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MARKET OUTLOOK AND WEEK AHEAD

Equity benchmarks continue to witness sharp decline as it closed lower by more than 2.5% during previous week on the back of weak global cues. Index closed lower for four out of the five trading sessions during previous week. Nifty formed an intraweek high of 10408 on Monday's session and kept on...

Markets hit fresh lows on liquidity woes, global cues

National Stock Exchange’s 50-share Nifty shed nearly 1% on Friday to its lowest close in seven months, in tandem with weaknesses in global markets and beset by a host of domestic factors such as the liquidity crunch, weak currency and rising oil prices. BSE’s 30-share Sensex shed 1.01% or 340.78...

Technical View: Nifty forms 'Bearish Belt Hold' pattern; could hit March low of 9,950 soon

Nifty index made many attempts to hold 10,100 levels amid volatility, but failed and finally closed 94.90 points lower at 10,030. Bears tightened their grip on Dalal Street for second consecutive session on Friday as the Nifty50 closed volatile session sharply lower but managed to defend psychological...

No Oktoberfest for bulls! Over 35 BSE500 stocks tank 10-40% in 5 days

Some of the biggest market crashes have occurred in October. Earnings and macro data will now dictate the trend for markets next week. The S&P BSE Sensex plunged 966 points in just five trading session to close at 33,349 for the week ended October 26. For the month, the index has fallen ...

Perfect storm’ may hit D-Street in 6 weeks, can sink stocks.

An over 4,600-point fall in BSE Sensex in just 25 sessions may be feeling like disaster!    But wait, the worst is yet to come. At least one analyst is predicting a ‘perfect storm’ on Dalal Street in less than six weeks, and citing solid reasons too!  The Indian equity market...

Carnage on D-Street! Top 10 mistakes you must avoid in a falling market

Experts feel that investors should avoid timing the market as it is very tough to predict a bottom or top. Stay with fundamentally sound companies which have always braved the fall.     The S&P BSE Sensex on October 5 plunged nearly 800 points while the Nifty50 dropped by 282...

Buckle up! Stay light as Nifty50 could retest 9,800-10,000 levels in medium term

The market is expected to remain weak on a medium-term basis.   The momentum-based oscillators are in ‘sell’ on near and on medium-term basis. Given the sharp fall over the past few weeks, the market is expected to remain weak on a medium-term basis. The Nifty 50 index formed a “Bearish...

Options for equities as helmets for daredevils in time of stock market crash

Often times in the midst of a highly volatile session the market presents us with great anomalies. Such anomalies generally are short-lived and a corrective course that runs within a session or two would bring in swift opportunist gains.    The genesis of the Futures & Options (F&O)...

Top lessons from Friday’s market crash and the swift recovery

Indian economy has been on a path of recovery over the last four quarters. There has been a broad-based improvement in growth suggesting tapering of GST and demonetisation disruptions.    The current market volatility isn’t accompanied by a live event so all sorts of conjecture on...