US Stock Market Sector Analysis – Friday, May 29, 2026 BEARISH

Dell's blowout quarter and 32.8% surge in DELL led headlines and propelled a broad risk-on session in the US stock market, sending Infrastructure up 11.8% and lifting Enterprise Software 9.9% as investors rotated into AI-capital goods. The S&P 500 extended gains and closed near monthly records while the Magnificent 7 group finished modestly mixed, with Microsoft (MSFT) up 5.4% but NVIDIA (NVDA) down 1.5% and Alphabet (GOOG) off 2.5%. Notable movers included ServiceNow (NOW) jumping 14.4% on growth commentary and IBM (IBM) rallying 12.7% on positive service demand, both boosting IT Services and Enterprise Software averages. Overall, 7 sectors closed higher, 14 lower, and 3 flat, a market that favored AI infrastructure and software winners today.

Market Condition Dashboard

US 10-Year Treasury Yield

Wait & Watch

4.45%

rising

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Crude Oil (WTI)

Neutral

$87.36

-1.7% 1D

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VIX (Fear Index)

Normal Range

15.3

-2.7% 1D

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200-Day Moving Average

Bullish Trend Intact

0/3 below

SPY above (+11.5%), QQQ above (+19.7%), DIA above (+7.5%)

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Tracked Stocks Breadth (50DMA)

Pause Discretionary Adds

69%

47 of 68 above 50DMA · +1.5pp 5D

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Put/Call Ratio (5D)

Contrarian Sell Signal

0.59

Too Optimistic · falling

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Signal analysis only — not investment advice

Sector Performance (Base=100)

AI and Technology Sector Analysis

The AI investment theme found fresh momentum today as Dell's (DELL) $420.91 blowout quarter re-accelerated demand expectations across the Chip Supply Chain and Infrastructure complex, while Microsoft (MSFT) $450.24 carried the Magnificent 7 leadership with a 5.4% gain. NVIDIA (NVDA) $210.89 and Intel (INTC) $114.68 remain key supply-chain barometers as chip makers and equipment providers price in higher enterprise spend, with NVDA showing a 50-day trend above supporting active allocations. Enterprise Software names such as ServiceNow (NOW) $124.37 and IBM (IBM) $297.80 reflected the software side of AI adoption, underscoring that capex into infrastructure and recurring software revenue both matter for durable exposure.

US Stock Sector Overview

Sector	1D	5D	20D	vs 50MA
Mag 7 (AI Spenders)	-0.3%	+1.9%	+5.9%	ABOVE
Chip Supply Chain	+0.9%	+6.1%	+29.0%	ABOVE
Infrastructure	+11.8%	+16.6%	+49.7%	ABOVE
Enterprise Software	+9.9%	+12.0%	+13.1%	ABOVE
Finance	+1.3%	+0.3%	+3.4%	BELOW
Healthcare	-1.3%	+0.8%	+9.0%	ABOVE
Retail	-3.3%	-5.4%	-8.7%	BELOW
IT Services	+8.8%	+10.8%	+16.6%	ABOVE
Airlines	-0.1%	+11.6%	+22.0%	ABOVE
Hospitality & Travel	-2.0%	+2.9%	+2.4%	BELOW
Food & Restaurant	-0.6%	-2.5%	-4.2%	BELOW
Logistics	+0.1%	+5.0%	+2.7%	ABOVE
Industrial	+0.4%	+2.0%	+5.5%	ABOVE
Cybersecurity	+8.6%	-1.7%	+38.6%	ABOVE
Chip Equipment	+0.2%	+2.4%	+17.6%	ABOVE
Data Center REITs	-0.4%	-1.1%	-3.2%	BELOW
Utilities	-0.5%	-2.2%	-6.0%	BELOW
Energy	-0.7%	-5.5%	-3.8%	BELOW
Defense & Aerospace	-0.5%	+0.7%	+2.5%	BELOW
Telecom	-0.3%	-1.5%	-3.2%	BELOW
Media & Entertainment	-1.1%	-2.0%	-3.9%	BELOW
Biotech	-0.6%	-0.3%	+2.5%	BELOW
Materials	-1.3%	-3.8%	-4.7%	BELOW
Analog & Embedded Chips	-2.3%	+0.1%	+5.3%	ABOVE

