Breakoutwatch Weekly Summary 01/23/2024

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Market Summary

Equities end with narrow advance as investors adjust rate cut expectations

Stocks ended mostly higher over the holiday-shortened week, although the advance was narrow—an equally weighted version of the S&P 500 Index recorded a modest loss—and heavily focused on growth stocks. Information technology stocks outperformed, helped by a rally in semiconductor shares. Artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant NVIDIA was particularly strong, as was rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Markets were closed Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday. [more...]

Major Index Performance

Dow Jones
Last Close 38001.8
Wk. Gain 1.93 %
Yr. Gain 1.16 %
Trend Up
Dow Jones
S&P 500
Last Close 4850.43
Wk. Gain 2.35 %
Yr. Gain 2.22 %
Trend Up
S&P 500
NASDAQ Comp.
Last Close 15360.3
Wk. Gain 3.68 %
Yr. Gain 3.27 %
Trend Up
NASDAQ Comp.
Russell 2000
Last Close 1983.38
Wk. Gain 4.43 %
Yr. Gain -1.47 %
Trend Down
Russell 2000

Performance by Sector

Sector Wk. Change % Yr. Change % Trend
Consumer Discretionary -60.9 -61.94 Down
Consumer Staples -39.43 -39.94 Up
Energy -5.43 48.35 Down
Finance 18.7 57.83 Down
Health Care -48.21 -40.09 Up
Industrials -25.46 -20.12 Down
Technology -47.35 -47.35 Up
Materials -7.2 -7.2 Down
REIT 23.84 23.84 Down
Telecom 32.29 32.29 Up
Utilities -18.23 -18.23 Down

Breakouts This Week Still Within 5% of Breakout Price (Limit 20 top C Score)

Watchlist Symbol Company Industry C Score* % Gain
SQZ FCFS FirstCash Holdings, Inc. Credit Services 72.2 % 4.4 %
*C score is our assessment of a Stock's correlation to CAN SLIM principles. It combines a stock's Technical and Fundamental merits and is expressed as a percentage.

Breakdowns within 5% of Breakdown Price

Watchlist Symbol Company Industry C Score* % Loss
There were no Breakdowns still within 5% of breakdown price this week
*C score is our assessment of a Stock's correlation to CAN SLIM principles. It combines a stock's Technical and Fundamental merits and is expressed as a percentage.

There were no CWH stocks meeting our breakout model criteria *C score is our assessment of a Stock's correlation to CAN SLIM principles. It combines a stock's Technical and Fundamental merits and is expressed as a percentage.

Cup and Handle Chart of the Week

There were no Cup and Handle Stocks meeting my Chart of the Week criteria this week.