Tech View: Nifty charts hint at recovery from support levels. What should traders do on Thursday

Nifty on Tuesday ended 125 points lower to form a bearish candle on the daily chart as it recorded losses for the third straight session. The short-term trend remains weak. But, having placed near the cluster support of around 22,000 levels, one may expect an upside bounce from the lows in coming sessions. Immediate resistance … Read more

‘Expensive’ India lures investors avoiding China risks

The powerful rallies in Indian and Japanese equities as China’s market has slumped have reset Asia’s financial-market landscape, providing global investors with three competing poles for regional allocations. Even with China’s attractively low stock valuations, and Japan’s progress in improving corporate governance, almost half of 390 MLIV Pulse survey respondents selected India as the best … Read more

Demat account openings at record high, total accounts near 14 crore mark

As the domestic equity market keeps on making new peaks every other day, a similar surge in new Demat account additions is also being seen. In December, the total new Demat account openings touched a new high of 42 lakh, taking the number of total Demat accounts to 13.93 crore.The addition of 42 lakh new … Read more

Nifty overvalued by 20%, says Kotak Equities, picks Britannia, NTPC for its All-Season portfolio

With a nearly 20% rally in 2023, Nifty is overvalued by as much, according to a report by Kotak Institutional Equities. The brokerage remains wary of an absolute return potential of the market from the current levels as it replaces ITC and Larsen & Toubro (L&T) with Britannia and PSU stock NTPC from its concentrated … Read more