A big gap down set the tone for the rest of an extremely negative session to end the week.

The markets had another firm session, but the indices moved back and forth several times before settling in at the close.

The markets turned around and went south today, heading lower from the get-go as pre-market futures were sharply lower.

The markets had a brief moment of weakness at the opening, then turned around and went higher all morning.

The indices had a strange, mixed session today, but they rallied strongly in the morning after a sharp gap down at the opening failed to have any follow-through at all.

he markets had a very strong move today, particularly late in the afternoon when a mid-day consolidation proved bullish, and they exploded, pushing steadily higher all afternoon and closing near the highs for the day going away.

There were plenty of losses today, with a very big ratio of decliners over winners.

The stock market session started out with sloppy action and a move downward.

We had a pretty narrow session today and mixed at that. The day started out with a small gap up. They went to new rally highs, and then quickly pulled back in the morning in a 5-wave decline that lasted to mid-session.

The markets gapped up big and then consolidated for most of the rest of the session, came on again in the last hour and closed near the highs for the day.