Amazon shares hit a fresh all-time high on Monday, company to create more than 1 000 jobs in Ireland over two years

According to a statement by Amazon.com Inc on Monday, it intends to create over 1 000 new jobs in Ireland during the upcoming two years, which would bring its total headcount in the country to over 3 500.

Amazon shares closed higher for the fifth time in the past nine trading sessions on NASDAQ on Monday. The stock went up 0.46% ($7.82) to $1,723.79, after touching an intraday high at $1,726.74 and also a fresh all-time high.

Shares of Amazon.com Inc have surged 47.40% so far in 2018 compared with a 3.75% gain for the underlying index, S&P 500 (SPX).

In 2017, Amazon’s stock soared 55.96%, thus, it again outperformed the S&P 500, which registered a 19.42% return.

The new roles are to be based in Dublin and are to include security specialists, software engineers as well as big data specialists at both Amazon and its cloud unit – Amazon Web Services, the company said.

“Amazon’s decision to bring another 1,000 jobs to Ireland underpins our mission to make this country an innovative, digital economy and a global leader for the tech sector”, Irelands Prime Minister Leo Varadkar was quoted as saying by Reuters.

Due to its low corporate tax rate (12.5%), Ireland has become a hub for US companies, especially tech giants such as Apple, Google among others.

According to data by IDA Ireland, the countrys investment agency, the announced job creation by Amazon has been the largest such move by a transnational company in Ireland so far in 2018 and it adds to the 11 300 job positions announced by foreign entities during the first six months of the year.

According to CNN Money, the 44 analysts, offering 12-month forecasts regarding Amazon.com Inc’s stock price, have a median target of $1,862.50, with a high estimate of $2,200.00 and a low estimate of $1,700.00. The median estimate represents an 8.05% upside compared to the closing price of $1,723.79 on June 18th.

The same media also reported that 40 out of 47 surveyed investment analysts had rated Amazon.com Inc’s stock as “Buy”, while 2 – as “Hold”.

Daily and Weekly Pivot Levels

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

R1 – $1,726.01
R2 – $1,728.22
R3 (Range Resistance – Sell) – $1,730.44
R4 (Long Breakout) – $1,737.09
R5 (Breakout Target 1) – $1,744.86
R6 (Breakout Target 2) – $1,748.27

S1 – $1,721.57
S2 – $1,719.36
S3 (Range Support – Buy) – $1,717.14
S4 (Short Breakout) – $1,710.49
S5 (Breakout Target 1) – $1,702.72
S6 (Breakout Target 2) – $1,699.31

By using the traditional method of calculation, the weekly levels of importance for Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) are presented as follows:

Central Pivot Point – $1,707.12
R1 – $1,733.65
R2 – $1,751.33
R3 – $1,777.86
R4 – $1,804.39

S1 – $1,689.44
S2 – $1,662.91
S3 – $1,645.23
S4 – $1,627.55