Financials led rally yesterday caught Chinese ADRs on fire, too. This week has been rewarding for China stock investors so far. As the following table displays, 38 Chinese ADRs are on the black vs. 8 on the red since last Friday. We are here to find stocks with outstanding momentum, a momentum that can carry on for the rest of the week. To accomplish this ambitious goal, we'll use simple technical indicators, 10-day, 30-day, 50-day , and 200-day moving averages or DMAs.
We like stocks that fulfill the following criteria:
Looking at the following summary table of Chinese ADRs, we find only one stock with true momentum: The9 Ltd. (NCTY). Other stocks with notable momentum include Guangshen Rail (GSH), China Netcom Group (CN), China Unicom Ltd. (CHU), UTS Starcom (UTSI) and Yanzhou Coal (YZC).
Technical
Moving Average
Stock
Ticker
7/11/2008
7/16/2008
% change
>50 Day
>200 Day
10DMA>30DMA
10DMA
30DMA
50DMA
200DMA
The9 Ltd.
NCTY
25.03
25.55
2.1%
X
25.20
24.60
24.32
23.87
Guangshen Railway Co
GSH
24.41
24.56
0.6%
23.21
22.90
24.31
31.28
China NetCom Group
CN
58.56
60.61
3.5%
56.95
55.91
59.30
59.36
China Unicom Ltd.
CHU
19.76
20.55
4.0%
19.28
18.76
19.93
21.07
UTS Starcom INC
UTSI
5.57
5.45
-2.2%
5.20
5.42
5.00
3.56
Yanzhou Coal Mining Co
YZC
19.45
20.24
4.1%
18.80
18.89
19.43
18.32
Netease.com Inc.
NTES
20.57
20.94
1.8%
20.87
21.77
22.41
20.09
3SBio Inc.
SSRX
8.85
9.46
6.9%
8.91
9.38
9.76
12.06
51Job Inc.
JOBS
17.48
16.46
-5.8%
16.94
18.07
18.36
18.65
Aluminum Corp. of China
ACH
29.21
27.80
-4.8%
27.75
32.11
36.54
48.06
American Oriental
AOB
8.72
8.99
3.1%
8.74
9.77
10.33
10.36
Baidu.com
BIDU
305.08
298.94
-2.0%
313.01
321.95
335.94
318.14
China Eastern Airlines
CEA
29.13
30.14
29.06
32.97
37.69
66.30
China Finance Online Ltd.
JRJC
16.14
17.91
11.0%
16.15
17.28
19.49
21.58
China Gren Tech
GRRF
4.29
4.21
-1.9%
4.30
4.72
4.87
6.90
China Life Insurance Co
LFC
53.60
54.43
1.5%
52.10
53.80
57.60
68.33
China Mobile (Hong Kong)
CHL
66.03
67.96
2.9%
66.07
67.82
73.47
80.35
Sinopec
SNP
92.12
96.01
4.2%
92.15
96.28
97.79
116.41
China Southern Airlines C
ZNH
18.31
21.16
15.6%
19.13
22.34
26.04
46.98
China Techfaith Wire
CNTF
4.25
4.01
-5.6%
4.22
4.34
4.76
5.49
China Telecom Corp. Ltd.
CHA
55.34
55.44
0.2%
53.53
56.33
61.80
71.08
CNOOC
CEO
167.47
159.69
-4.6%
166.81
167.91
174.01
168.06
Comtech Group
COGO
4.50
0.0%
6.29
9.29
10.79
13.63
Ctrip.com Ltd.
CTRP
40.96
42.74
4.3%
41.92
46.64
52.56
53.71
Focus Media Holding
FMCN
23.54
27.06
15.0%
25.39
27.84
32.37
45.49
HSBC Holdings Pls.
HBC
73.57
75.16
2.2%
74.72
78.17
81.21
83.43
Huaneng Power Inc.
HNP
27.28
26.69
26.37
29.93
31.02
36.42
Hurray! Holding
HRAY
3.00
3.09
3.0%
3.06
3.08
3.01