Markets held on to crucial support of 59952 in Sensex and managed to post gains of 1% in Nifty 50 while broader indices like Midcap and Small cap segment ended with marginal lower. Commodities are gaining strength day by day with Brent Crude back above USD 86 a bbl which could be positioned to cross USD 100 a bbl in a quick span of time. Hence at the current juncture when central banks are...
Markets ended lower on Monday after an initial attempt to sustain above 18000 levels in Nifty met with failure led by weakness in Banking stocks. The continuous selling from FII of more than Rs 23000 crores in cash plus the F&O segment is sending nervous signals for the market and a close below 59952 in Sensex could trigger basket selling for a broader market. At the current juncture,...
Nifty still in a range; Q3 results to set cues for the week Equity markets remained highly volatile in the week gone by as tug-of-war between bulls and bears continued near the key Nifty levels. Nifty closed above its key support levels of 17800 while Nifty Bank witnessed late buying to close above the 42300 mark during the week. Foreign investors continued to remain on the sell side. The...
Markets ended on a flat note on Wednesday despite selling pressure in the early hours of trade and gains in Bank Nifty helped key indices to trim their losses. The non-institutional volume continues to edge lower below Rs 19000 crores as liquidity from retail participants dries up. The FII selling has intensified in the past few days and DIIs are only putting up a fight to absorb their...
Markets ended sharply lower on the back of renewed selling in service sector-related stocks with Bank Nifty feeling the major brunt and closing below the key support of 42339. The main factor which may trigger a large-scale meltdown is diminishing support from non-institutional participants which even in yesterday’s trading remained around Rs 20000 crores. For Sensex, the major level is...
Markets rebounded sharply on Monday on the back of gains from the technology index with Nifty ending higher by 1.4% but failed to close above the monthly resistance line of 18130. The rally was led mainly on the back of short covering by FIIs in the derivatives segment as there was an expectation that Fed would tone down its hawkish stance on rate hikes in a meeting to be held in Stockholm...
Markets last week ended with losses of around 1.5% but violated key support of 59754 in Sensex which turned out to be the lower shadow of the ‘Bearish Engulfing Line’ on a monthly basis. Such price action along with a sharp drop in retail volume towards Rs 25000 cr and sustained closing below 50 DMA are indications of an upcoming severe downtrend in the Indian markets. The FII selling...
Markets remained under pressure on Thursday but managed to recoup part of losses to settle around 18000 levels. The non-institutional turnover has shrunk to a 6-month low yesterday to Rs 24000 crores which signifies that the defenses of the Indian stock market may soon be broken. The larger setup points towards a 20% decline in the near term and ideally the turnover should further...
Markets witnessed major selling pressure on Wednesday with most of the key indices declining around 1% ahead of Fed minutes despite global equities turning unchanged. The Fed minutes stated that Fed officials’ intent on lowering inflation back towards their 2% target is at risk of rising unemployment and slow growth. The FIIs suddenly dumped around Rs 7300 crores (Cash + Futures) after...
Markets for the month of December settled below key support of 18130 thus confirming the ‘bearish engulfing line’ on the monthly chart after a sharp selloff in the last hour of trade on Friday. The selling pressure was mainly seen due to sharp appreciation in JPY which poses the risk of a major meltdown in Indian markets. With USDJPY declining further to 131 and MSCI India Net USD...