A dog becomes a diamond today. Datadog (DDOG) jumps 14% as the security, data, and cloud platform company will replace Juniper Networks in the S&P 500 effective prior to the opening of trading on Wednesday, July 9th. Like most techs, Datadog has been on rollercoaster ride, but is now positive for the year.

Apple (AAPL) perking up. The tech titian finished down 17% for the first six months of the year but has performed well this week up a percent today and 5% on the week. China iPhone sales for the second quarter came in better than expected up 8% year over year, first growth in two years. Chartist Katie Stockton of Fairlead Strategies sees better days ahead of Apple with your charts showing a possible move to the $238 a share level.

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