Diana Shipping Shares Sinking Lower, Down 4.5%

Published on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 11:05
By Robert Cotter in Market movers, DSX, diana shipping, market movers, nyse:dsx

Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX), a company whose shares are moving quickly, is trading 4.5% lower to $9.27. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is now trading 0.4% higher to 12,997 and the S&P is trading 0.4% higher to 1,367.

Diana Shipping has overhead space with shares priced $9.27, or 6.9% below the average consensus analyst price target of $9.96. The stock should find initial support at its 200-day moving average (MA) of $9.00 and further support at its 50-day MA of $8.24.

Diana Shipping share prices have moved between a 52-week high of $12.70 and a 52-week low of $6.59 and are now trading 41% above that low price at $9.27 per share. Over the last five market days, the 200-day moving average (MA) has gone down 0.4% while the 50-day MA has advanced 2.5%.

Diana Shipping Inc. owns and operates a fleet of dry bulk carriers. The company transports iron ore, grain and other dry cargoes along worldwide shipping routes.

By Robert Cotter
rcotter@fnno.com
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