If it is going to show a true breakout to the upside.The market showed considerable strength today, reversing all of yesterday's losses and more with a 1.9% gain to close at 2943.02. Gainers outnumbered loses by 360 to 129. Although the figures seem impressive, the volume of 1415M shares traded (compared to 1646 M the day before) was less so, and in fact quite mediocre.
STI made a high of 2946.28 today, a high close for the year but this is still slightly short of the high of 2947.08 attained on 11 Jan 2010. In order for a breakout to the upside to be possible, STI has to clear the hurdle of 2947 convincingly over the next several sessions. This could possibly stir more buying interest.
More and more index stocks are making new 52-week highs, such as Jardine C&C($31.28), KeppelCorp( $9.44) , Starhub ($2.36) and NOL ($2.15). However there are several laggards whose prices have yet to make new 52-week highs, such as Singtel($3.19) , Capitaland($4.04) and SGX($7.73) ( which is one of the most bearish stocks in the index now, currently below its 20, 50 and 200 day MA)
However, STI will also face considerable resistance at this level.
Take a look at the long-term chart. STI faces 3 resistance points at the 2950 level. If the breakout fails, it could result in a bearish double-top formation..
Hi :p This is probably a weird question but how do you determine the resistance level? Can share? :p - Xer
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