Technical & Derivatives Report
The banking index opened higher in line with benchmark; but in
the initial couple of hours, we witnessed a nosedive to enter sub-
31000 territory. Fortunately, the entire market recovered during
the remaining part of the session and although BANKNIFTY didn’t
recover to the tune of its peers, it managed to recoup decent
losses to end on a flat note.
We are witnessing good traction in most of the sectoral indices
(especially midcap space); but banking somehow seems to have
lost its mojo. In last couple of sessions, we witnessed a sheer
underperformance from banking conglomerates. Going ahead,
31000-31500 would be seen as a crucial range. A decisive move
outside this range would dictate the immediate direction. Hence,
traders are advised to avoid aggressive longs until it breaks 31500;
whereas a sustainable move below 31000-30900 would result in
a correction towards 30600-30400 levels.
Key Levels
Support 1 – 30900 Resistance 1 – 31500
Support 2 – 30600 Resistance 2 – 31800
Exhibit 1: Nifty Daily Chart
Sensex (48177) / Nifty (14133)
Our markets started the week above 14100 on back of positive
global cues. Post some consolidation, the index corrected and
sneaked below the 14000 mark, but the dip again got bought into
and Nifty crept higher for the rest of the day to end well above 14100
with gains of over 100 points.
The bulls are reluctant to give up and the intraday dip again
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Nifty continued to make new milestones and all the sectors, except
banking, participated in the up move yesterday. So the trend
continues to be positive with no signs of reversal. However, at all-
time highs, usually retracement and extensions of the previous
moves works well to determine the resistances. When applied certain
retracement to the recent correction and an extension to first the
price upmove from the March low, the resistance for Nifty comes in
the range of 14170-14200 which is not very far from yesterday’s
close. Hence, it would be crucial to see how the index behaves
around this resistance and thus market participants should be
vigilant of the same. It is definitely not advisable to take any contra
calls in anticipation of any reversal as we are trading in a strong
uptrend, but traders should prefer to book timely profits on existing
positions and tighten the risk management part of the trade. The
immediate support for the Nifty is placed at 13950 and now
becomes a sacrosanct for this leg of upmove.
Most of the sectors participated in the up move yesterday with
Metals,IT and some Pharma names showing significant
outperformance. On the other hand, the banking space continued
to consolidate and underperformed relatively. Traders are advised to
focus on such stock specific opportunities which are providing good
moves and capitalize on the same.
Key Levels
Support 1 – 14000 Resistance 1 – 14170
Support 2 – 13950 Resistance2 – 14200
Exhibit 2: Nifty Bank Daily Chart