Overall UMC gets a technical rating of 8 out of 10. UMC has been one of the better performers in the overall market. Some doubts were observed in the medium time frame, but recent action was again very positive.
Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days, which is not what you would like to see during a strong up movement.
The short term trend is positive, while the long term trend is neutral. So this is evolving in the right direction.
UMC is part of the Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment industry. There are 110 other stocks in this industry. UMC outperforms 88% of them.
In the last month UMC has a been trading in the 5.71 - 7.36 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the high of this range.
UMC has an average volume of 15503300 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, we notice that UMC is one of the better performing stocks in the market, outperforming 81% of all stocks. However, this overall performance is mostly based on the strong move around 4 months ago.
UMC is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. This is in line with the S&P500 Index, which is also trading in the middle of its range.
Prices have been rising strongly lately, it may be a good idea to wait for a consolidation or pullback before considering an entry.