Sector Strength

Infrastructure +11.8% 20d: +49.7%

Dell (DELL) +32.8% (20d: +100.3%), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) +12.6% (20d: +50.6%), Super Micro (SMCI) +11.6% (20d: +70.1%)

Enterprise Software +9.9% 20d: +13.1%

ServiceNow (NOW) +14.4% (20d: +36.4%), Palantir (PLTR) +9.2% (20d: +8.7%), Salesforce (CRM) +8.5% (20d: +4.0%)

IT Services +8.8% 20d: +16.6%

IBM +12.7% (20d: +29.2%), Accenture (ACN) +4.9% (20d: +4.0%)

Cybersecurity +8.6% 20d: +38.6%

Palo Alto Networks (PANW) +9.3% (20d: +55.6%), CrowdStrike (CRWD) +8.9% (20d: +60.4%), Zscaler (ZS) +7.5% (20d: -0.1%) [<50MA]

Finance +1.3% 20d: +3.4%

Goldman Sachs (GS) +1.7% (20d: +11.0%), JPMorgan (JPM) +0.9% (20d: -4.2%) [<50MA]

Sector Warnings

Retail -3.3% 20d: -8.7%

Costco (COST) -3.9% (20d: -5.5%) [<50MA], Walmart (WMT) -2.6% (20d: -11.9%) [<50MA]

Analog & Embedded Chips -2.3% 20d: +5.3%

Texas Instruments (TXN) -3.3% (20d: +9.3%), Microchip Technology (MCHP) -1.4% (20d: +1.3%)

Hospitality & Travel -2.0% 20d: +2.4%

Marriott (MAR) -2.6% (20d: +6.0%), Booking (BKNG) -1.4% (20d: -1.3%) [<50MA]

Materials -1.3% 20d: -4.7%

Air Products (APD) -1.8% (20d: -7.5%) [<50MA], Linde (LIN) -0.9% (20d: -2.0%) [<50MA]

Healthcare -1.3% 20d: +9.0%

Eli Lilly (LLY) -1.9% (20d: +14.9%), UnitedHealth (UNH) -0.6% (20d: +3.1%)

Sector Deep Dive

Infrastructure outperformed with an 11.8% one-day gain and a 50-day trend well above its average (+77.3% vs 50d), led by Dell (DELL) $420.91 jumping 32.8% after results and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) $42.91 up 12.6%. Super Micro (SMCI) $46.09 added 11.6%, illustrating the 50-day window where demand for AI-optimized servers has driven outsized performance; these names are trading with clear upward momentum over the past 50 trading days and should remain sensitive to order flow and enterprise refresh cycles.

Enterprise Software rallied 9.9% for the session and sits above its 50-day trend (+3.5% vs 50d), fueled by ServiceNow (NOW) $124.37 surging 14.4% as investors priced in stronger subscription growth. This 50-day context shows software vendors benefiting from renewed enterprise spending; NOW's move is consistent with the sector rotation into recurring revenue franchises that can monetize AI deployments across customers.

IT Services climbed 8.8% on the day with IBM (IBM) $297.80 up 12.7%, and the sector's 50-day context (+6.3% vs 50d) confirms improving demand for managed AI stacks and hybrid cloud engagements. IBM's outperformance highlights contract-led visibility and large-enterprise adoption, while strength across IT Services suggests consultants and integrators will capture a meaningful portion of near-term AI project budgets.

Chip Supply Chain posted a measured 0.9% gain today but carries a massive 50-day advance (+108.0% vs 50d), underscoring how the final suppliers of compute — from foundries to board-level vendors — have already rallied into AI optimism. Intel (INTC) $114.68 was a notable exception, declining 5.1% and acting as a caution that single-stock fundamentals and competitive dynamics still drive dispersion within this 50-day uptrend; monitor shipments and guidance in coming quarters to confirm strength.

Market Breadth Analysis

US stock market breadth analysis shows 12 of 24 sectors trading above their 50-day moving average, while 12 are below. An even split above and below the 50-day MA suggests the market lacks directional conviction. Watch for a decisive shift in sector rotation to confirm the next trend.

