The market was up all across the board this past week. The Dow was up 378.41 to close at 18,127.72. The S&P 500 increased by 54.67 and ended at 2,108.07. The VIX was down 2.98% to close at 13.02. The NASDAQ gained 154.66 and ended the week at 5026.42.
The SPDR sectors were also up across the board this past week. XLY (Consumer Discretionary) increased by 2.14% to end Friday at 76.7. XLP(Consumer Staples) jumped 1.37% to close at 48.94. XLE (Energy) powered through the week and increased by 3.06% to close at 76.91. XLF (Financial) was up 1.60% to close at 24.71. XLV (Health Care) closed Friday at 74.90 after a 4.30% increase of the week. XLI (Industrials) had a nice week in which it gained 1.85% to close at 57.12. XLB (Materials) was the only sector to fall this week. It fell 1.22% to close at 49.23. XLK (Technology) increased by 2.53% to close the week at 42.54. And XLU (Utilities) had a stellar week as it increased 3.45% to close at 44.98
Major Commodities:
- Gold: $1,184.60/ troy ounce
- Oil: $46.57/barrel
- Silver: $16.88/ troy ounce
Major Currency Exchange Rates:
- USD/EUR: 0.9243
- USD/RUB: 59
- USD/JPY: 120.028
- USD/CNY: 6.2127
- USD/CAD: 1.26
Major Upcoming Earnings Reports (via NASDAQ):
- Scholastic Corporation (SCHL)
- Thursday AM
- Estimated PS: -$0.56
- Winnebago Industries, Inc. (WGO)
- Thursday AM
- Estimated PS: $0.38
- Blackberry Limited (BBRY)
- Friday AM
- Estimated PS: -$0.02
- Spark Energy, Inc. (SPKE)
- Friday AM
- Estimated PS: $0.8
- The Finish Line, Inc. (FINL)
- Friday AM
- Estimated PS: $0.84