S&P and Nasdaq start the year with 6 straight up days.

The string of higher closes in 2018 has been broken in the broad market indices. The S&P and Nasdaq indices closed with modest declines breaking the 6 day string. The Dow had a small down day last week.

  • The S&P index is down -3.06 points or -0.11% at 2748.23. The high reach 2750.80. The low reach 2736.06
  • The NASDAQ composite index fell -10.007 points or -0.14% at 7153.57. The high reach 7154.24. The low extended to 7111.52.
  • The Dow industrial average is Closing down -16.67 points or -0.07% at 25369.13. The high reached 25404.92. The low extended to 25256.99.

Some of the overachieving winners were in the financial sector:

  • Citigroup rose 0.40%
  • J.P. Morgan rose 1.05%
  • Deutsche Bank rose 2.04%
  • Morgan Stanley rose 1.18%
  • Wells Fargo rose 1.37%

Other gainers on the day included:

  • Netflix +1.53%
  • Nvidia +0.78%
  • Tesla +0.33%
  • Intuitive Surgical +6.58%
  • Twitter +0.31%
  • Gilead +0.78%
  • Boeing was 0.67%
  • micron +0.74%

Some major stocks on the downside include:

  • Alphabet -0.33%
  • Microsoft my 0.45%
  • Home Depot -0.70%
  • Intuit -0.81%
  • Intel -2.57%
  • Disney -0.43%
  • Broadcom -2.11%