Shares of JC Penney (NYSE:JCP) have bullishly opened above the pivot of $19.44 today and have reached the first resistance level of $20.13. Should the shares continue to rise, the resistance pivots of $20.55 and $21.66 will be of interest.

JC Penney has overhead space with shares priced $20.17, or 8.5% below the average consensus analyst price target of $22.06. The stock should find initial resistance at its 50-day moving average (MA) of $20.43 and further resistance at its 200-day MA of $25.59.

In the past 52 weeks, shares of JC Penney have traded between a low of $15.69 and a high of $43.18 and are now at $20.17, which is 29% above that low price. The 200-day and 50-day moving averages have moved 1.36% lower and 2.41% lower over the past week, respectively.

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