Investing.com | Oct 13, 2020 12:30
Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE:JNJ) announcement yesterday that it was pausing its trial on a COVID-19 vaccine sent US futures, including for the Dow, S&P, and Russell 2000, as well as European shares into the red on Tuesday. However, NASDAQ futures bucked the trend ahead of Apple's expected announcement of a 5G enabled iPhone after the US markets open later today.
The dollar jumped with yields, weighing on gold. Oil recovered but is caught in the crossfire of conflicting themes.
Contracts on the S&P 500 fell 0.5%, at the time of writing, after the news from JNJ that its trial has been halted because of an unexplained illness in a participant. However, traders may take the view that such speed bumps are par for the course as vaccine trials progress after last month’s similar hiatus by AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN), which proved temporary.
Stimulus in the US is looking less likely once again after members of the House were told not to expect action this week as the confirmation hearings for the next Supreme Court judge started on Monday. As well, many Senate Republicans had already rejected the newest proposal from President Trump, indicating the plan was announce the addition of 5G to its new iPhone on Tuesday, saw its share price target increased by RBC Capital Markets to $390 from $345. Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) rallied when Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) increased its price target on the stock from $36 to $56.
Yields, including for the 10-year Treasury note, dropped to 0.75, but remained above the 200 DMA, which has been a proven support for the fourth straight day.
Meanwhile, the 50 DMA, which has been supporting rates since they crossed it on Aug. 12, is climbing toward the 200 DMA, for a potential Golden Cross.
The dollar seemed to find its footing after a four-day selloff.
Still, the greenback found resistance at the 50 DMA, after having fallen below the neckline of a would-be bottom. This increases the chances of a resumption of its underlying medium-term downtrend, framed within a falling channel.
Gold was flat, after having rebounded from a 0.7% drop. Perhaps it found support at the bottom of a possible falling wedge, bullish after the medium and long-term uptrend, made particularly so because of the 14% surge within 15 sessions preceding the bullish pattern.
On the other hand, demand has to prove it can absorb all the potential supply represented by the possibly-developing rising flag and preceding bearish symmetrical triangle.
Oil rallied from a slump when workers in the US Gulf headed back to work following Hurricane Delta’s landfall and Libya reopened its biggest field, as China’s crude imports rebounded, ending back-to-back MoM declines.
The price of the commodity is trapped within a range, with a bias to a downsized breakout following a bullish rising wedge.
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