•Stocks bounced between gains and losses early in today's session but by the close the major indexes rose at least 1.4% each.
•SP 500 $SPX $SPY support/resistance moved up from 1,130 to 1,154 and 1,150 to 1,165.
•Support/resistance on the Nasdaq Composite $COMPX $QQQ rose to 2,483 from 2,470 and 2,536 from 2,483.
•Semiconductor Index $SOX $SMH lagged down 0.1%.

Stocks had somewhat of a comeback and avoided a disaster after the jobs report disappointed...The Nasdaq Composite finished nears its highs for the day and the S&P 500 finished near the middle of its intra-day trading range...Even so based on the stock market direction we are are lowering the support/resistance levels on the S&P 500 (SPY) (1,343/1,345) and Nasdaq Composite (QQQ) (2,835/2,873)...Th

With the major indexes opening today's session down and things looking grim stocks staged a recovery and were able to reverse decent losses and finish higher with mild gains. Market breadth was generally positive but investor participation did not indicate the positive reversal had strong backing behind it.

Stocks rose today with each of the major indexes gaining at least 0.5%. The DJIA (DIA), S&P 500 (SPY), and Nasdaq Composite (QQQQ) all closed near their session highs. In addition, both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite spent the entire session in positive territory while the DJIA was only slightly negative at one point during today's trading session.