Wednesday 27 May 2015

Closing Brief

US equity indexes closed higher, sp +19pts @ 2123 (intra high 2126). The two leaders - Trans/R2K, settled higher by a significant 1.1% and 1.3% respectively. Near term outlook offers renewed sig' weakness into the weekend, with a target of 2080/75.


sp'60min



Summary

*far from any weakness into the close, the last hour of the day saw further strength, with a gap fill at sp'2125/26.
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The late afternoon news about a likely bidder for Broadcom (BRCM) certainly helped prevent any late day weakness, with the tech' sector - esp' semi-con' stocks seeing an extra kick upward.

BRCM, 5min


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I am holding to a downside target zone of sp'2080/75, although clearly, that now looks a long way down, and would certainly take the better part of two days to reach.

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more later... on the VIX