Caterpillar gives in to negative pressure - Analysis - 03-08-2022

Caterpillar's stock (CAT) skidded after reporting a profit of 3.18 per share, passing estimates of $3.03, on sales of $14.2 billion, passing estimates of $14 billion, with the stock nonetheless sliding 5.82%, or 11.35 points, and settling at 183.51, with trading volumes surpassing 8 million shares, above 10-day averages of 3 million shares. 

The stock declined after facing resistance from the 50-day SMA, while the RSI reached overbought levels, doubling pressures on the stock, amid the dominance of the main downward medium-term trend, with negative signals from the RSI.

Therefore we expect more losses for the stock, targeting the support of 169.30, provided the resistance of 199.50 holds on.

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Expected trend for today: Bearish