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SmarTrend Watching for Potential Pullback in Shares of Express Scripts After 4.69% Gain
Feb 14, 2012 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) --
Express Scripts (NASDAQ:ESRX) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $49.56 to a high of $52.13. Yesterday, the shares gained 4.7%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $51.07 on volume of 9.6 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
SmarTrend recommended that subscribers consider buying shares of Express Scripts on December 2nd, 2011 as our proprietary SmarTrend analytics indicated a new Uptrend was in progress when shares hit $46.80. Since that recommendation, shares of Express Scripts have risen 6.4%. We continue to monitor ESRX for any potential shift so investors can protect gains and will alert SmarTrend subscribers immediately.
In the past 52 weeks, Express Scripts share prices have been bracketed by a low of $34.47 and a high of $60.89 and are now at $52.12, 51% above that low price. Over the last five market days, the 200-day moving average (MA) has gone down 0.2% while the 50-day MA has advanced 0.8%.
Write to Chip Brian at cbrian@mysmartrend.com
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