Sunday, December 11, 2016/Proshare Research     

The Diagnosis 
Analysis of the market activity in the week ended December 09, 2016 technically revealed  a sustained but low optimistic trading pattern while investors maintained low bargain hunting postures towards few weathered blue chips. 

Also, an extensive analysis revealed low accumulation pattern while investors displayed high speculative tendency, particularly in Financial Services, Oil & Gas and  Conglomerates sectors. 
   

In addition, volume analysis revealed active bargain tendency towards TRANSCORP, FIDELITYBK, FO and FBNH while investors sustained sell postures towards DIAMONDBNK, OANDO, UNILEVER and UAC-PROP.    

Furthermore, investors displayed fresh and sustained bargain tendency in some active sector(s), particularly in Oil & Gas, Agriculture and Financial Services sector(s). However, we observed fresh and growing sell tendency in Industrial Goods,  Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Construction/Real Estate sector(s).

Summarily, the bulls dominated the week, strengthening the key benchmark index by 76.86 points against 407.44 gain recorded in the previous week to close at 25,817.69- ASI remains battered below its key resistance level at 41,957.50.    
 

In addition, the All Share Index traded within the   range of 25,817.69 (week-high) and 25,671.23 (week-low) to settle at 25,817.69 - above previous week’s high (25,740.83) by 76.86- This indicates sustained bargain sentiments when compared with previous posture. The outlook reveals weak bargain postures.  
 

In the week just ended, market breadth closed negative at 0.81x against 1.04x recorded in the previous week on the back of waning bargain sentiments.   
 

Likely trends in the coming periods: We expect mixed sentiments to dictate trading pattern in the coming week- an indication to high price volatiltiy ahead.

Technically, market sentiments during the bearish week favoured liquid and active stocks of Medium Cap categories in the sector(s) but with stronger positive sentiments in Oil & Gas, Agriculture, Conglomerates, Financial Services and Services sector(s), which further revealed the sector(s) investors patronised in the week.     
  

On the other hand, it was observed that negative sentiments appeared stronger in,Industrial Goods, Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Construction/Real Estate 

Stock Trend & Direction 

We conducted a review of stocks that have sharpened market direction and performance in the week - using technical tools like RSI, MACD, VOLUME, MFI, CANDLESTICK, MOVING AVERAGES, BOLLIGER BANDS and ACCUMULATION & DISTRIBUTION to reveal investors’ sentiments towards the market movers.    

THE BIG VOLUME  

DIAMONDBNK experienced moderate sell tendency to close with negative sentiments in the week. The stock recorded -7.60% loss in the week against -3.20% loss recorded in the previous week.     
 

The outlook in the week revealed sustained sell-down pattern, extending a prolonged 24weeks sell-down trading pattern to record -64.14% loss experienced between June 24^th and December 9^th 2016  

In addition, technical indicator (MACD) revealed growing sell sentiments towards the stock while RSI and CCI revealed falling price momentum. The stock closed bearish in both short-term and mid-long term periods, indicating growing presence of bears towards the stock as revealed by its price moving averages.

Also, we observed moderate growth in bearish volume during the week, indicating active distribution from investors during the week.    
 

Technical conclusion on sentiments: The stock has low chance, with low reliability to reverse downtrend pattern in the coming session, considering the fresh coming of new buyers. A Buy Signal! Chart below shows MACD, candlestick, RSI and volume analysis 

THE GAINERS  

FO experienced active bargain tendency to close with positive sentiments in the week. The stock recorded +62.80% gain in the week against +3.90% gain recorded in the previous week.     

The outlook in the week revealed a sustained price recovery pattern in the last 2weeks to record +69.16% gain, experienced between November 25^th and December 9^th 2016.
 

In addition, technical indicator (MACD) revealed active bargain tendency towards the stock as RSI and CCI revealed sharp uptrend momentum. The stock closed neutral in short-term but remained bearish in mid-long term periods, indicating growing presence of bulls towards the stock as revealed by its price moving averages. 
 

Technical conclusion on sentiments: The stock has moderate chance, with moderate reliability to extend uptrend in the coming session, considering the active demand postures and upper breakout observed during last session.  A Buy Signal! Chart below shows MACD, candlestick, RSI and volume analysis 

THE LOSERS 

MOBIL experienced moderate sell tendency to close with negative sentiments in the week. The stock recorded -5.90% loss in the week against +55.10% gain recorded in the previous week.    

The outlook in the week revealed a fresh profit-taking tendency towards the stock, following an active 14 weeks rally of +165.68%, experienced between August 26^th and December 2^nd 2016. 

Technical indicator (MACD) revealed active sell-down trend with a huge fall in price momentum while the stock closed bullish in both short-term and mid-long term periods. This indicates sustained presence of the bulls towards the stock.    
 

Technical conclusion on sentiments: The stock has low chance, with low reliability, to reverse the sell sentiments in coming sessions, considering the active fight-back from the bulls camp experienced during the week. However, the extreme oversold posture of the stock may still dictate the sentiments southwards. A Cautious Signal! Chart below shows MACD, candlestick, RSI and volume Analysis

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