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S&P 500 Price Analysis: US stocks cling to gains, challenge 2500 mark

  • S&P 500 is bouncing off 37-month lows and is challenging the 2500 level.
  • Investors are cheering that the Coronavirus relief bill has been passed. 
  • This Monday, the Fed expanded its Quantitative Easing operation which is the largest stimulus scheme ever created.
 
 

S&P 500 daily chart

 
Markets are reacting positively as investors find relief in the Coronavirus relief stimulus by the US government. The S&P 500 is correcting up sharply after suffering one of the most dramatic decline in history. The pullback up is extending to the upside as bulls broke above the 2500 level while resistance can be seen near the 2600 and 2700 figures on the way up. On the other hand, support is seen near the 2400 and 2300 levels. This Monday, the Fed announced the extension of its QE program to manage the damage created by the coronavirus crisis. 
   
 

Additional key levels 

SP 500

Overview
Today last price2487.25
Today Daily Change25.50
Today Daily Change %1.04
Today daily open2461.75
 
Trends
Daily SMA202716.45
Daily SMA503076.24
Daily SMA1003122.28
Daily SMA2003042.33
 
Levels
Previous Daily High2466.5
Previous Daily Low2280.5
Previous Weekly High2568
Previous Weekly Low2273.25
Previous Monthly High3395.25
Previous Monthly Low2854.5
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%2395.45
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%2351.55
Daily Pivot Point S12339.33
Daily Pivot Point S22216.92
Daily Pivot Point S32153.33
Daily Pivot Point R12525.33
Daily Pivot Point R22588.92
Daily Pivot Point R32711.33

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Flavio Tosti

Flavio Tosti

Independent Analyst

 

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