Stocks take it on the chin on Russia tension

Technical Analysis

The US major
 
 indices 
are closing sharply lower with the Nasdaq leading the way.

The final numbers are showing:

  • Dow fell -503.53 points or -1.43% at 34738.07
  • S&P fell -85.42 points or -1.90% at 4418.65

  •  
     Nasdaq 
    fell -394.48 points or -2.78% at 13791.16
  • Russell 2000 fell -21.01 points or -1.02% at 2030.14

Some negative highlights for the day

  • Nasdaq has it’s worst 2-day performance since Sept 2020 (down -4.8%)
  • S&P has its worst 2 day performance since October 2020 (-3.6%)
  • Dow was down 621 points at the session low

For the week,

  • Dow fell -1.00%
  • S&P fell -1.88%
  • Nasdaq fell -2.18%

The markets are certainly still on edge.

The S&P index tried for the 2nd week in a row to trade back above the 100 day MA earlier in the week, and failed. It is closing below the 200 day MA at 4452.13.

For the Nasdaq index, the highs this week, tested the high from last week at 14494.47.

Nasdaq

Nasdaq tumbles

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