Shares of Fortescue Metals are trading over 3% higher in early trade after the release of their Quarterly production results.
The report showed that Iron Ore shipments were down 4% to 40.5 million tons and the cost of production fell 4% to US $12.05 per ton, which is a record low overhead cost for the company.
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With the mining and processing parts of the report as expected, the stock is firming on the lower cost of production, as well as the prospects that production costs could continue to decline.
FMG is part of our Top 50 Model Portfolio and our ALGO engine triggered a buy signal at $4.70 on May 15th.
Daily charts are showing stiff resistance in the $5.60 area. We suggest that investors who are long FMG work a sell-stop order at $4.95.
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