Tech View: Nifty forms long-legged Doji candle. What should traders do in election result week

Tech View: Nifty forms long-legged Doji candle. What should traders do in election result week

Nifty formed a long-legged Doji candle on the daily charts to breach a 5-day losing streak, ending 42 points higher at 22,531. The 50-DMA is placed at around the 22,400 level, and a slip below this level could shift the test to the 22,300-22,260 zone. However, crossing 22,660 could resume the bullish trend, Om Mehra … Read more

Is the stock market closed tomorrow for Mumbai elections?

Is the stock market closed tomorrow for Mumbai elections?

Equity markets will remain closed on Monday on account of the Mumbai elections, according to the market holiday calendar of BSE. Accordingly, all the segments including, the equity segment, derivative segment, and SLB segment will be closed tomorrow. The Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX) will remain closed for the morning session but will be open for the … Read more

Tech View: Nifty forms long bull candle. What traders should do on Tuesday

Tech View: Nifty forms long bull candle. What traders should do on Tuesday

Nifty on Monday ended 223 points higher to form a long bull candle on the daily chart as it challenged the crucial hurdle of 22,500 levels. The short-term uptrend of Nifty seems to have resumed after one day of weakness. The next upside levels to be watched are around 22,800-22,900. Immediate support is at 22,500, … Read more

Tech View: Nifty forms bullish reversal pattern. What traders should do next week

Tech View: Nifty forms bullish reversal pattern. What traders should do next week

Nifty on Friday ended 151 points higher after four successive days of decline and formed a bullish reversal pattern on the daily chart. The psychological mark of 22,000 holds intermediate support, followed by strong support of the 21,800-21,700 subzone. On the higher end, the 20-DEMA placed at 22,300, followed by a bearish gap of 22,430-22,500, … Read more

Not just gold, silver too can make your portfolio outshine. Here’s why

Not just gold, silver too can make your portfolio outshine. Here’s why

Two weeks ago, I wrote about adding gold to your portfolio. This week it has surged to new all-time highs. Gold is not alone in its rally, it is likely to be joined by silver, too. Silver presents a compelling investment option in the present macroeconomic environment, a volatile and broadly overvalued equity market. This … Read more

Not just gold, silver too can make your portfolio outshine. Here’s why

Not just gold, silver too can make your portfolio outshine. Here’s why

Two weeks ago, I wrote about adding gold to your portfolio. This week it has surged to new all-time highs. Gold is not alone in its rally, it is likely to be joined by silver, too. Silver presents a compelling investment option in the present macroeconomic environment, a volatile and broadly overvalued equity market. This … Read more

Will red-hot Nifty cool down in last 2 weeks of 2023? Anand James checks historical data

Will red-hot Nifty cool down in last 2 weeks of 2023? Anand James checks historical data

Following a one-way rally in the first two weeks of December, Nifty is likely to consolidate in the next two weeks, shows historical trends. “Now we are entering the second half of December red hot, and if history repeats, we are likely to see a decline in the rest of December, followed by a consolidation … Read more

Euphoria ebbing? Number of smallcap stock gainers plunge 27% week-on-week

Euphoria ebbing? Number of smallcap stock gainers plunge 27% week-on-week

While the benchmarks Sensex and Nifty 50 clocked losses for the fourth straight week, the broader market also lost some of its momentum as was visible in the stock performance. In the week gone by, 55 smallcap stocks gave double-digit positive weekly returns, as compared to 75 stocks a week ago. In the BSE 500 … Read more

FPI buying hits 10-month high of Rs 47,148 crore in June; markets rise to record high

FPI buying hits 10-month high of Rs 47,148 crore in June; markets rise to record high

Amid improvement in macroeconomic fundamentals, June emerged as the best month with strong foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) inflows in the last 10 months. The FPIs pumped in Rs 47,148 crore in Indian equities in June. This would also be the fourth consecutive month where FPIs have continued to end as net buyers in domestic stocks. … Read more

Data | Contextualising the rise in retail investments in stock market

Data | Contextualising the rise in retail investments in stock market

In June 2022, when Dalal Street witnessed a significant bear-run as stock market indices – Sensex and Nifty – reached their 52-week lows and foreign portfolio investors continued their selling spree, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman dubbed India’s retail investors as ‘shock absorbers.’ In the Data Point published on December 29, 2022, The Hindu explained how … Read more