AstraZeneca Close to the 50 Day

Published on Wednesday, 01 September 2010 18:44 Written by Christian Paolinetti

New York, September 1st (TradersHuddle.com) - Shares of AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE:AZN) closed the trading day at $50.49 close to its 50 day moving average currently set at $49.70. AstraZeneca's price action is just above this important support level translating into a trading opportunity.

AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE:AZN), through its subsidiaries, researches, manufactures and sells pharmaceutical and medical products. The Group focuses its operations on seven therapeutic areas: Gastrointestinal, Oncology, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Central Nervous System, Pain Control, Anaesthesia and Infection.

Looking at peaks and troughs horizontal support and resistance levels, we can see current calculated support at $47.95 and calculated resistance at $53.53. These levels should also be evaluated by traders when planning their trades, as they provide an insight into the latest price action.

Traders wanting to establish a position on AstraZeneca will be looking at the price action for evidence of buying near the 50 day moving average, and opening a position as close as possible to this important level. Also traders will be looking at the latest price action, via the stocks current range previously defined for insights of other key levels that might affect their upside or downside.