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Bullish Alert for ConocoPhillips (COP)
Published on 03/05/2010

Market Intellisearch's Power Rank platform identified a new bullish trend today for ConocoPhillips.

Shares of COP closed at $49.34 in the previous trading session and opened today at $49.85. ConocoPhillips settled the day up $0.96 to $50.38 in the trading session. The day's trading range is between $49.73 and $50.41 respectively. On the volume side, 8,131,142 shares were traded which is less than the average volume of 9,386,870 shares. Technical indicators for the stock indicate bullish price movement. COP is trading above the 50 day moving average and higher than the 200 day moving average. The stock's 52 week low is $34.12 and 52 week high is $54.13. The stock has a P/E ratio of 15.21 and a dividend yield of 3.93%.

by Leo Goldman