After selling off in yesterday's sessions stocks finished with mixed results in today's session. The Nasdaq Composite (QQQQ) was the clear leader with a 0.6% advance as the result of favorable comments from some technology companies. The DJIA (DIA) was up only 0.1% and the S&P 500 (SPY) was flat and could not close above its 50-day moving average.

A positive open for the stock market today reversed course as the S&P 500/Nasdaq Composite closed near the bottom of their intra-day trading ranges. The DJIA was flat in the session. Market breadth once again swayed towards the negative side and investor participation was somewhat there to validate the down session.

A positive start for the stock market today fizzled as another earthquake occurred in Japan. Stocks sold off sharply erasing early gains and traded the rest of the session down. However, the major indexes did come off their session lows finishing down slightly. Investor participation did increase in today's session somewhat and market breadth was mainly negative.

After opening lower stocks traded the majority of today's session positive but gave back most of the gains in the last few hours of trading. Investor participation picked up but remains below average compared to recent trends. Market breadth came in at ok levels.