Tue. a.m. 14/12/21.  U.S. stocks retreat.

Overnight:

Dow Jones -0.89%.  SP500 -0.91%.  Nasdaq -1.39%.  Small Caps -1.71%.  Banks -2.29%.

Santa Rally on hold for now.

SP500.

Today's candle is a bearish engulfing candle which usually suggests more downside.  Plenty of support remains nearby, so this is probably a buy-the-dip time.

Commodities.

Commodities Index -0.49%.  Energy -0.96%.  Base Metals +1.1%.  Gold +0.25%.

Iron Ore +7.4%.

After 15 minutes of trading this morning, the market is down -0.45%.  The "big boys" that dominate the after-market auction were right again yesterday - they were getting out, pre-empting today's early fall.