Air Canada (TSE:AC.B) (PINK:AIDIF) is building up trading volume as the stock price slowly progresses up, powered by the latest quarterly results announcement.
The downtrend that has dominated for over half a year has stopped at the support of $2.20. The last couple of price bounces didn’t go far, creating a resistance at 2.47 and putting the price in a trading channel. This is a favorable setup for swing traders as the possible resistance bounce might provide a nice short selling opportunity for bears.
The news in play still include the first quarter results that were issued on May 5, 2011. The improvements were noticeable:
- Operating loss was $66 million – $70 million less than over the first quarter of 2010;
- Managed to offset the increase in fuel prices, which lead to $120 million in additional quarterly expense;
- Revenues increased 10.3%;
- System capacity grew 7.7%;
- Net loss was $19 million, significantly lower than $112 million lost in Q1 2010;
The outlook for 2011 remains influenced by the rising fuel prices, however, the general sentiment remains positive. System wide capacity (measured by available seat miles) is expected to increase 3.5 to 4.5% over 2011, 1% lower than previous expectations, while domestic capacity is expended to fall 0.5% from 2010 levels.
