To: John Pitera who wrote (473 ) 3/16/2000 12:39:00 AM From: John Pitera Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 33421
The DJIA Chart appears to be completing an Expanding Trianglegeocities.com and could well rally to resistance at 10700-10800 nice commentary from this evening ------------The session marked an incredible role reversal between old-economy industrial stocks and new-economy high-tech issues, which until recently had seemed immune to worries that have plagued the broader market. It was the first time in a long period that blue-chips resoundingly took the lead and outpaced high-techs, which just four sessions ago had led the Nasdaq Composite Index to a new record. With renewed interest in cheapened financial and other out-of-favor old-economy stocks , the Dow Jones Industrial Average powered ahead 320.17 points, its fourth-biggest point gain, to close at 10131.41. The biggest gain ever was 380.53 points on Sept. 8, 1998. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index added 33, or 2.4%, to 1392.15, while the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index gained 16.59, or 2.8%, to 605.02. But there was another story behind the gains, and it was the sudden discomfort investors are feeling with their once-prized technology stocks. These issues had risen to levels market watchers considered overvalued and destined to fall. Indeed, the past three sessions technology stocks have gone through some nerve-wracking losses. On Wednesday, the Nasdaq Composite Index sank 124.01 to 4582.62 -- adding to a loss of 340 points the prior two sessions that were based largely on valuation fears. The dumping on the technology sector has pushed the Nasdaq composite 9.2% from its high of 5048.62, reached on Friday. Wall Street defines a 10% drop as a correction. Despite the decline, the biggest three-day point drop for the Nasdaq composite, the index is still up 12.6% for the year, while the Dow industrials are down 11.9% and mired for some time in a correction from a high of 11722.98 set on Jan. 14. The question now is whether the technology sector will now become mired in a stumble as well.