Technical & Derivatives Report
After a flat start, the bank index witnessed a gradually decline
throughout the session to end with loss of 1.44% at 23531.
Technically, not much has changed as the bank index continues to
consolidate around the lower end of Monday's bearish candle. For
the last four sessions, prices have managed to hold the levels
around 23400 and this has now become a sacrosanct point. On
the last session of the week, if prices break below 23400 and
sustains then we may see further weakness towards 23000 and
lower. On the flip side, 24000 and 24200 levels are acting as sturdy
wall. Traders are advised to keep a tab on the above levels and
have a stock specific approach.
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Key Levels
Support 1 – 23400 Resistance 1 – 24000
Support 2 – 23000 Resistance 2 – 24200
Exhibit 1: Nifty Daily Chart
Yesterday, our markets opened on a flat to positive note despite US
markets registering handsome gains overnight. The benchmark
index then slipped into a consolidation mode and just remained
unmoved throughout the remaining part of the day. In between,
small swings on both sides were witnessed, but they were not at all
impactful as the overall intraday range for the day shrunk to merely
50-60 points.
Clearly, markets have become watchful after a solid knock on
Monday. Practically speaking, lot of uncertainties like, India-China
tension at the border, Supreme Court’s verdict with respect to
Interest waiver during the moratorium period and the introduction
of stringent margin systems are looming over. Till the time, market
do not get clarity on this front, the range bound movement is quite
evident. Technically speaking, a sharp sell off followed by such
uninterested trading sessions, generally does not bode well for the
bulls. Hence, next couple of sessions would be crucial for markets to
understand the next path of action. As far as levels are concerned,
11600-11650 remains to be a stiff hurdle; whereas on the lower
side, 11500-11400-11325 would be seen as cluster of supports. Let
see how things pan out and which way market decides to move.
.Key Levels
Support 1 – 11450 Resistance 1 – 11600
Support 2 – 11400 Resistance 2 – 11650
Exhibit 2: Nifty Bank Daily Chart
Sectorally, banking space was the major culprit yesterday as it
started sulking right from the word go. On the other hand, IT
provided the helping hand yesterday and did not allow bears to
dominate. So it was clearly a day of some tug of war between the
market participants. Apart from this, midcap stocks had a great
session and it provided very good opportunities yesterday. Going
ahead, one can look to follow such stock specific moves but do not
hold positions for higher returns, rather look to book timely profits.