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the dow jones, s&p and nasdaq edging closer and closer to the flat line with an hour to go in the trading session. let s see how this has hand out in the s&p intraday. we started in positive territory and then we saw the drop when that opinion poll came in with leave edging out by one percentage point, the folks who are supporting stay. and then as janet yellen spoke, we saw another leg down. we are close to the flat line now. but part of the reason is in my bloomberg terminal. function.e svs basically, this is the current trading volume happening right now against the 20 day moving average. this is the way it has been throughout the entire day. it looks like seven industry volumesre trading at less than the 20 day moving average. down 25%discretionary against the 20 day moving average and materials down, industrials down and people staying away from financials, down 13% there. at what isa look happening with currencies, specifically the pound against the dollar. it is ....
in the cards after all. after defaults following the brexit, we are coming off of that and hovering near session highs. the nasdaq is the biggest gainer, up by nearly 1.5%. the s&p 500 up by nearly 1%. the ecb coming out and saying will takerexit markets down by about .5%, not having much of an impact on markets right now. this is the imf function. it looks like right now seven of our tens vectors are in the green. that had been higher, eight or nine out of 10 in the green. losing a little bit of air right there. staples and utilities flipping into the red. were negative most of the day. energy and financials were the biggest leaders, with energy up 1.7 percent. let s go ahead and take a look at the bloomberg commodity index. it is higher on the day. 80.15 is the number we are at. off a four-week low led by energy, specifically natural , as well as industrial metals. let s take a look at what happening on the energy board. both rising. nymex crude up 2.5%. you will reme ....
is, we have more investors weighing in on whether it is justified. larry fink of blackrock says he thinks the rally is getting head of itself. on the flipside, laszlo birinyi saying he is not yet seeing sentiment indicators that would show that the rally has extended itself. dow and the s&p have mitigated their rally today, come down a little bit. still trading at record levels. we are now on a five-based record the s&p 500. five-date streak for the s&p 500. it was enough of a move that we saw again by the end of the day. even though if you look at the trajectory, we coming off of our highs considerably. i have been watching volume, which is lower today than it has been recently. this looks and volume by sector. overall for the s&p 500, down 7.5% from the 20-day average good in particular, drop environment telecom stocks, consumer staples, tech, as well as materials. also, when you re speaking of groups, it is the financials that are doing the best today . heavily wei ....
others wounded. there have been no claims of from isis ory other terror groups. this horrible event comes a day after donald trump delivered a attrained and sobered speech the republican convention in cleveland last night. he pitchedd himself to voters as the world and nations only hope. this morning at a rally, trump instantly reverted back to his familiar trademark free styling ways. mike pence standing there behind him. he thanked his supporters and staff and also had some tough for his former nomination rival, john kasich and texas senator ted cruz. neither of which has endorsed trump. i don t want his endorsement. what difference does it make? i have such great endorsements. stay home, relax, enjoy yourself. i don t want his endorsement. if he gives it i will not accept it. i will not accept it. i mett know his father, him once. i think he is a lovely guy. fact did was point out the that on the cover of the national enquirer there is a picture of him and crazy le ....
claims of responsibility by isis or other terrorist groups. this horrible event comes a day after donald trump delivered a restrained and sober speech from the stage of the republican national convention last night where he described a world and nation essentially falling apart. this morning at a rally in cleveland, trump reverted back to his familiar trademark free styling ways. he rift on stage for about 45 minutes with mike pence standing behind him. he thanked his supporters and his staff. the also had tough words for his johnr nomination rivals kasich and ted cruz, neither of whom has endorsed trump. mr. trump: he will come and endorse because he has no choice. but i don t want his endorsement. i have such, i don t want his endorsement. stay home, relax and enjoy yourself. i like ted, he is fine. if he gives it, i will not accept it. i will not accept it. i don t know his father, i met him once. i think he is a lovely guy. all i did is point out the fact that on ....