XVALO MCE Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Vale S.A. · Basic Materials · Other Industrial Metals & Mining

Latest close 12.79 EUR
2.6% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -3.7% below the Trend Line and sits at 78.4% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 2.6%, after a 4.4% four-week move. The latest news-sentiment score is 50/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 48 out of 100
Latest Close 12.79 EUR 7 Aug 2026
1W Return 2.6% latest completed week
4W Return 4.4% short-term follow-through
12W Return -4.8% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 88.5% 46 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.6x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
What could go wrong
  • The trend backdrop is inactive, so price action has not confirmed a constructive regime.
  • Price is below the Trend Line, which keeps downside pressure in focus.
  • Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
What to watch next
  • Trend Line remains the key weekly regime level.
  • Activity pressure is the gauge to monitor for confirmation or fade.
  • A volume ratio above 1.5x would show stronger participation in the next move.
01 · Price action

Where price is—and whether the trend supports it

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -3.7% below the Trend Line and sits at 78.4% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 2.6%, after a 4.4% four-week move.

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52-week price path

Price vs Trend Line and Fair Value
Price Trend Line Fair Value
02 · Volume and demand

Is real participation confirming the move?

Latest weekly volume is 0.6x the 13-week average. Participation is below its recent norm, so price strength is not receiving full volume confirmation.

26-week volume confirmation

Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
13 Feb 20 Feb 27 Feb 6 Mar 13 Mar 20 Mar 27 Mar 3 Apr 10 Apr 17 Apr 24 Apr 1 May 8 May 15 May 22 May 29 May 5 Jun 12 Jun 19 Jun 26 Jun 3 Jul 10 Jul 17 Jul 24 Jul 31 Jul 7 Aug
Up week Down week
Demand beneath price

Activity pressure and institutional-style signals

These indicators assess whether participation is improving beneath the headline price move. They are supporting evidence, not proof of institutional buying.

Activity pressure path

Latest 0.5112-week average 0.77

12-week confirmation

Trend active6/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure0/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership12/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.51Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers0No reversal markers

No recent accumulation markers. No reversal markers.

03 · Momentum and leadership

Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?

Performance is 4.4% over four weeks, -4.8% over 12 weeks, and 170.8% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W2.6%
4W4.4%
12W-4.8%
26W-7.3%
52W170.8%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year46
Trend breadth88.5%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-1.14Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-13.0%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership1.84Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-66.9%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation

What investors are paying for—and the quality behind it

A published fundamentals and factor snapshot is not available for this company.

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No published fundamental snapshot is available for this company.

05 · Ownership, options, and sentiment

What other market participants are doing

Options, insider transactions, market sentiment, and activity-pressure signals can confirm or challenge the price story. None should be used alone.

Insider activity-

No recent insider transactions are stored for this company.

News sentiment50/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 9 relevant articles.

1 positive · 8 neutral · 0 negative
Patient CapitalQuiet

Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.

No recent buy signal
06 · Catalysts and risk

What can move the shares—and how volatile the path has been

Event timing, options-implied movement, drawdown, and weekly return distribution frame the risk around the current setup.

Next earnings-No event is currently stored.
Options expected move-Nearest-chain priced movement where available.
52-week drawdown-14.8%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility2.6%Standard deviation of weekly returns.

Weekly gains and losses

Latest 26 completed weeks

Each bar is one week. Gains rise above the zero line; losses fall below it. Taller bars mean a larger weekly move.

Weeks higher13 of 2613 weeks finished lower.
Best week+6.3%Week of 10 Apr.
Worst week-11.8%Week of 6 Mar.
Latest week+2.6%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains5
Modest gains8
Flat weeks0
Modest losses8
Sharp losses5
Recent vol2.6%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol7.3%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split35/17Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew4.6% / -2.8%Average positive week versus average negative week.
07 · Sector and peer context

Is this stock leading—or simply moving with its group?

Sector and industry breadth distinguish company-specific strength from a broad group move.

IndustryES Other Industrial Metals & Mining
4-week rank1 / 2
Group average-0.7%
Trend breadth0.0%
Trend0.0%active weekly trend signals
MD50.0%positive activity pressure
RS100.0%positive relative leadership

Four-week leaders

08 · Evidence and weekly data

The underlying research record

Every top-level statement above should be traceable to a stored market, fundamental, event, or positioning observation.

WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
7 Aug 202612.79 EUR2.6%13.27 EUR6.10 EUR-1.141.848.2KOff
31 Jul 202612.46 EUR-2.1%13.26 EUR6.03 EUR-1.242.241.7KOff
24 Jul 202612.73 EUR4.4%13.22 EUR5.97 EUR-1.166.4818.4KOff
17 Jul 202612.20 EUR-0.4%13.18 EUR5.90 EUR-1.085.0519.6KOff
10 Jul 202612.25 EUR-5.2%13.14 EUR5.84 EUR-1.015.56256Off
3 Jul 202612.91 EUR-0.2%13.09 EUR5.77 EUR-0.949.7253Off
26 Jun 202612.94 EUR-1.9%12.91 EUR5.70 EUR-1.0113.4915.9KOn
19 Jun 202613.18 EUR0.2%12.72 EUR5.63 EUR-1.0217.435.0KOn
12 Jun 202613.16 EUR0.8%12.52 EUR5.56 EUR-0.9822.381.1KOn
5 Jun 202613.05 EUR-4.6%12.32 EUR5.50 EUR-0.9525.72568On
29 May 202613.68 EUR-0.4%12.12 EUR5.43 EUR-0.7933.4616.2KOn
22 May 202613.73 EUR2.2%11.90 EUR5.35 EUR-0.8038.8141.0KOn
15 May 202613.44 EUR-0.4%11.68 EUR5.28 EUR-0.7440.7551.7KOn
8 May 202613.49 EUR0.5%11.45 EUR5.21 EUR-0.6141.3573.2KOn
How to use this report

This is a completed-week research summary. It explains the available evidence and its conflicts; it does not predict a guaranteed outcome or replace your own risk assessment. Fundamental figures may refer to an earlier financial reporting period, which is shown above.

Evidence context