Interactive Charts

S&P 500 & NASDAQ 100

50-Day Sector Performance

1-Day vs 5-Day Sector Change

Stock-Level Detail

Mag 7 (AI Spenders) Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
MSFT	$450.24	+5.4%	+7.6%	+8.9%	+16.0%	ABOVE	0
AAPL	$312.06	-0.1%	+1.0%	+11.5%	+25.5%	ABOVE	1
META	$631.92	-0.4%	+3.6%	+3.9%	+4.3%	ABOVE	1
AMZN	$270.64	-1.2%	+1.6%	+0.9%	+29.6%	ABOVE	1
TSLA	$435.79	-1.4%	+2.3%	+11.5%	+14.6%	ABOVE	1
NVDA	$210.89	-1.5%	-1.9%	+6.4%	+18.2%	ABOVE	1
GOOG	$376.20	-2.5%	-0.8%	-1.8%	+23.1%	ABOVE	1

Chip Supply Chain Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
ARM	$353.29	+5.4%	+15.3%	+67.3%	+172.1%	ABOVE	0
AVGO	$446.06	+4.7%	+7.9%	+6.1%	+40.0%	ABOVE	0
QCOM	$250.10	+3.2%	+5.4%	+41.8%	+91.2%	ABOVE	0
MRVL	$204.95	+0.1%	+4.4%	+24.3%	+129.1%	ABOVE	0
AMD	$516.10	-0.4%	+10.4%	+43.1%	+151.4%	ABOVE	1
TSM	$417.47	-1.5%	+3.4%	+5.2%	+23.5%	ABOVE	1
INTC	$114.68	-5.1%	-4.3%	+15.1%	+148.3%	ABOVE	3

Infrastructure Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA
DELL	$420.91	+32.8%	+42.6%	+100.3%	+169.3%	ABOVE
HPE	$42.91	+12.6%	+14.5%	+50.6%	+95.8%	ABOVE
SMCI	$46.09	+11.6%	+29.5%	+70.1%	+49.7%	ABOVE
CSCO	$119.97	+1.5%	+0.0%	+31.1%	+54.2%	ABOVE
VRT	$315.64	+0.5%	-3.6%	-3.8%	+17.3%	ABOVE

Enterprise Software Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA
NOW	$124.37	+14.4%	+21.8%	+36.4%	+9.8%	ABOVE
PLTR	$156.54	+9.2%	+14.4%	+8.7%	+0.6%	ABOVE
CRM	$190.61	+8.5%	+6.1%	+4.0%	-1.7%	ABOVE
ADBE	$259.21	+7.4%	+5.9%	+3.4%	+5.4%	ABOVE

Finance Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
GS	$1021.06	+1.7%	+2.9%	+11.0%	+26.7%	ABOVE	0
JPM	$297.97	+0.9%	-2.3%	-4.2%	+4.5%	BELOW	0

Healthcare Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
UNH	$378.15	-0.6%	-2.1%	+3.1%	+35.6%	ABOVE	2
LLY	$1105.00	-1.9%	+3.8%	+14.9%	+20.6%	ABOVE	1

Retail Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
WMT	$115.75	-2.6%	-3.8%	-11.9%	-4.0%	BELOW	1
COST	$956.32	-3.9%	-7.0%	-5.5%	-1.8%	BELOW	2

IT Services Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
IBM	$297.80	+12.7%	+17.3%	+29.2%	+19.8%	ABOVE	0
ACN	$184.85	+4.9%	+4.4%	+4.0%	-7.3%	ABOVE	0

Airlines Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
DAL	$82.28	-0.0%	+8.3%	+19.9%	+27.2%	ABOVE	1
UAL	$114.80	-0.2%	+14.8%	+24.1%	+21.9%	ABOVE	1

Hospitality & Travel Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
BKNG	$167.01	-1.4%	+4.0%	-1.3%	-2.5%	BELOW	1
MAR	$375.60	-2.6%	+1.7%	+6.0%	+15.8%	ABOVE	2

Food & Restaurant Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
MCD	$277.32	+0.4%	-1.1%	-2.6%	-9.8%	BELOW	0
SBUX	$99.16	-1.6%	-3.8%	-5.8%	+4.1%	ABOVE	2

Logistics Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
FDX	$330.55	+0.1%	+4.5%	+4.6%	+15.6%	ABOVE	0
UPS	$106.69	+0.0%	+5.6%	+0.9%	+12.4%	ABOVE	0

Industrial Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
HON	$249.46	+2.1%	+4.4%	+12.5%	+4.4%	ABOVE	0
CAT	$875.87	-1.3%	-0.5%	-1.6%	+27.4%	ABOVE	2

