General Electric shares fall for a second straight session on Thursday, company should stick to Alstom commitments, France’s Le Maire says

Frances Minister of Finance Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday that General Electric Company (GE) should stick to job commitments at Alstom, after the companys CEO John Flannery informed Le Maire that GEs objective was now “out of reach”.

General Electric shares closed lower for a second consecutive trading session in New York on Thursday. It has also been the steepest daily loss since June 4th. The stock went down 1.80% ($0.25) to $13.64, after touching an intraday low at $13.56, or a price level not seen since June 5th ($13.52).

Shares of General Electric Company have retreated 21.83% so far in 2018 compared with a 4.07% gain for the underlying index, S&P 500 (SPX).

In 2017, General Electric’s stock plummeted 44.78%, thus, it again underperformed the S&P 500, which registered a 19.42% return.

Le Maire asked Flannery to make sure that “GE take all necessary measures to comply to the best of its abilities” with its obligations.

In 2015, when GE acquired Alstom’s energy business, the industrial conglomerate had pledged to add 1 000 net new jobs by the end of 2018. However, according to Frances Finance Ministry, only 323 new jobs have been created by the end of April 2018.

According to CNN Money, the 15 analysts, offering 12-month forecasts regarding General Electric’s stock price, have a median target of $15.50, with a high estimate of $27.00 and a low estimate of $11.00. The median estimate is a 14.64% surge compared to the closing price of $13.52 on June 14th.

The same media also reported that 11 out of 18 surveyed investment analysts had rated General Electric’s stock as “Hold”, while 5 – as “Buy”. On the other hand, 2 analysts had recommended selling the stock.

Daily and Weekly Pivot Levels

With the help of the Camarilla calculation method, todays levels of importance for the General Electric stock are presented as follows:

R1 – $13.67
R2 – $13.70
R3 (Range Resistance – Sell) – $13.74
R4 (Long Breakout) – $13.83
R5 (Breakout Target 1) – $13.94
R6 (Breakout Target 2) – $13.99

S1 – $13.61
S2 – $13.58
S3 (Range Support – Buy) – $13.54
S4 (Short Breakout) – $13.45
S5 (Breakout Target 1) – $13.34
S6 (Breakout Target 2) – $13.29

By using the traditional method of calculation, the weekly levels of importance for General Electric Company (GE) are presented as follows:

Central Pivot Point – $13.89
R1 – $14.25
R2 – $14.58
R3 – $14.94
R4 – $15.31

S1 – $13.56
S2 – $13.20
S3 – $12.87
S4 – $12.55