Morgan Stanley’s recently made public that its Indirectly controlled by the i MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LL acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.45 million on Oct 18 ’24. In the deal valued at $119.85 per share,3,756 shares were bought.
Then, LUCZO STEPHEN J sold 60,000 shares, generating $7,150,470 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $119.17, the Director now owns 138,363 shares.
Before that, LUCZO STEPHEN J bought 60,000 shares. Morgan Stanley shares valued at $7,132,765 were divested by the Director at a price of $118.88 per share.
HSBC Securities downgraded its Morgan Stanley [MS] rating to a Hold from a a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Wells Fargo’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid November from “an Underweight” to “an Equal weight”. HSBC Securities also remained covering MS and has increased its forecast on October 04, 2024 with a “Buy” recommendation from previously “Hold” rating. Goldman revised its rating on September 11, 2024. It rated MS as “a Neutral” which previously was an “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of MS
On Tuesday, Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS] saw its stock fall -1.39% to $126.79. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -2.80%. Morgan Stanley shares have risen nearly 35.97% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 54.10% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $136.24 was reached on 11/25/24, a 52-week low of $81.96 was recorded on 02/13/24. SMA at 50 days reached $122.39, while 200 days put it at $103.04.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For MS Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 126.01, which if violated will result in even more drops to 125.23. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 128.09. A further resistance level may holdings at 129.39. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 45.99, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -2.72, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 97.32%. Stochastics %K at 8.13% indicates the stock is a buying.
How much short interest is there in Morgan Stanley?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Morgan Stanley stocks on 2024-11-29, growing by 0.57 million shares to a total of 15.33 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-10-31 was 14.76 million shares. There was a rise of 3.72%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
