The major support mentioned last week for the Nifty was 2,500, where one could have expected the index to make a temporary bottom. Indeed, the index seems to have taken temporary support at the 2,500-level following a strong surge in trading in the last one hour on Friday.
Following three days of losses in the preceding week, the Nifty declined for four more days, making it a seven-day losing streak wherein the index hit a low of 2,503, before bouncing back sharply on Friday with a 140-point gain.
The index touched a high of 2,835 at the start of the week, but then shed 333 points at the low point of week, and finally settled with a loss of 117 points at 2,693. In the process, the index also registered its second straight weekly loss.
Trading activity is likely to be hectic this week also. Thankfully, the overseas cues have been positive, which should lead us to a good start. However, going forward, the derivatives expiry and hopes of some policy announcement from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will keep investors on their toes.
| KEY LEVELS | ||
| Sensex | Nifty | |
| S3 | 8220 | 2490 |
| S2 | 8355 | 2525 |
| S1 | 8490 | 2565 |
| Close | 8915 | 2693 |
| R1 | 9345 | 2820 |
| R2 | 9475 | 2860 |
| R3 | 9605 | 2900 |
| S-Support level R-Resistance level | ||
Technically, the index is likely to give a minimum 200 points, pullback from the current levels, i.e. we could move up to 2,885 levels, above which the index may surprise us with a rally right up to 3,200-mark. However for a sustained upmove, the index needs to trade firmly above the 2,850-mark. It may re-test the 2,500-mark and may even break it this time around.
The bollinger bands continue to get narrower — 2,450 to 3,190. The mid-term (50-day) daily moving average (DMA) at 3,411 continues to remain above the short-term (20-day) DMA at 2,824, which is a negative sign.
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