Monday, December 16, 2013

Daily Market Trend Guide -- Monday, December 16, 2013

MARKET REPORT                                                                         December 16, 2013
The Markets continued with its corrective action on Friday as well as it opened on a negative note and ended the day with losses again for the fourth day in a row.  The Markets opened on a negative note and never really attempted any recovery at any point in the entire session. After opening on a negative note, the Markets remained in falling trajectory and remained so for the entire session. During the day the Markets kept making new intraday lows on a slow but gradual note. It went on to give the day’s low of 6161.40 towards the end. It did not see any major recovery at these levels either. It finally ended the day at 6168.40, posting a net loss of 68.65 points or 1.10% while continuing to form a lower top and lower bottom on the Daily High Low Charts.


MARKET TREND FOR TODAY

Today, we are expected to see a flat opening in the Markets with the Markets opening on a flat note and looking for directions. There will be lack of directional consensus and the Markets are expected to trade in a capped range with its 50-DMA of 6141 acting as support. The Markets would remain in this state as it is expected to react to RBI Credit Policy slated to come on December 18th. Though it has continued to add significant open interest during these four days.

Today, the levels of 6190 and 6225 are expected to act as resistance and the levels of 6141 and 6110 are expected to act as immediate supports for the Markets.

The RSI—Relative Strength Index on the Daily Chart is 49.2670 and it continues to remain neutral as it shows no bullish or bearish divergence or any kind of failure swings. The Daily MACD continues to remain bullish as it trades above its signal line. On the Weekly Charts, the RSI is 56.3369 and is neutral. The Weekly MACD too remains bullish as well as it trade s above its signal line.

On the derivative front, NIFTY December futures have shed a nominal 2.39 lakh shares or 1.08% in open interest. This is the first time in last five sessions that the Markets have reported a nominal drop in the Open Interest.

Going by the pattern analysis, the Markets still trades above all of its Daily Moving Averages. Today as well, even in case of moderate weakness, the Markets are expected to take support at its 50-DMA which is 6141. Only if it closes below this level and its filter, only then we can expect to see any intermediate weakness in the Markets. The lead indicators as well as the derivative data also do not show any major impending weakness until the mentioned levels are  breached on the downside.

All and all, the session is likely to remain range bound while lacking any clear directional bias. The Markets are likely to remain in arrange while remaining little volatile. It is strongly advised to avoid creating short positions as there is no structural breach on the Charts. Any decline should be utilized to make selective purchases. The intraday trajectory would continue to remain important. Overall, continuance of cautious optimism is advised for today.

Milan Vaishnav,
Consulting Technical Analyst,
+91-98250-16331


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