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Stock Market Trend : 22 December 2023

Dear Trader –

Indian benchmark indices rebounded sharply from the day’s low after buying action returned in banks, auto, and IT counters.Shares of heavyweight Reliance Industries (RIL) rose more than 1%, pushing the benchmarks higher.

The S&P BSE Sensex shot back by over 900 points from the intra-day low of 69,920 and settled at 70,865.10, up by 359 points or 0.51%. Broader Nifty traversed 310 points to hit the day’s high of 21,379.70 before closing at 21,376, up 158.95 points or 0.75%.Banking gauge Nifty Bank ended 637.35 or 1.32% higher at 48107.90.

The market breadth turned in favour of bulls with 38 stocks closing the session in the green. The top gainers were Power Grid, Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), Britannia Industries, Apollo Hospitals and HDFC Bank while the top losers were Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finance, Axis Bank, HCL Technologies and Cipla.

Here are 3 triggers that led to today’s recovery:

1) Global Markets – Asian markets ended mix with Nikkei 225 index ending up as the top loser at 33,140.50, down by 535.47 points or 1.59%. Hang Seng ended flat at 16,621.13 while China’s Shanghai Composite settled 0.57% higher at 2,918.71.Despite closing with deep cuts on Wednesday, US stock futures inched higher on Thursday.S&P 500 futures rose 0.71%, while the Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 0.44%. Futures connected to the Dow Jones climbed 0.45% at 4 pm India time.

2) Bond Yields – US yields continued to ease with the 10-year yield falling to 3.85% levels, its lowest in nearly five months as bets of early interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve aided sentiment. Tracking them, Indian government bond yields also eased marginally on Thursday.

3) Buying Action – The recovery was led by action returning in banks, IT, and auto counters, which account for major weight share in Sensex and Nifty. All three indices were trading in the green with IT stocks in the lead. Out of the 10 stocks in the Nifty IT index, 8 were trading in the green.

Currency Watch – The Indian rupee fell on Thursday, weighed down by year-end dollar demand from importers and risk aversion spurred by a sharp halt in global equity rallies,Dollar demand from importers is likely to stay buoyant heading into year-end, a foreign exchange trader at a state-run bank said.”Mostly people square their positions at this time, hence dollar demand will be there,” the report said quoting a trader.The dollar index dipped slightly to 102.3 after climbing nearly 0.3% overnight on Wednesday, while broader Asian currencies were mostly subdued.

Nifty futures opened at 21000.00 points against the previous close of 21217.05 and opened at a low of 21060.00 points. Nifty Future closed with an average movement of 319.70 points and decline of around 158.95 and 21376.00 points…!!

At the start of intra-day trading December gold opened at Rs.62412 fell from a high of Rs.62510 points to a low of Rs.62369 with a Decline of 24  points,a trend of around Rs.62391 and December Silver opened at Rs.75155, fell from a high of Rs.75561 points to a low of Rs.75155 with a rise of 116 points, a trend of around Rs.75370.

Meanwhile, After a subdued start, the market reversed from the day’s low amid buy-on-dips strategy. However, the overall trend is subdued. FIIs stayed muted ahead of festive break and global market traded on a negative note ahead of announcement of the US GDP data today. Some consolidation is warranted in the near term due to peak valuation.

A gradual rise in oil prices along with concern over high domestic food inflation may have a hindrance to the stretched rally of the last 2 months, he added.

Technically, the important key resistances are placed in October Nifty future are at 21376 levels, which could offer for the market on the higher side. Sustainability above this zone would signal opens the door for a directional up move with immediate resistances seen at 21404 – 21606 levels. Immediate support is placed at 21202 – 21008 levels.

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