PPG Industries (PPG) Showing Bullish Technicals And S&P Gives The Stock A Very Positive 5 STARs Rating

PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) closed yesterday at $59.00. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $28.16 and 52-week high of $62.31. PPG Industries stock has been showing support around 57.38 and resistance in the 60.28 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bullish and S&P gives PPG a very positive 5 STAR (out of 5) strong buy rating. PPG appears on the Investors Observer Hedged Dividend Income list. For a hedged play on this stock, look at a Jan '10 55 covered call (PPG AK) for a net debit in the $53.80 area. That is also the break even stock price for this trade. This covered call has an 80 day duration, provides 8.81% downside protection and a 2.23% assigned return rate for a 10.18% annualized return rate (comparison purposes only). PPG Industries has a current annual dividend yield of 3.57%.

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