I am a long-term investor, holding shares of Opto Circuits at Rs 250 and Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) at Rs 1,280. Kindly advise the prospects and future growth of these shares.
V.Rajaiah
Opto Circuits India (Rs 154.4): The stock peaked out around your buy price at Rs 252 in September 2010. Since then, it has been on a long-term downtrend. In February 2012, the stock encountered resistance around Rs 220 and continued its long-term downtrend.
Medium-term trend is down for the stock since this February. As long as the stock trades above the key long-term support band between Rs 140 and Rs 150, long-term investors can hold the stock with stop at Rs 140. A fall below this band will reinforce the bearish momentum and pull the stock down to Rs 120 and then to Rs 100 in the forthcoming months.
An upward reversal from the aforesaid support range will lift the stock higher to Rs 175 levels and then to Rs 190. Only a strong rally above the Rs 210 and Rs 220 zone will alter the stock's downtrend and take it higher to Rs 260 in the long-term.