Will November’s Lows Hold as Support?
As today’s market selling has picked up, we wanted to take a snapshot of some of the major November 20, 2008 and November 21, 2008 intra-day and closing lows for the major index levels in the U.S. This morning we…
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As today’s market selling has picked up, we wanted to take a snapshot of some of the major November 20, 2008 and November 21, 2008 intra-day and closing lows for the major index levels in the U.S.
This morning we took a snapshot at 10:09 AM EST. Guess which levels are being tested on the DJIA… So far, the S&P and NASDAQ are still above those key levels.
DJIA 7,516.92 (-35.68; -0.47%)
DJIA NOV. 20, 2008 intra-day low was 7,464.51 and that was the lowest close at 7,552.29. The next day the intra-day low was 7,392.27 but the market rallied up to over 8,000.
S&P500 784.62 (-4.55; -0.58%)
S&P500 NOV. 20, 2008 intra-day low was 747.78 and that was the lowest close at 752.44. The next day the intra-day low was 741.02, but the market rallied up to 800.03.
NASDAQ 1,458.49 (-12.17; -0.83%)
NASDAQ NOV. 20, 2008 intra-day low was 1,314.90 and that was the low close of 1,316.12. The next day the intra-day low was 1,295.48, but the market rallied to 1,384.35.
Jon C. Ogg
February 18, 2009
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