Italian Election Concerns Torpedo the Stock Market Rally

By: PhilStockWorld

Courtesy of Doug Short. The US indexes rose at the open on optimism from Europe, with all eyes on the big vote in Italy. The benchmark S&P 500 hit its intraday high about 30 minutes into trading and then began pulling back as post-election concerns began circulating. The index appeared to stabilize later in the morning around the opening price, but the afternoon witnessed an accelerating selloff to the worst daily decline since 2.37% swan-dive the day after the US Presidential election. The index closed at its intraday low, probably not a good sign for tomorrow, off 1.83%.

Here is a 5-minute chart of today’s rollover. The index tried to steady itself at the 1510 level, then the 1505 level. 1500 offered zero support.

Here is a daily chart with callouts highlighting today’s selloff with the November 7th selloff following the November 6th Presidential election. The index is now about 11 points (about 0.75%) above its 50-day moving average.

The S&P 500 is now up 4.32% for 2013 and 2.81% below the interim closing high of February 19, 2013.

From a longer-term perspective, the index is 119.9% above the March 2009 closing low and 4.9% below the nominal all-time high of October 2007.

For a better sense of how these declines figure into a larger historical context, here’s a long-term view of secular bull and bear markets in the S&P Composite since 1871

- Phil

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