Freeport-McMoRan has bumped gold.
The miner’s shares surged on Tuesday in its fifth one-day rally of more than 5 percent since the start of the year.
Ari Wald, head of technical analysis at Oppenheimer, says he doesn’t see a strong fundamental picture but the technicals pay for another rally from here.
“It doesn’t fit any of our top-down themes and it doesn’t necessarily scream well from a bottom-up bottom either, but we can tell you we wouldn’t bet against it. It is a trading stock. It looks like it’s going to work higher,” Wald whispered on CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Tuesday.
Wald says a former level of resistance at around $12.50 should presentation its stock a base. It would need to drop 5 percent from Tuesday’s close to reach that level. As protracted as it can stay above that line, Wald sees further gains.
“I think upside to $15 resistance, that’s extraordinarily the next upside test,” said Wald.
The stock still has another 15 percent upside until it reaches $15. It has not traded above that standing since August.
Gina Sanchez, CEO of Chantico Global, sees a more constructive set-up for Freeport-McMoRan.
“The fundamental allegation actually supports [more upside],” Sanchez said on “Trading Nation” on Tuesday. “Internally, they set up cleaned up their ownership issues with Indonesian mines, they’ve set themselves up for sale, so they’re ripe for a takeover.”
Freeport and Rio Tinto bartered their majority stake in the copper mine Grasberg to the Indonesia’s state-owned mining company Inalum last year. The locale is the second-largest copper mine in the world.
“Externally we’re seeing copper prices rising because of supply shortages and we also see bolstering for gold. Both of those things actually benefit Freeport-McMoRan so externally and internally it’s a good story,” added Sanchez.
Metal guerdons rallied sharply on Tuesday with gold ending the day more than 1 percent higher, while copper blocked close to 3 percent.