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Here are the answers to readers’ queries on the performance of their stock holdings.
Please discuss the technicals of PFC and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals stocks for a medium- to long-term horizon.
Rajeswara Reddy
Power Finance Corporation (₹115): The stock of Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has been in a medium-term uptrend since recording a 52-week low at ₹90.5 in early October 2019.
But the stock met with a key resistance at around ₹120 in late November and since been in a corrective decline. The key immediate support at ₹110 and the 50-day moving average cushioned the stock recently.
It surged 3.5 per cent with above-average volume last Friday and closed above the 200-day moving average. The daily as well as weekly indicators are showing positive signs.
A strong break above the immediate resistance level of ₹120 will reinforce the uptrend and accelerate the stock northwards to ₹130 and ₹138 in the medium-to-long term.
A further rally beyond ₹138 will underpin the medium-term uptrend and pave the way for an up-move to ₹150 and then to ₹160 over the long run. On the other hand, the key immediate supports are at ₹110 and ₹105.
An emphatic fall below the second support will be a threat to the medium-term uptrend and drag the stock lower to ₹100 and then to ₹90. A strong plunge below ₹90 will bring back selling pressure and drag the stock lower to ₹84 and then to ₹75 in the long term.
Investors with a long-term perspective can stay invested with a stop-loss at ₹90 and consider accumulating on a strong rally above ₹120 levels.
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (₹348): Both the long- and medium-term trends are down for the stock of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals. However, in the short term, it has been moving sideways in a narrow range, after a sharp rally in late November 2019.
In December 2018, the stock had struggled to break above a key resistance at ₹700, and began to decline instead.
Since then, it has been in an intermediate-term downtrend that got accelerated in August and September 2019.
Nevertheless, the stock found support after marking a multi-year low at ₹267 in November.
The stock is range-bound between ₹320 and ₹370. A strong break above the upper boundary can take the stock higher to ₹400 and then to ₹430 over the medium term.
Only a decisive rally above ₹500 will alter the intermediate-term downtrend and take the stock higher to ₹550 and then to ₹600 over the long term.
On the downside, a fall below ₹320 can pull it lower to ₹300.
A further fall below ₹300 can drag the stock down to the previous low of ₹270.
Investors with a long-term view can buy above ₹370 while maintaining a stop-loss at ₹320.
Consider taking profits if the stock struggles to move beyond ₹500 levels.
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