Dow Jones Gains, Nasdaq Dips; Oil Plays Surge As Biden Taps Reserves, Donald Trump SPAC Nose-Dives

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average was moving higher adjacent arsenic high-multiple maturation stocks tumbled. Oil stocks specified arsenic Chevron (CVX) were bubbling arsenic President Joe Biden opted to merchandise 50 cardinal barrels of oil. The Donald Trump SPAC Digital (DWAC) plunged.

Software stocks were being beaten backmost amid the bearish action. These included Snowflake (SNOW), a information analytics play backed by Warren Buffett.

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Nasdaq Lags As Growth Stocks Get Mauled

The tech-heavy Nasdaq was continuing to autumn distant from caller grounds highs arsenic it tumbled astir 1% earlier cutting immoderate losses during the last hr of trading. Zoom Video Communications (ZM) led the downside. It fell astir 15% arsenic the marketplace reacted negatively to its latest net report.

The S&P 500 was adjacent to interruption adjacent arsenic it struggled for momentum. Dollar Tree (DLTR) led with a summation of astir 12% portion Best Buy (BBY) fared worst arsenic it fell much than 12%.

The S&P sectors mostly affirmative amid the mixed action, with exertion and utilities faring best. Technology and user discretionary were the worst performers.

Small caps struggled contempt the advancement of financials. The Russell 2000 fell astir 0.3%.

But it was maturation banal investors who truly felt the wrath of the bears. The Innovator IBD 50 ETF (FFTY), a bellwether for maturation stock, tumbled astir 2%.

U.S. Stock Market Today Overview

Index Symbol Price Gain/Loss % Change
Dow Jones (0DJIA) 35790.10 +170.85 +0.48
S&P 500 (0S&P5) 4681.50 -1.44 -0.03
Nasdaq (0NDQC ) 15704.56 -150.20 -0.95
Russell 2000 (IWM) 230.55 -1.18 -0.51
IBD 50 (FFTY) 47.24 -0.97 -2.01
Last Update: 2:58 PM ET 11/23/2021

Dow Jones Gains As JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs Lead

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was adjacent league highs, rising astir 0.5%.

Bank stocks JPMorgan Chase (JPM)) and Goldman Sachs (GS) were among the apical gainers successful the bluish spot index, rising astir 2.5% apiece.

Leading security play Travelers (TRV) was besides successful the moving to beryllium the starring Dow Jones banal contiguous arsenic it besides moved up much than 2%.

Oil play Chevron besides did well, notching a summation of 2% Chevron is successful the bargain portion of a 113.21 introduction constituent successful a cupful without handle.

Walt Disney (DIS) was 1 of the main laggards, falling astir 2%.

Oil Stocks Bubble As Biden Taps Reserves

Oil stocks were surging aft President Joe Biden tapped the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve amid rising gasoline prices. He said 50 cardinal barrels volition beryllium released.

It is portion of a coordinated effort to thrust down prices. Other large nations including China, India, Japan and the United Kingdom volition besides unleash immoderate their ain reserves.

The President said Americans are "feeling the interaction of elevated state prices astatine the pump and successful their location heating bills." He besides said U.S. businesses are hurting arsenic "oil proviso has not kept up with request arsenic the planetary system emerges from the pandemic."

Such a determination had already been priced into the market, and lipid prices are rising again aft precocious hitting seven-week lows. U.S. crude lipid prices roseate 2.6% to $78.77 a barrel.

The apical 3 IBD Industry Groups were each successful the lipid and state exploration field. Oil & state integrated was besides adjacent the apical of the list.

The bullish enactment saw Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) named IBD Stock Of The Day.

Shares roseate 4.7% to 188.93 connected the stock marketplace today. PXD banal has an official flat-base buy point of 196.74, according to MarketSmith.

Leading lipid and state banal Diamondback Energy (FANG) is actionable arsenic it rebounds disconnected its 10-week moving average. The banal was up astir 4%.

FANG is moving good aft antecedently slipping beneath a cupful introduction constituent of 102.63.

Software Stocks Struggle

Meanwhile, a big of apical bundle stocks were being deed arsenic precocious aggregate maturation plays struggled.

Warren Buffett banal Snowflake (SNOW) was a notable loser. While it was disconnected league lows the endeavor bundle ample headdress was down astir 4%.

The information analytics play antecedently passed the 20% nett extremity from its latest bargain constituent of 328.16, but it has present fixed backmost overmuch of its gains. If it continues to autumn it could flash a round-trip merchantability signal.

Snowflake is simply a subordinate of the prestigious IBD Leaderboard list of apical maturation stocks.

CrowdStrike (CRWD) fell much than 5%, ServiceNow (NOW) dipped astir 4%, Atlassian (TEAM) slipped much than 5% and Shopify (SHOP) slipped 2%.

Donald Trump SPAC Plunges

The Donald Trump SPAC Digital World Acquisition was plunging Tuesday. It was down astir 10%, and the banal is present much than 75% disconnected its grounds of precocious of 175.

Digital World Acquisition skyrocketed past period connected the quality it would service arsenic a conveyance to instrumentality the Trump Media & Technology Group nationalist via a merger.

Last week Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a missive to the SEC urging it to probe the deal.

She questioned whether the institution and Trump "may person committed securities violations by holding backstage and undisclosed discussions astir the merger arsenic aboriginal arsenic May 2021, portion omitting this accusation successful U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing and different nationalist statements."

In summation to Truth Social, a societal media site, the steadfast plans to connection a subscription-based video-on-demand work to beryllium called TMTG+.

Despite the chaotic enactment the banal is inactive up sharply wide for the year. It remains up astir 300% truthful acold successful 2021.

Please travel Michael Larkin connected Twitter at @IBD_MLarkin for much connected maturation stocks and analysis.

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