ALUMINUM OF CHINA IS AMONG THE COMPANIES IN THE ALUMINUM INDUSTRY WITH THE BEST RELATIVE PERFORMANCE (ACH, AWC, AA, CENX

Aug 09, 2011 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the top five companies in the Aluminum industry as measured by relative performance. This analysis was compiled based on yesterday's trading activity as we search for stocks that have the potential to outperform.

Aluminum of China (NYSE:ACH - Analyst Report) ranks first with a loss of 9.73%; Alumina (NYSE:AWC - Snapshot Report) ranks second with a loss of 10.97%; and Alcoa (NYSE:AA - Analyst Report) ranks third with a loss of 11.42%.

Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX - Snapshot Report) follows with a loss of 18% and Noranda Aluminum (NYSE:NOR - Snapshot Report) rounds out the top five with a loss of 20.97%.

SmarTrend currently has shares of Century Aluminum in an Downtrend and issued the Downtrend alert on July 15, 2011 at $13.87. The stock has fallen 36.6% since the Downtrend alert was issued.

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As of Friday, 08-05-2011 23:59, the latest Comtex SmarTrendA? Alert,
an automated pattern recognition system, indicated a DOWNTREND on
07-27-2011 for AA @ $15.16.

As of Friday, 08-05-2011 23:59, the latest Comtex SmarTrend Alert,
an automated pattern recognition system, indicated a DOWNTREND on
08-05-2011 for ACH @ $18.80.

As of Friday, 08-05-2011 23:59, the latest Comtex SmarTrend Alert,
an automated pattern recognition system, indicated a DOWNTREND on
08-04-2011 for AWC @ $8.13.

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