It was a good start to the week yesterday, with Friday's losses reversed in their entirety, although trading volume was down on Friday's selling.
The Semiconductor Index is closest to breaking out (for a third time) but technicals are all net bullish. It just needs to kick on after the recent back-and-forth.
For the S&P, most of the work was done prior to market open. The index is now less than 20 points from a breakout. On-Balance-Volume returned to a 'buy' trigger.
The NASDAQ is likewise set up to mark a mini-break of 8,200 before going on to challenge 8,300. It's just clinging on to its 'sell' trigger in On-Balance-Volume but this is unlikely to stay this way for long.
The Russell 2000 made the best gain on the day yesterday, but it also has the most ground to make up before it can be considered to be challenging a breakout as is the case for other indices.
So, for today, focus is on whether the Semiconductor Index can finally pull away from breakout resistance. Third time could be lucky for the index.