only — not investment advice

Sector Performance (Base=100)

AI and Technology Sector Analysis

AI investment momentum remained a central theme as NVIDIA (NVDA) at $145.38 pushed higher on chip demand while Microsoft (MSFT) at $414.42 held a more cautious 50-day below stance despite ongoing enterprise AI deployments. The Mag 7 cohort continues to underpin AI capex, with Amazon (AMZN) at $207.09 and Alphabet (GOOG) at $177.21 supporting cloud and data center growth, which feeds the Chip Supply Chain (+3.3%) and Enterprise Software (+4.5%). However, the active negative signal in Chip Equipment underscores supply-chain dispersion: infrastructure and equipment names face 50-day pressure even as system-level suppliers see rotation into capacity and services.

US Stock Sector Overview

Sector	1D	5D	20D	vs 50MA
Mag 7 (AI Spenders)	+4.1%	+6.0%	+6.5%	ABOVE
Chip Supply Chain	+3.3%	+6.6%	+3.1%	ABOVE
Infrastructure	+0.5%	+3.0%	-3.2%	ABOVE
Enterprise Software	+4.5%	+12.8%	+9.7%	ABOVE
Finance	+12.3%	+13.2%	+17.2%	ABOVE
Healthcare	+0.8%	-0.4%	-7.5%	BELOW
Retail	+0.4%	+2.4%	+2.8%	ABOVE
IT Services	+3.0%	+3.3%	-4.9%	BELOW
Airlines	+8.2%	+10.4%	+34.6%	ABOVE
Hospitality & Travel	+4.1%	+6.6%	+11.3%	ABOVE
Food & Restaurant	-1.1%	-0.5%	-0.5%	BELOW
Logistics	+0.9%	+1.1%	+3.4%	ABOVE
Industrial	+6.2%	+8.0%	+3.4%	ABOVE
Cybersecurity	+4.2%	+7.2%	+1.5%	ABOVE
Chip Equipment	-0.4%	+1.6%	-11.7%	BELOW
Data Center REITs	-3.0%	-2.2%	+5.8%	ABOVE
Utilities	-2.4%	-3.8%	-2.8%	BELOW
Energy	+2.3%	+4.8%	+1.5%	ABOVE
Defense & Aerospace	+2.4%	+2.4%	-1.3%	BELOW
Telecom	+1.1%	+0.3%	+3.6%	ABOVE
Media & Entertainment	+2.2%	+3.0%	+6.6%	ABOVE
Biotech	+1.2%	+1.9%	+4.3%	BELOW
Materials	+0.9%	+0.1%	-2.0%	BELOW
Analog & Embedded Chips	+2.2%	+3.2%	+1.1%	BELOW

Sector Strength

Finance +12.3% 20d: +17.2%

Goldman Sachs (GS) +13.1% (20d: +18.3%), JPMorgan (JPM) +11.5% (20d: +16.1%)

Airlines +8.2% 20d: +34.6%

United (UAL) +9.4% (20d: +45.3%), Delta (DAL) +6.9% (20d: +23.9%)

Industrial +6.2% 20d: +3.4%

Caterpillar (CAT) +8.7% (20d: +5.5%), Honeywell (HON) +3.6% (20d: +1.3%)

Enterprise Software +4.5% 20d: +9.7%

Palantir (PLTR) +8.6% (20d: +27.6%), Adobe (ADBE) +3.8% (20d: +0.3%) [<50MA], Salesforce (CRM) +3.2% (20d: +5.8%)

Cybersecurity +4.2% 20d: +1.5%

Palo Alto Networks (PANW) +5.2% (20d: +4.3%), CrowdStrike (CRWD) +4.0% (20d: +1.6%), Zscaler (ZS) +3.3% (20d: -1.3%)

Sector Warnings

Data Center REITs -3.0% 20d: +5.8%

Digital Realty (DLR) -4.1% (20d: +9.3%), Equinix (EQIX) -2.0% (20d: +2.3%)

