Monsanto @ Year Highs

Published on Thursday, 12 January 2012 12:34 Written by Danny Miller

New York, January 12th (TradersHuddle.com) - Shares of Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) booked a new 52 week high today by trading above $79.97, traders are definitely monitoring Monsanto's price action to see if this move attracts further buying into the stock.

Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) principal activities are to provide agricultural products consisting of the global seeds and related traits businesses and biotechnology platforms. Its major brands include DEKALB, Channel Bio for corn, Asgrow for soybeans, Deltapine for cotton and Seminis and De Ruiter for vegetable seeds.

Monsanto is currently trading 1.19% versus its previous trading session close, and it has calculated support and resistance at $67.09 and $71.50 respectively. Clearly with this action this range has been penetrated, and traders will be reviewing price action to establish a new tradable range

The overall market index S&P 500 is trading lower by -0.09% from its previous trading close, which means that Monsanto stock is outperforming the overall market.