Historically, stocks mostly trade above these long-term trend indicators in a roaring bull market. In the event of declines such as the current one, they tend to fall below the 200-DMA, an indication of deep-rooted weakness in the market. The 200-DMA signifies a stock’s trend over the past year. A year has roughly 200 trading sessions.
Oil settles up over 1% on large draw from US crude stocks
Brent crude futures rose 91 cents, or 1.2%, to settle at $74.17 per barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 98 cents, or 1.4%,