Utilities -2.4% 20d: -2.8%

NextEra Energy (NEE) -5.3% (20d: -7.9%) [<50MA], Southern Co (SO) -1.4% (20d: -1.0%) [<50MA], Duke Energy (DUK) -0.4% (20d: +0.5%) [<50MA]

Food & Restaurant -1.1% 20d: -0.5%

McDonald's (MCD) -1.1% (20d: -3.3%) [<50MA], Starbucks (SBUX) -1.0% (20d: +2.3%)

Chip Equipment -0.4% 20d: -11.7% CRITICAL

ASML -2.2% (20d: -20.5%) [<50MA], Lam Research (LRCX) +0.5% (20d: -6.4%) [<50MA], Applied Materials (AMAT) +0.6% (20d: -8.1%) [<50MA]

Sector Deep Dive

Finance outperformed on rate and deal flow dynamics, led by Goldman Sachs (GS) at $575.60, +13.1% on the day and showing a strong 50-day trend above its moving average as banks price in better trading and investment-banking activity. JPMorgan (JPM) at $238.55, +11.5%, reinforced the sector-wide strength and the 50-day context remains constructive for large-cap finance names, which is reflected in the sector average gain of +12.3% for the day and a 50-day performance of +15.7%. For portfolio positioning, the 50-day breadth within finance suggests momentum is intact but warrants monitoring of earnings and fee trends.

Airlines moved sharply higher on reopening and demand signals, with United (UAL) at $87.58 gaining 9.4% and the Airlines sector posting an +8.2% one-day advance and a robust 50-day performance of +83.3%. The 50-day trend is unmistakably bullish across carriers, implying that travel-sensitive plays are benefiting from sustained ticket pricing and capacity discipline. Traders should respect the stretched 50-day backdrop even as near-term momentum favors cyclicals tied to consumer travel.

Chip Supply Chain showed selective strength today: the sector average rose +3.3% while some upstream elements remain mixed across the 50-day window. NVIDIA (NVDA) at $145.38, +4.1% and above its 50-day moving average, continues to drive system-level optimism, yet Chip Equipment stands out as an outlier with a 20-day decline of -11.7% and a negative 50-day trend, highlighted by ASML at $652.88 down -2.2%. The divergence between equipment and component suppliers in the 50-day frame suggests staggered capex cycles and idiosyncratic risk in the tooling segment.

Data Center REITs and Infrastructure diverged: Digital Realty (DLR) at $165.10 fell -4.1% and the Data Center REITs group was down -3.0% for the day despite a positive 50-day of +13.0%, signaling profit-taking after multi-month strength. Infrastructure overall was modestly positive at +0.5% with Super Micro (SMCI) at $22.70 plunging -18.1%, which created headline volatility within the group even as the 50-day trend for infrastructure remained above its moving average at +11.1% for the sector. The 50-day lens points to consolidation in real assets even as demand for cloud capacity sustains longer-term fundamentals.

Market Breadth Analysis

US stock market breadth analysis shows 15 of 24 sectors trading above their 50-day moving average, while 9 are below. The majority of sectors holding above the 50-day MA indicates healthy medium-term momentum. With 16 sectors positive over 20 days, buying pressure remains broad-based.

Interactive Charts

S&P 500 & NASDAQ 100

50-Day Sector Performance

1-Day vs 5-Day Sector Change

Active Alerts

HIGH Chip Equipment down -11.7% over 20 days

Stock-Level Detail

Mag 7 (AI Spenders) Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
TSLA	$288.53	+14.8%	+15.5%	+20.8%	+40.2%	ABOVE	0
NVDA	$145.38	+4.1%	+9.7%	+8.0%	+15.9%	ABOVE	0
GOOG	$177.21	+4.0%	+3.3%	+9.3%	+8.6%	ABOVE	0
AMZN	$207.09	+3.8%	+11.1%	+11.0%	+21.2%	ABOVE	0
MSFT	$414.42	+2.1%	+3.4%	+1.0%	+2.3%	BELOW	0
META	$568.78	-0.1%	+0.8%	-2.0%	+10.8%	ABOVE	1
AAPL	$221.06	-0.3%	-1.4%	-2.8%	-1.7%	BELOW	1

