16000 CONTINUES TO BE IMMEDIATE HURDLE; 15550 IMMEDIATE SUPPORT
WORLD MARKETS
Dow rose 0.3% while S
& P 500 and Nasdaq ended marginally in the red after a choppy session
Speaking at the European
Central Bank Forum in Sintra, Fed chair Powell said that while there’s a risk
that rate increases could slow the economy too much, the bigger risk was
persistent inflation. Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said she will
advocate for a 75 basis point hike to interest rates at the central bank’s July
meeting if economic conditions remain the same by then.
US 10-year treasury yield
slipped 9 bps to 3.095%. Dollar index rose 0.6% to 105.10. Spot gold fell 0.1%
to $1,818.66 per ounce.
Brent crude futures
settled 1.5% lower at $116.26 and WTI futures fell 1.8% to $109.78, snapping
3-day rising streak.
European markets fell
0.2%-1.7%. Euro zone government bond yields fell on as the German state of
North-Rhine Westphalia reported a surprise fall in inflation. Spanish inflation
surged 10.2% in June, up from 8.7% in May and above a 9% forecast.
AT HOME
After opening with cuts
of a percent, benchmark indices recouped two third of the losses to end lower
by a third of a percent, snapping 4-day winning streak. Sensex settled at
53026, down 150 points while Nifty lost 51 points to finish at 15799. Nifty
mid-cap and small-cap indices fell 0.4% and 0.6% respectively. BSE Power and
Utilities indices climbed 1.6% and 1.5% respectively, becoming top gainers
among the sectoral indices while Bankex was the top loser, down 1.2%, followed
by 1% each lower FMCG, Finance and IT indices.
FIIs net sold stocks and
index futures worth Rs 851 cr and 2413 cr respectively but net bought stock
futures worth Rs 13 cr. DIIs were net buyers to the tune of Rs 847 cr.
Rupee depreciated 20
paise to end at 78.97/$.
OUTLOOK
Today morning, Shaghai is
up 0.7%, Hang Seng is flat while Nikkei is down nearly a percent. SGX Nifty is
suggesting around 35 points lower start for our market.
In yesterday's report we
had said that 16000, around which 34-DMA was placed, continued to be immediate
hurdle while 15550 was the immediate support on the hourly chart, with the
stop-loss of which, trading longs can be held on to.
Nifty, after touching a
low of 15687, rebounded to end at 15799.
16030, around which
34-DMA is placed, continues to be immediate hurdle, above which, 16172, the
upper end of the gap created by big gap-down opening on 13th June, would be the
next target; 15550 continues to be immediate support on the hourly chart, with
the stop-loss of which, trading longs can be held on to.
For Banknifty, 34150, the
top made Monday, coincided with 34-DMA and is the immediate hurdle, above
which, 34346, the upper end of the gap created by gap-down opening on 13th
June, would be the next upside level to eye; 32900 is the immediate support,
below which, 32290, the bottom made on 17th June, would be the next downside
level to eye.