ITALY MIBTEL & SPAIN IBEX 35

Since July 2012 both indices respected their 50-day moving averages. Over the past 5 months MIBTEL and IBEX 35 rebounded twice from their 50-day moving averages. Given that the latest uptrends formed clear trend channels with their lower boundaries overlapping with the 50-day moving averages, we can conclude that any breakdown below these critical support levels could deepen the short-term corrections. Until we see a violation of the current uptrends, we should expect both indices to move higher with 18,500 levels acting as support for Italy’s MIBTEL and 9,500 levels for Spain’s IBEX 35.