Imerys stock climbs and targets key resistance at €25.02

A rally that brings the stock back to its resistance threshold at €25.02

During the session, Imerys gains 2.14% to €24.84, ranking among the strongest gainers in the SBF 120, while the index advances by only 0.08%. The stock is thus approaching its resistance at €25.02, a level less than 0.7% away from the current price. This movement is part of a positive momentum that began several weeks ago: at the end of August, the stock had already broken through a technical level at €24.54, paving the way for the current zone.

Over three months, the gain reaches 12.4%, well above the nearly stable weekly performance (+0.65%). All three reference moving averages have been exceeded: the price is 3.16% above the 20-day MA (€24.08), 8.85% above the 50-day MA (€22.82) and 7.30% above the 200-day MA (€23.15), reflecting a consistent uptrend across all timeframes. The RSI at 66 is approaching the overbought zone without entering it yet, confirming that the trend remains bullish but is beginning to integrate some buying pressure.

A difficult sector backdrop in a market attentive to the Fed and geopolitics

The stock's movement occurs in a market environment marked by two underlying factors. On one hand, the construction outlook remains deteriorated in France: the construction climate stands at -18.2 according to Eurostat-ECFIN data for August 2026, against -6.7 for the European average, and housing permits have declined 8% year-over-year. This backdrop structurally weighs on demand for industrial minerals, of which Imerys is one of the suppliers exposed to the construction cycle. On the other hand, European markets are evolving in a context of monetary caution: following a solid U.S. employment report of 162,000 job creations in August, the probability of a Fed rate hike at the September 15-16 FOMC is now priced in at approximately 57% by futures contracts.