SP500 Analysis: The coronavirus epidemic is spreading outside of China

February 25, 2020

By IFCMarkets

The coronavirus epidemic is spreading outside of China.

As of February 24, 77.3 thousand people have been infected in China, 2.6 thousand people died. Iran is in second place by number of deaths (12 people). At the same time, the number of patients in Iran is relatively low and amounts 47. In South Korea there are more than 800 patients, 8 people died. In Italy, more than 200 infected and 7 dead. China produces a significant amount of component parts for US companies. Investors fear supply cuts due to the coronavirus epidemic and its subsequent quarantine. In addition, the demand for American goods has decreased markedly. Particularly, smartphone sales decreased by about a third. The China Passenger Car Association reported a 92% drop in car sales in the first 2 weeks of February to 811 units a day.

IndicatorVALUESignal
RSISell
MACDNeutral
MA(200)Neutral
MA(50)Sell
FractalsSell
Parabolic SARSell
Bollinger BandsSell

 

Summary of technical analysis

OrderSell
Buy stopBelow 3235
Stop lossAbove 3400

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