The S&P/TSX Composite index jumped another 2.1 per cent for the trading week ending with Friday’s close and is now only 1.3 per cent lower year to date. According to Relative Strength Index (RSI), the benchmark as a whole is dangerously close to overbought with a 68 reading that is approaching the sell signal at 70.
There is only one stock trading with an attractive RSI below the oversold buy signal of 30 and that is Algonquin Power and Utilities.
There are 28 overbought, technically vulnerable benchmark constituents this week. The five most overbought stocks are Home Capital Group Inc., Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund, IAMGOLD Corp., George Weston Ltd. and Quebecor Inc.
There are seven companies showing strong price momentum by hitting new 52-week highs and they are ranked by market capitalization in the table below. The three biggest companies are Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., CGI Inc., and George Weston.
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