We track 12 stocks in the Ferrous Metals industry (part of Metals & Mining), each checked every evening for a base — a stretch where the price moves sideways in a range instead of trending.
As of the latest close, 10 are still building a base; and 2 broke out but fell back below the breakout level.
The middle stock in this industry has a relative strength reading of 38 out of 99. That reading ranks each stock's price performance over the past year against every stock we track; half of this industry's 11 ranked stocks sit above 38 and half below. 1 stock has a reading of 70 or higher.
2 of the 11 stocks we could measure (18%) closed above their 200-day average price — the average close over the last 200 trading sessions.