The market was up all across the board this past week. The Dow was up 301.85 to close at 18,057.65. The S&P 500 increased by 37.19 and ended at 2,102.06. The VIX was down and closed Friday at 12.58. The NASDAQ gained 140.04 and ended the week at 4995.98.
The SPDR sectors were also up across the board this past week. XLY (Consumer Discretionary) increased by 1.29% to end Friday at 76.67. XLP(Consumer Staples) gained 0.96% to close at 49.60. XLE (Energy) powered through the week and increased by 3.11% to close at 80.14. XLF (Financial) was up 0.12% to close at 24.24. XLV (Health Care) closed Friday at 74.06 after a 2.88% increase of the week. XLI (Industrials) had a nice week in which it gained 2.78% to close at 56.97. XLB (Materials) bounced back this week. lt increased by 1.49% to close at 49.70. XLK (Technology) increased by 1.72% to close the week at 42.08. And XLU (Utilities) had a subpar week as it only gained 0.25% to close at 44.66.
Major Commodities:
- Gold: $1,204.60/ troy ounce
- Oil: $51.64/barrel
- Silver: $16.38/ troy ounce
Major Currency Exchange Rates:
- USD/EUR: 0.9446
- USD/RUB: 53.85
- USD/JPY: 120.18
- USD/CNY: 6.20
- USD/CAD: 1.26
Major Upcoming Earnings Reports (via NASDAQ):
- Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK)
- Monday, April 13 (After Hours)
- Consensus EPS: $0.45
- J P Morgan Chase & Co (JPM)
- Tuesday, April 14 (Pre-Market)
- Consensus EPS: $1.38
- Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)
- Tuesday, April 14 (Pre-Market)
- Consensus EPS: $0.97
- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
- Tuesday, April 14 (Pre-Market)
- Consensus EPS: $1.52
- Intel Corporation (INTC)
- Tuesday, April 14 (After Hours)
- Consensus EPS: $0.4
- Bank of America Corporation (BAC)
- Wednesday, April 15 (Pre-Market)
- Consensus EPS: $0.29
- Progressive Corporation (PGR)
- Wednesday, April 15 (Pre-Market)
- Consensus EPS: $0.43
- U.S. Bancorp (USB)
- Wednesday, April 15 (Pre-Market)
- Consensus EPS: $0.76
- PNC Financial Services Group, INC (PNC)
- Wednesday, April 15 (Pre-Market)
- Consensus EPS: $1.7
- Delta Air Lines, INC (DAL)
- Wednesday, April 15 (Pre-Market)
- Consensus EPS: $0.29
- Netflix, INC (NFLX)
- Wednesday, April 15 (After Hours)
- Consensus EPS: $0.68
- American Express Company (AXP)
- Thursday, April 16 (After Hours)
- Consensus EPS: $1.37
- Citigroup, INC (C)
- Thursday, April 16 (Pre-Market)
- Consensus EPS: $1.4
- Goldman Sachs Group, INC (GS)
- Thursday, April 16 (Pre-Market)
- Consensus EPS: $4.14
- Mattel, INC (MAT)
- Thursday, April 16 (After Hours)
- Consensus EPS: -$0.09
- Philip Morris International INC (PM)
- Thursday, April 16 (Pre-Market)
- Consensus EPS: $1.01
- Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW)
- Thursday, April 16 (Pre-Market)
- Consensus EPS: $1.43
- General Electric Company (GE)
- Friday, April 17 (Pre-Market)
- Consensus EPS: $0.3
Quote of the Week: “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” ~Warren Buffet