Trading Insights: Follow the leader?
The above chart illustrates the multi-month performance of the SPX500 Index.
Market Commentary
The SPX500 Index (Standard & Poor’s 500 Index) is an index composed of 500 leading publicly traded companies in the United States.
- The SPX500 Index was launched in 1957
- The SPX500 Index is diversified and includes 500 companies
- Because of the index diversity, investors and traders around the world follow the SPX500 price action and use it as an indicator to measure general trends of global stock markets.
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Today’s economic calendar
German IFO Business Climate Index measures the sentiment of German business leaders about the current business conditions and what their expectations are for the next 6 months.
Values below -100 suggest that business conditions will deteriorate, while readings above +100 suggest that business conditions are expected to improve.
Asset to watch: Germany 40 CFD
Source: TradingView/ J. Knobel July 25 2023 6:09 AM UTC
Today’s Price Action Spotlight:
Germany 40 CFD outlook remains bullish
Germany 40 CFD current price €16,178 facing resistance near the €16,210s, which if cleared could open the path towards €16,710s. Downside risk below the €15,755 support (1) could expose the lower €14,145 support (2) (see chart).
Today’s US Corporate Earnings Calendar Spotlight:
Source: Tradingview 25/7/2023 6:51 UTC
NOTE! Today is the last US trading session before Alphabet & Microsoft report earnings! See the above earnings table for details.
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