Domestic equity benchmark indices scaled fresh all-time highs on Tuesday, as bulls continued to dominate the market place movement. S&P BSE Sensex ended the day at 52,773 although the 50-stock NSE Nifty closed the day at 15,869. On Wednesday morning, SGX Nifty was down in the red, hinting at some turbulence for domestic equities. Global cues have been mixed in the course of the early hours of trade. “Further direction of the domestic markets would depend on the monsoon, opening up of the economy in a phased manner and the pace of vaccination going forward,” mentioned Siddhartha Khemka, Head – Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services.
Global cues: On Wall Street, NASDAQ fell .71%, followed by Dow Jones and S&P 500 as the benchmark indices gave up their 3-day gaining streak. Among Asina peers, Shanghai Composite, Hang Seng, and Nikkei 225 have been down in the red. TOPIX, KOSPI, and KOSDAQ have been up with gains.
Technical take: Nifty reached an all-time higher of 15,901 on Tuesday and formed a tiny body candle at the highs, according to Nagaraj Shetti, Technical Research Analyst, HDFC Securities. “This candle pattern signal a formation of doji type pattern (not a classical one) at the new highs. This pattern again raises concern for bulls to sustain the higher levels,” he added.
Levels to watch out: Charts think that Nifty could close to 16,000 quickly. The index has shown sort of profit booking from its sturdy hurdle zone of 15900 which will continue to act as resistance for the coming session also followed by 16k mark, mentioned Rohit Singre, Senior Technical Analyst at LKP Securities. Meanwhile, Nagaraj Shetti believes there is a opportunity for additional consolidation or minor weakness from the highs in the next 1-2 sessions with instant assistance at 15700.
FII and DII trades: Foreign institutional investors have been net purchasers of domestic stocks worth Rs 633 crore although domestic institutional investors (DII) have been net sellers when once again, of securities worth Rs 649 crore.
IPO watch: Today is the last day to bid for the IPOs of Sona BLW Forgings and Shyam Metalics. So far, Sona BLW’s IPO has been subscribed .27 instances by investors. Meanwhile, Shyam Metalics, just after getting oversubscribed on day-1 has been subscribed 3.65 instances all round. The principal market place will today witness the public offerings of KIMS and Dodla Dairy open for subscription.