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Advantest — back above its 200-day average, yet 58th of 86 in our chip section over one month
The Closelooknet read
Advantest (TSE: 6857.T) climbed back above the average close of the last 200 sessions on Tuesday, but it still sits in the lower half of our chip section: 58th of the 86 stocks we track by one-month move. Our money-flow reading (a gauge of net buying pressure) is 60.2, labelled hot, yet it is still positive but slowing: it is down 5 points over five sessions and 8.4 over the past month. Its momentum score is 38. What we watch: whether the close stays above JPY 29,267.08 in the coming sessions, or slips back beneath it.
Where Advantest stands among our chip stocks
Advantest fell 27.46% over the past month, ranking 58th of 86 in our chip section. Its peers in testing and metrology show the same pullback across venues. Teradyne (TER) fell 36.07%, Ferrotec Holdings (6890.T) 40.07%, Technoprobe (TPRO.MI) 37.53% and Lasertec (6920.T) 24.93%. Nova Ltd (NVMI) lost 4.32% and Hamamatsu Photonics (6965.T) 13.43%. Advantest is 29.06% below its 52-week closing high of JPY 41,850 from 6 October.
Our money-flow and quality readings
Our money-flow reading stands at 60.2, labelled hot, our label for the strength of net buying. It is still positive but slowing, with a 5-day change of -5 and a 21-day change of -8.4. The momentum score is 38 on our semis-cyclical weighting. Only one scoring module is available for now, so we show no composite score.
Price trend
Advantest closed at JPY 29,690 on 10 November, up 4.63% on the day after opening 5.73% higher. It is 1.45% above the average close of the last 200 sessions (JPY 29,267.08) and 13.57% below its 50-day average (JPY 34,350.10). The stock is down 27.46% over one month and 17% over five sessions, yet up 51.21% year to date and 73.83% over one year. Its typical daily swing is about 4.45%.
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