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Derailing The Market Rebound

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The major indices are being pushed down by folks that have tried to derail the market since the rebound began. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq are down 5.1%, 4.6% and 3.4%, respectively.

Despite the broad sell-off, there were a few bright spots.  Stocks like Netflix (NFLX), Zoom Video (ZM) and DocuSign (DOCU) are trading higher 0.77%, 2.75%, and 1.17%, respectively.

All sectors are in red this afternoon. 

S&P 500 Index

-4.60%

Communication Services (XLC)

-3.27

Consumer Discretionary (XLY)

-3.63

Consumer Staples (XLP)

-2.30

Energy (XLE)

-7.30

Financials (XLF)

-6.19

Health Care (XLV)

-4.08

Industrials (XLI)

-5.10

Materials (XLB)

-6.24

Real Estate (XLRE)

-5.23

Technology (XLK)

-3.56

Utilities (XLU)

-3.67

While Breadth is decidedly negative on the Nasdaq, new highs are clearly in control of the new lows. 

Issues:

NYSE

NASDAQ

Advancing

104

242

Declining

2,878

3,079

52 Week High

7

21

52 Week Low

4

8

Up Volume

115.71M

496.58M

Down Volume

3.18B

2.16B

On the economic front, Food prices rose 0.7% in May, driven mostly by a 3.7% increase for meats, poultry, fish and eggs.  While food prices surged, the overall U.S. inflation rate for the past 12-month was 0.1%.

Grocery prices rose by 4.8%, reflecting a scarcity of some goods in high demand, as well as meat and poultry shortages. The so-called food at-home index soared 4.8% in the past 12 months, the highest rate in more than eight years. Food-away-from-home spending rose by 2.9% in the past year.