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On Tuesday the market (S&P 500) saw the least volatile session of the last 10 trading days (means with the smallest intraday range between the high and the low of the day), with an intraday range of 1.03% only (SPY).
The SPY (S&P 500 ETF) o
On Monday's session market breadth on the NYSE and the NASDAQ was heavily lopsided on the downside with NYSE Advancing Issues/Declining Issues at 0.13, and NYSE Advancing Volume/Declining Volume at 0.07 (NYSE TRIN at 1.77), and NASDAQ Advancing Issue
Although Asian markets on Monday's morning (which all closed modestly higher, and selected four of them managed a gain which surpassed the S&P 500' gain on Friday's close) provided an indication that any weakness before, on or shortly after the
On Monday Asian markets closed modestly higher. Japan's Nikkei 225 closed up +0.41%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index is closed up +0.77%, Sydney's ASX All Ordinaries Index closed up +0.42%, and Korea's KOSPI Index closed up +1.18%.
Interestingly although
Asian markets on last Friday's morning (which all closed modestly higher, but none of them managed a gain which surpassed the S&P 500' gain on Thursday's close) provided a reliable indication that the relatively strong intraday gains concerning
Update (04:55 AM CET)
On Friday Asian markets closed modestly higher. Japan's Nikkei 225 closed up +0.85%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index is closed up +0.81%, Sydney's ASX All Ordinaries Index closed up +0.18%, and Korea's KOSPI Index closed up +0.55%.
Despite the fact that weak Asian market's indicated a probable lower close on Thursday's session (see my posting Trading the Odds on Thursday – June 18, 2009 -Asian Markets-), the market (SPY) managed a modest gain of +0.58% on the close, but -exp