July 26th 2011 Stock Market Recap

A mostly uneventful day for the market. Netflix (NFLX) recovered some of its losses from its morning gap, finishing down only 5% to $266.91 off its low of $251.46. Baidu (BIDU) gapped to fresh all-time highs off its positive earnings, and Amazon.com (AMZN) is up right now in after-hours trade just over 6% to $227.60 after impressing with its earnings.

Trend Table
Trend Nasdaq S&P 500 Russell 2000
Long-Term Up Up Up
Intermediate Up Up Up
Short-term Up Up Up

(+) Indicates an upward reclassification today
(-) Indicates a downward reclassification today
Lat Indicates a Lateral trend

*** I’m simply using the indices’ relations to their 200, 50 and 10-day moving averages to tell me the long, intermediate and short-term trends, respectively.