Chip Supply Chain Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
INTC	$25.05	+7.4%	+16.4%	+7.9%	+27.7%	ABOVE	0
QCOM	$166.63	+4.3%	+6.3%	+2.7%	+1.2%	ABOVE	0
MRVL	$90.21	+3.9%	+13.1%	+25.0%	+32.5%	ABOVE	0
AVGO	$176.82	+3.2%	+5.8%	-3.3%	+13.9%	ABOVE	0
ARM	$144.68	+2.9%	+2.4%	-3.1%	+15.4%	ABOVE	0
AMD	$145.10	+2.4%	+0.7%	-11.6%	-0.9%	BELOW	0
TSM	$189.07	-1.3%	+1.4%	+4.0%	+14.6%	ABOVE	1

Infrastructure Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
VRT	$120.17	+7.1%	+10.2%	+12.1%	+49.6%	ABOVE	0
HPE	$20.45	+6.7%	+9.4%	+3.8%	+13.1%	ABOVE	0
DELL	$134.87	+3.7%	+11.9%	+11.3%	+24.5%	ABOVE	0
CSCO	$55.60	+3.0%	+5.7%	+8.1%	+17.0%	ABOVE	0
SMCI	$22.70	-18.1%	-22.0%	-51.2%	-48.8%	BELOW	1

Enterprise Software Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA
PLTR	$55.53	+8.6%	+33.6%	+27.6%	+82.9%	ABOVE
ADBE	$504.83	+3.8%	+5.6%	+0.3%	-9.9%	BELOW
CRM	$303.02	+3.2%	+5.3%	+5.8%	+18.7%	ABOVE
NOW	$198.90	+2.4%	+6.6%	+5.3%	+22.2%	ABOVE

Finance Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
GS	$575.60	+13.1%	+15.1%	+18.3%	+19.1%	ABOVE	0
JPM	$238.55	+11.5%	+11.3%	+16.1%	+12.3%	ABOVE	0

Healthcare Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
UNH	$572.38	+5.2%	+5.7%	-0.2%	+1.7%	ABOVE	0
LLY	$766.76	-3.7%	-6.4%	-14.7%	-18.2%	BELOW	6

Retail Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
COST	$892.07	+1.0%	+3.0%	+0.8%	+1.4%	ABOVE	0
WMT	$82.14	-0.3%	+1.8%	+4.8%	+9.7%	ABOVE	1

IT Services Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
ACN	$344.03	+3.1%	+3.3%	-1.4%	+6.0%	ABOVE	0
IBM	$203.92	+2.9%	+3.3%	-8.3%	+7.6%	BELOW	0

Airlines Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
UAL	$87.58	+9.4%	+11.9%	+45.3%	+111.9%	ABOVE	0
DAL	$61.10	+6.9%	+8.9%	+23.9%	+54.6%	ABOVE	0

Hospitality & Travel Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
MAR	$271.91	+6.4%	+6.2%	+6.0%	+21.5%	ABOVE	0
BKNG	$197.30	+1.8%	+6.9%	+16.6%	+28.6%	ABOVE	0

Food & Restaurant Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
SBUX	$91.89	-1.0%	-1.7%	+2.3%	+0.8%	ABOVE	1
MCD	$282.08	-1.1%	+0.6%	-3.3%	+3.0%	BELOW	1

Logistics Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
FDX	$217.67	+1.7%	+2.3%	+6.0%	-5.0%	ABOVE	0
UPS	$120.06	+0.1%	-0.1%	+0.8%	+5.3%	ABOVE	0

Industrial Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
CAT	$408.94	+8.7%	+10.8%	+5.5%	+20.2%	ABOVE	0
HON	$206.15	+3.6%	+5.2%	+1.3%	+5.6%	ABOVE	0

Cybersecurity Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA
PANW	$192.59	+5.2%	+6.9%	+4.3%	+9.9%	ABOVE
CRWD	$80.00	+4.0%	+7.8%	+1.6%	+21.1%	ABOVE
ZS	$193.03	+3.3%	+6.8%	-1.3%	-0.5%	ABOVE

