NGD Crosses Critical Technical Indicator

DividendChannel.com, Contributor

In trading on Monday, shares of New Gold Inc. (AMEX: NGD) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $9.68 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measure momentum on a scale of zero to 100. A stock is considered to be oversold if the RSI reading falls below 30.

In the case of New Gold Inc., the RSI reading has hit 29.1 — by comparison, the universe of metals and mining stocks covered by Metals Channel currently has an average RSI of 43.0, the RSI of Spot Gold is at 42.3, and the RSI of Spot Silver is presently 39.2.

A bullish investor could look at NGD’s 29.1 reading as a sign that the recent heavy selling is in the process of exhausting itself, and begin to look for entry point opportunities on the buy side.

Looking at a chart of one year performance (below), NGD’s low point in its 52 week range is $7.34 per share, with $14.15 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $9.81. New Gold Inc. shares are currently trading down about 5% on the day.

According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, NGD makes up 2.04% of the Gold Miners ETF (AMEX: GDX) which is trading relatively unchanged on the day Monday.

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NGD operates in the Precious Metals sector, among companies like NovaGold Resources Inc. (AMEX: NG) which is down about 6.4% today, and Pan American Silver Corp. (NASD: PAAS) trading lower by about 2.6%. Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of NGD, versus NG and PAAS.