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Barchart.coms Chart of the Day - US Airways (LCC)

Barchart Research Team - BC - Thu Jun 21, 4:50PM CDT

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The "Chart of the Day" is US Airways (LCC), which showed up on Thursday's Barchart "52-Week High" and "Gap Up" lists. US Airways was one of a limited number of stocks that even closed higher on Thursday as the S&P 500 index fell sharply by -2.23%. US Airways on Thursday posted a new 4-year high of $13.78 and closed up 3.38%. TrendSpotter has been long since May 24 at $12.16. In recent news on the stock, US Airlines on June 14 said that it expects "very strong" Q2 and full-year results and that speculation of its merger with American Airlines when American comes out of bankruptcy is helping its stock price. US Airways, with a market cap of $2 billion, is a major U.S.-based airline carrier with service in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

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How we found the Chart of the Day:

We found the "Chart of the Day" by scanning the Barchart "52-week Highs" page. That page shows all the stocks that have posted new 52-week highs, which is a popular sign of strong upside momentum.

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• TrendSpotter: Buy
• Short-Term Indicators: 80% Buy
• Medium-Term Indicators: 100% Buy
• Long-Term Indicators: 100% Buy
• Overall Average 96% Buy

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