Chip Equipment Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
AMAT	$184.77	+0.6%	+3.3%	-8.1%	-2.8%	BELOW	0
LRCX	$75.71	+0.5%	+3.3%	-6.4%	-4.3%	BELOW	0
ASML	$652.88	-2.2%	-1.7%	-20.5%	-25.4%	BELOW	1

Data Center REITs Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
EQIX	$857.80	-2.0%	-1.9%	+2.3%	+9.5%	ABOVE	1
DLR	$165.10	-4.1%	-2.6%	+9.3%	+16.5%	ABOVE	1

Utilities Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
DUK	$106.79	-0.4%	-1.4%	+0.5%	+0.8%	BELOW	1
SO	$82.56	-1.4%	-4.0%	-1.0%	+1.9%	BELOW	1
NEE	$70.78	-5.3%	-6.0%	-7.9%	-5.6%	BELOW	1

Energy Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
CVX	$146.42	+2.8%	+6.0%	+4.7%	+8.0%	ABOVE	0
XOM	$114.22	+1.7%	+3.6%	-1.7%	+3.8%	ABOVE	0

Defense & Aerospace Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA
GD	$298.32	+4.0%	+5.8%	+4.7%	+4.5%	ABOVE
RTX	$117.85	+2.2%	+0.5%	-1.1%	+0.6%	BELOW
LMT	$526.44	+0.9%	+1.1%	-7.6%	-1.6%	BELOW

Telecom Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
TMUS	$225.49	+2.2%	+4.0%	+9.8%	+15.7%	ABOVE	0
T	$20.62	+1.2%	-1.0%	+5.2%	+14.1%	ABOVE	0
VZ	$36.67	-0.2%	-2.3%	-4.2%	+0.8%	BELOW	1

Media & Entertainment Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
DIS	$96.64	+2.3%	+2.8%	+6.3%	+10.5%	ABOVE	0
NFLX	$78.02	+2.1%	+3.2%	+6.8%	+14.1%	ABOVE	0

Biotech Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
GILD	$87.38	+1.6%	+3.2%	+8.3%	+17.8%	ABOVE	0
AMGN	$304.74	+0.8%	+0.5%	+0.2%	-2.3%	BELOW	0

Materials Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
LIN	$452.15	+1.7%	+1.4%	-1.4%	-1.9%	BELOW	0
APD	$293.27	+0.1%	-1.2%	-2.5%	+11.5%	ABOVE	0

Analog & Embedded Chips Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
TXN	$205.81	+6.2%	+5.8%	+6.9%	+4.2%	ABOVE	0
MCHP	$70.24	-1.8%	+0.5%	-4.6%	-7.1%	BELOW	1

Key Stock Movers

Today's biggest movers by absolute percentage change: Super Micro (SMCI) (Infrastructure) fell 18.1% to $22.70. Tesla (TSLA) (Mag 7 (AI Spenders)) rose 14.8% to $288.53. Goldman Sachs (GS) (Finance) rose 13.1% to $575.60. JPMorgan (JPM) (Finance) rose 11.5% to $238.55. United (UAL) (Airlines) rose 9.4% to $87.58. These individual stock movements were key drivers of their respective sector performance.

Risk and Opportunity Assessment

On the risk side, 1 high-severity alerts are currently active, signaling significant sector declines that warrant portfolio risk management attention. Consider reducing exposure to affected sectors and tightening stop-loss levels.

US Stock Market Outlook

Market leadership is currently broad — 15 sectors sit above their 50-day moving averages versus 9 below — supporting a constructive S&P 500 stance, but active risk alerts remain elevated with one HIGH alert in Chip Equipment (20-day -11.7%). Breadth metrics favor cyclical and AI-adjacent positions, yet the uneven 50-day trends across equipment and select tech names argue for selective exposure: favor finance, airlines, and Mag 7 cloud beneficiaries while trimming idiosyncratic equipment and single-name infrastructure risk. Tactical allocation should emphasize quality momentum with tight risk controls given the clustered strength and isolated negative signals.

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