Prices of the securities tend to fluctuate daily. As a result, the prices of such securities mark new high and low points over a period. The 52-week low BSE is the lowest price at which a security, like stock, has traded on the BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) over the past 52 weeks. Investors use this as a metric to assess the possible performance of the stock and forecast its future price movements. Investors tend to pay close attention to a stock as it approaches its 52-week low. The 52-week low price of the stock helps determine an entry or exit point for a stock for the investor.
When a stock's price falls below its 52-week low, stock traders may like to sell it, assuming a further possible price fall in the stock to reduce their losses. Or the traders and investors may interpret it as a buying signal considering it an excellent time to buy if the price is near or approaching the 52-week low because the stock may be undervalued and available cheap. However, this strategy is required to be backed by fundamental research as well. According to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the 52-week low BSE determines the entire breadth of the market in which trading of equity shares, stocks, and other financial instruments.
The 52-week low stocks are those that hit their lowest price in a 52-week period or a year. On the BSE, the 52-week low stocks list consists of those stocks listed on the BSE that have hit their lowest prices in a year.
The 52-week low on BSE consists of the stocks listed on BSE that have hit their lowest price in a 52-week range. The list is determined by finding the lowest price of a stock within the last 52 weeks of trading considering the daily closing prices of stocks listed on the BSE.
The volatility and volume of shares tend to increase when they hit a 52-week low price. Investors and traders choose to invest in an undervalued stock as they believe it has the potential to perform better and reach higher prices in the future. However, one must consider several other fundamental and technical factors, conduct the appropriate research, and weigh risk appetite before taking any trading decision.