NIFTY OUTLOOK FOR 20th & REVIEW

CAUTION AT HIGHER LEVELS

Inputs by

Dr.Bhuvanagiri Amaranatha Sastry

Astro Technical Analyst

Saketha Consultants, Hyderabad

sastry.saaketa@gmail.com

09848014561

Nifty gained for the Third day in a row and closed above 6150. However, it needs to sustain above 6150 to maintain the uptrend .  As Nifty has been moving in a narrow range for the last Three weeks and appears to have broken out on the upper side, further upside of about 100 points can be expected before the month end. Nifty spot is expected to encounter resistance at 6195, 6230 and find support at 6115, 6080, for Thursday. While Global cues  and  Funds flow  are expected to broadly guide the market movement, based on the present market position , market can be expected to witness volatile movements and caution may be exercised at higher levels as profit booking is possible before Friday. (in the next Two sessions).

Nifty                               6153   +26

Review for Wednesday,  IT Stocks in limelight .. .... !!

Market opened steady and traded in a very narrow range for most part of the day and surged in the closing hour to close with a gain of about 0.25% and Nifty closed just above 6150 level. 27 of Nifty stocks gained and broader market too was better with Advance Decline ratio at 1.2:1.  IT, Pharma, Realty, Infra indices gained while Media, PSU Bank and Energy indices declined. Ranbaxy, Sun Pharma, TCS. Lupin, Infy stood out as major gainers among Nifty stocks while Tata Power, Jindal Steel, Hero Motors, SSLT, Tata Steel remained major losers.

Among F&O stocks Adani Enterprises, Mc Leo Russel, JSW Energy, Sun TV, remained major gainers while Jindal Steel, Tata Power, Tata Communication, Bank of India, declined .

INDICES @ 1 MONTH HIGH

Domestic benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty today rose for the fourth straight day and ended at nearly one-month high levels, helped by smart gains in IT and pharma shares amid persistent foreign capital inflows. Small-cap and mid-cap shares also saw good demand from retail investors, traders said. The BSE Sensex resumed slightly higher but frittered away initial gains. However, helped by late buying the index hit 20,750.52, before ending at 20,722.97, a rise of 88.76 points or 0.43 per cent. This is its best closing since 21,133.56 on January 24. In four days, the Sensex has gained 530 points. Sun Pharma and Infosys led the 16 Sensex gainers. Tata Power and Sesa Sterlite were among the 13 laggards while Tata Motors closed unchanged in the 30-share Sensex. "The announcements made in the Interim budget, along with easing inflation, has boosted market sentiment. Also, value buying is seen from lower levels," said Nidhi Saraswat, Senior Research Analyst, Bonanza Portfolio. The NSE 50-share Nifty firmed up 25.65 points, or 0.42 per cent, to end at 6,152.75 -- its strongest close since 6,266.75 on January 24. In four sessions, it is up 152 points. Foreign Institutional Investors bought shares worth a net Rs 292.23 crore yesterday as per provisional data from bourses. This data also aided sentiments, traders said. Sugar stocks, including Bajaj Hindusthan and Balrampur Chini, saw good demand on buzz that prices have risen. Ranbaxy jumped over 3 per cent on reports the Indian drug maker and Teva settled claims in the US over collusion. The BSE Small-cap index and BSE Mid-cap index moved up by 0.66 per cent and 0.50 per cent respectively. Positive cues from overnight gains in US stocks and trends from Asia were also factors that helped Indian stocks.