Stock Markets Analysis and Opinion

Russell 2000 Primed for More Gains; S&P 500, Nasdaq Confirm Breakouts

2023.12.11 03:02

Declan Fallon

The last couple of weeks have seen the and move to-and-fro in a consolidation trading range, digesting the gains from the October rally, but Friday’s finish pushed markets out of this trading range.

SPX-Daily Chart

SPX-Daily Chart

Friday’s finish also improved the weekly timeframe charts, confirming breakouts on these timeframes.

SPX-Weekly Chart

SPX-Weekly Chart

The Nasdaq is outperforming the S&P 500, but is underperforming against the ().

There is still plenty of room to build the right-hand side of its base, so even if the index has already banked good gains, there is still plenty of more in the tank.

COMPQ-Daily Chart

COMPQ-Daily Chart

Technicals for the weekly timeframe Nasdaq are net positive.

COMPQ-Weekly Chart

COMPQ-Weekly Chart

Not to be excluded, the Dow Industrial Index has shaped a bullish consolidation and looks ready to break higher in line with peer indexes.

INDU-Daily Chart

INDU-Daily Chart

The Russell 2000 ($IWM) broke from its small ‘bull flag’, but didn’t quite break the high established earlier in the week. However, I would be looking for such a move over this week.

IWM-Daily Chart

IWM-Daily Chart

Going forward, I would be looking for all indexes to continue where they left off on Friday.

Where we need to be careful is if indexes reverse back into the consolidation, then I would be looking at ‘bull traps’. However, for now, action across the board is bullish.

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