ServiceNow Inc (NOW) — Technical state
As of 2026-09-16 — re-computed nightly across the coverage universe. Closelook diary readings, not advice.
Holding 11.4% off its 52-week high.
Ranked #43 on today’s Directional Flow — Getting stronger list (scan of 2026-09-16).
The moving-average stack
- vs 20-day+2.9%
- vs 50-day+15.1%
- vs 200-day+22.6%
- 52-week band11.4% off the high · +72.1% off the low
- Streak2 consecutive down sessions
- Stochastic%K 65.2 · %D 58.4 · up cross
Analyst consensus (context)
Target 143 (+1.9% vs the baked price) · Buy · 60 buy / 8 hold / 1 sell. Third-party consensus, shown for context — not a Closelook view.
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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-16
Quick answers
What is the current Closelook signal on NOW?
-1.5% at the close — Holding 11.4% off its 52-week high. As of 2026-09-16; the signal board re-computes across the coverage universe nightly. A research diary reading, not advice.
Is NOW above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages?
As of 2026-09-16, ServiceNow Inc trades +15.1% above its 50-day and +22.6% above its 200-day average, with the 20-day +2.9% away.
How far is NOW from its 52-week high?
11.4% below the 52-week high and 72.1% above the 52-week low, as of 2026-09-16.
What is the analyst consensus on ServiceNow Inc?
Consensus target 143 (+1.9% vs the baked price), rating Buy, with 60 buy / 8 hold / 1 sell recommendations — third-party consensus data, shown for context, not a Closelook view.
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Dailies
- Rates — the Fed hikes and the 10-year closes above 5%: the belly sold, the relief unwound, chips back under $505
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- Fed day — relief before the decision: 10-year 4.96%, Brent under $107.63, chips reclaim $505, Nasdaq-100 above $708.69
Software is the laggard: the software ETF flat at $105.41, Microsoft −0.5%, ServiceNow −0.8%; the security names hold, Palo Alto +1.2%.
- Rates — the 10-year hits 5.01%: Dow −0.9%, Russell −1.2%, the AI sort pauses, Oracle and Adobe hold their lines
The security group keeps the bid Sunday’s Weekly said it would find — CrowdStrike +2.9%, SentinelOne +2.3%, Zscaler +1.8%, ServiceNow +1.9% — and the buyers of compute that were bought on Monday are giving some of it back: Alphabet −1.6%…
- Brent closes above $100 for the first time since July and the 10-year hits 4.86%: Wall Street falls a third day while Cloudflare +10%, Datadog +7% and Meta +7% catch the money the chip leaders gave back
The software ETF itself still fell 0.8%: Shopify −5.5%, ServiceNow −2.3%, Salesforce −2.0%, CoreWeave −4.9%, IonQ −5.8%.
- Chips lead the market down as oil tops $105 and the 10-year hits 4.92%: Micron −4%, Intel −4%, Nvidia −2.5% — while software posts its first up day in six and Apple gains 3%
The exception is the group that has been sold all week: the software ETF is up 0.5%, its first gain in six sessions, with ServiceNow +2.1% and Apple +2.7% the day after its event.
- Oil knocks on $100 and Wall Street sells everything but the AI pipe: Intel +9%, Lumentum +11%, Dow −1.2% — Seoul buys the dip and the Kospi is back above 7,000
On the other side, the iShares software ETF fell 1.8%: Shopify −7.6%, UiPath −7.8%, Atlassian −6.9%, ServiceNow −5.0%, Workday −4.9%, Zscaler −4.6%, Intuit −4.1%, Adobe −3.5%.
- Chips up again, software down again — Friday's split is turning into a trend
Second session of the same trade, and it is widening: the optical and hardware names are up 7% to 12%, Intel 9%, AMD through $500, while Shopify falls 7%, Intuit, Workday and Booking 6%, and ServiceNow, Salesforce and Adobe 3% to 4%.
- Chips up, software down: Nvidia leads a split rebound while the bond market catches its breath
The selling has spread to the whole AI-software group: Cloudflare (NET), Datadog (DDOG), ServiceNow (NOW) and Samsara (IOT), which reports tomorrow, are all lower, and together they are the main weight on the software ETF.
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