21820 NEXT SUPPORT; 22125 IMMEDIATE HURDLE
WORLD MARKETS
U.S. indices fell
0.1%-0.6% ahead of Thursday’s personal consumer expenditures reading for
January, which is Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge.
According to revised
gross domestic product numbers, U.S. fourth quarter GDP rose at a 3.2%
annualized rate adjusted for seasonality and inflation, 0.1% point lower than
the initial estimate.
U.S. 10-year treasury
yield fell 4 bps to 4.266%. Dollar index inched up 0.1% to 103.91. Gold rose
0.2% to $2034 per ounce.
WTI crude futures dropped
0.4% to settle at $78.54 a barrel and Brent futures gained 0.04% to $83.68 a
barrel.
In Europe, FTSE fell 0.8%
while DAX and CAC rose 0.25% and 0.1% respectively.
AT HOME
Sensex and Nifty
nosedived 1.1% each, suffering worst cut since 30th January and 23rd January
respectively. Sensex settled at 72304, down 790 points while Nifty lost 247
points to finish at 21951. Both closed at the lowest level after 15th January.
Nifty mid-cap and small-cap indices tumbled 1.9% each. All the NSE sectoral
indices ended in red, with Media and PSU Bank indices being the top losers,
down 3.5% and 2.3% respectively.
FIIs net sold stocks,
index futures and stock futures worth Rs 1879 cr, 243 cr and 635 cr
respectively. DIIs were net buyers to the tune of Rs 1827 cr.
Rupee depreciated 2 paise
to end at 82.92/$.
Shriram Finance will replace UPL in Nifty from March 28.
OUTLOOK
Today morning, Shanghai
and Hang Seng are up 0.8% and 0.1% respectively while Nikkei is down 0.6%. GIFT
Nifty is suggesting around 30 points lower start for our market.
In yesterday's report we
had said that 22297 continued to be immediate hurdle while 22000 continued to
be immediate support, with the stop-loss of which, trading longs can be held on
to.
Nifty broke 22000 and
plunged all the way to 21915 before closing at 21951.
34-DMA, placed around
21820, is the next downside level to eye, upon breach of which, 21700, the
78.6% retracement level of the recent 21530-22297 upmove, would be next
support; On the way up, 22125 is the immediate hurdle on the hourly chart, with
the stop-loss of which, trading shorts can be held on to.
For Banknifty, 45676,
followed by 45218, the 61.8% and 78.6% retracement levels of the recent
44633-47363 upmove, are the next downside levels to eye; 46600 is the immediate
hurdle.
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