The week was a witness of many important events unfolding in the Indian economy. The quarterly results announcement by the industry leaders and sectorial behemoths had impact on the individual sectorial index. The results were announced across the world and the Wall Street reacted positively for “better than expected” revenue increase, profits and future earnings guidance. The markets around the world seemed to be correlated more in past few sessions. Any movement in the indices was reflected in other parts of the world. The Wall Street was discounting any negative flow of news for the whole trading week.
During the past trading week, the charts of Nifty index looked tired and a bit exhausted. The benchmark index went for a correction from the first session. The bullish momentum faded during the past previous sessions and it could be attributed to a mix of profit taking and global factors which are pointing towards a sordid economic picture in coming days. The data which the US markets are expecting about the economy may not be rewarded in a spectacular way.
What’s ahead?
The charts for the whole week are looking for a possible range bound markets. However this period would be accompanied by the news and announcement based trading. The swings in the markets could be present in case of a global correlation and results announcement by the Indian majors.
The technical picture of Nifty looks for an inflection point which could be possible within one or two trading sessions. The short term moving average (20-EMA) as iterated in our previous newsletters acted as a primary support for the falling markets in the last trading session of the week. The 5365 level would be a buying point for the longs in case the Nifty does not close below these levels. However in case of a major correction the secondary support would come in terms of the medium term moving average (50-EMA) at 5300 levels. The current uptrend would be halted if the 20/50 EMA forms a top out pattern. This would bring serious correction possibilities in benchmark. The +DI & -DI as already expressed in the newsletters have crossed each other. This suggests that the sellers would have a advantage over the bulls at each lower level of Nifty.
The MACD momentum indicator is again showing some correction on cards with the MACD Line penetrating into the negative domain. This makes it an important signal, keeping in mind the periodic nature of these indicators. These would give a sell signal until the reversal towards the positive domain happens. The Signal Line is also traversing the path of MACD line, which could bring a serious infliction to the market, in case the Signal line also follows into the negative domain.
The Slow Stochastic momentum indicator is also moving towards the 20 levels which could be a sell signal for the benchmark if the indicator remains at those levels for few sessions. This could bring selling momentum to the Nifty in case of a momentum driven markets in sessions to come. The %K line is below the %D line which suggests an inherent weakness in the market on a relative basis. We expect Nifty to trade in the range of 5425-5325.
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