Cybersecurity Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA
PANW	$281.69	+9.3%	+8.1%	+55.6%	+66.0%	ABOVE
CRWD	$182.75	+8.9%	+10.2%	+60.4%	+70.7%	ABOVE
ZS	$139.73	+7.5%	-23.4%	-0.1%	-10.1%	BELOW

Chip Equipment Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA
ASML	$1612.76	+0.4%	-1.2%	+13.0%	+18.3%	ABOVE
AMAT	$450.06	+0.1%	+4.1%	+15.8%	+26.1%	ABOVE
LRCX	$317.96	+0.1%	+4.2%	+23.9%	+36.0%	ABOVE

Data Center REITs Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
EQIX	$1068.04	-0.1%	-1.1%	-1.1%	+10.1%	ABOVE	4
DLR	$188.74	-0.7%	-1.1%	-5.3%	+5.6%	BELOW	3

Utilities Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
NEE	$86.38	-0.3%	-1.7%	-10.3%	-5.8%	BELOW	2
SO	$92.05	-0.5%	-2.6%	-4.0%	-3.6%	BELOW	4
DUK	$122.73	-0.8%	-2.3%	-3.7%	-4.6%	BELOW	2

Energy Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
CVX	$182.46	-0.3%	-4.7%	-3.4%	-8.6%	BELOW	1
XOM	$145.26	-1.2%	-6.2%	-4.3%	-7.5%	BELOW	7

Defense & Aerospace Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
RTX	$179.66	+0.4%	+1.5%	+3.7%	-10.1%	BELOW	0
GD	$345.30	-0.6%	+1.1%	+0.3%	-0.3%	ABOVE	1
LMT	$527.00	-1.3%	-0.5%	+3.4%	-16.8%	BELOW	1

Telecom Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
TMUS	$187.53	-0.2%	-1.5%	-3.8%	-8.7%	BELOW	4
T	$24.47	-0.3%	-1.8%	-5.1%	-9.7%	BELOW	5
VZ	$47.01	-0.4%	-1.1%	-0.6%	-1.9%	ABOVE	3

Media & Entertainment Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
NFLX	$86.02	-0.4%	-2.9%	-6.6%	-6.2%	BELOW	5
DIS	$101.06	-1.8%	-1.1%	-1.2%	+2.7%	ABOVE	2

Biotech Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
AMGN	$336.79	+0.1%	-0.7%	+2.9%	-3.0%	BELOW	0
GILD	$133.55	-1.3%	+0.1%	+2.1%	-4.7%	BELOW	1

Materials Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
LIN	$496.12	-0.9%	-3.8%	-2.0%	+1.6%	BELOW	4
APD	$276.90	-1.8%	-3.7%	-7.5%	-1.3%	BELOW	3

Analog & Embedded Chips Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
MCHP	$94.65	-1.4%	+1.3%	+1.3%	+50.3%	ABOVE	3
TXN	$305.68	-3.3%	-1.1%	+9.3%	+63.2%	ABOVE	3

Key Stock Movers

Today's biggest movers by absolute percentage change: Dell (DELL) (Infrastructure) rose 32.8% to $420.91. ServiceNow (NOW) (Enterprise Software) rose 14.4% to $124.37. IBM (IT Services) rose 12.7% to $297.80. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) (Infrastructure) rose 12.6% to $42.91. Super Micro (SMCI) (Infrastructure) rose 11.6% to $46.09. These individual stock movements were key drivers of their respective sector performance.

Risk and Opportunity Assessment

No major risk alerts are triggered. In a directionless market, maintaining disciplined position sizing and clear stop-loss levels is key to managing downside risk while staying positioned for breakouts.

US Stock Market Outlook

Looking forward, the market faces a bifurcated breadth picture: 12 sectors above their 50MA and 12 below, with 7 sectors advancing today and 14 lagging, so selective positioning matters. Alert counts are elevated around Infrastructure and Enterprise Software, where 50-day trends are positive and earnings/news catalysts (DELL, NOW, IBM) are validating rotation; conversely, retailers and cyclical defensives show ongoing weakness below their 50-day averages. Position tactically: overweight AI infrastructure and high-quality enterprise software on strength, trim dispersion risk in single-stock winners, and keep defensive exposure ready for any reversal as breadth remains fragile despite headline gains in the S&P 500.

Hypothetical Portfolio

SIMULATION

Value $132,345

P&L +32.35%

Today +2.44%

View full portfolio → Simulation only. Not investment advice.

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