smallcaps: Bears Pause; Mid & smallcaps claw back lost ground

smallcaps: Bears Pause; Mid & smallcaps claw back lost ground

Mumbai: Indian equities rebounded Thursday from a bout of panic selling in an evident relief rally as investors judged the pace of the recent market decline rather excessive. Mid- and small-cap stocks, which witnessed their biggest single-day losses in two years Wednesday, led what analysts believe is a temporary revival, with uncomfortably short odds on … Read more

Tech View: Nifty forms Inside Bar candle in pullback rally. What traders should do on Friday

Tech View: Nifty forms Inside Bar candle in pullback rally. What traders should do on Friday

Nifty on Thursday ended 149 points higher to form an Inside Bar candle on the daily chart as it consolidated around the lower half of the previous session’s candle on the daily timeframe. The positive chart pattern like higher tops and bottoms is still intact, as the Nifty managed to make a new higher swing … Read more

Sensex: Bubble bath on Dalal Street: Small, midcaps catch a cold

Sensex: Bubble bath on Dalal Street: Small, midcaps catch a cold

Mumbai: Indian equity benchmarks tumbled nearly 1.5% on Wednesday, defying Wall Street’s overnight gains, as investors spooked by the recent freefall in small-cap and mid-cap stocks rushed to offload riskier holdings. Brokers pushed traders to liquidate bets in smaller shares bought on loans following the capital market regulator’s recent warnings of ‘froth’ and ‘bubble’ in … Read more

Schaeffler India, 2 more midcap stocks get ratings upgrade from Kotak Equities. Here’s why

Schaeffler India, 2 more midcap stocks get ratings upgrade from Kotak Equities. Here’s why

Auto components manufacturers Schaeffler India, Timken India and SKF India have been upgraded to ‘Add’ from an earlier ‘Sell’ rating by Kotak Institutional Equities, which sees good entry points in these midcap stocks following a 17-22% correction over the past 6 months. While Schaeffler has fallen by 17%, Timken and SKF’s declines stand at 20% … Read more

Tech View: Nifty breaches 20-DEMA, trendline support. What should traders do on Thursday expiry

Tech View: Nifty breaches 20-DEMA, trendline support. What should traders do on Thursday expiry

Nifty on Wednesday ended 338 points lower to slip below its immediate support of the short-term moving average i.e. 20-DEMA and also breached the trendline support. The bullish pattern like higher tops and bottoms continued on the daily chart and the present weakness could be in line with the new higher bottom formation. But a … Read more

Tech View: Nifty forms a Doji candle. What should traders do on Wednesday

Tech View: Nifty forms a Doji candle. What should traders do on Wednesday

Nifty on Tuesday ended flat to form an indecisive Doji candle on the daily charts. The immediate resistance for Nifty is at 22,500, and a break above this on a closing basis would signal a resumption of the upward movement. Conversely, the immediate support is positioned at 22,200-22,150, and sustaining above this level could witness … Read more

Big movers on D-Street: What should investors do with Zomato, IndiGo and RVNL?

Big movers on D-Street: What should investors do with Zomato, IndiGo and RVNL?

Equity markets declined on Monday, snapping its two-day gaining streak due to weak trends in the global markets. The 30-share Sensex dropped 616 points to settle at 73,502 and the broader Nifty slumped 160 points to close at 22,332. Stocks that were in focus included names like Zomato, which fell 3.16%, IndiGo, which rose 3.52%, … Read more

Tech View: No panic till Nifty holds above 22,000. What should traders do on Tuesday

Tech View: No panic till Nifty holds above 22,000. What should traders do on Tuesday

Nifty on Monday fell 161 points to form a bearish engulfing pattern on the daily charts to hint at a short-term top reversal for the market. The short-term trend of Nifty seems to have turned down and the next lower levels to be watched are around 22100-22050 levels. Intraday resistance is at 22,525, said Nagaraj … Read more

Bank Nifty: Bullish setup in Bank Nifty, bank stocks may run up

Bank Nifty: Bullish setup in Bank Nifty, bank stocks may run up

Mumbai: Traders are gearing up for a short-term run-up in banking stocks. The Bank Nifty has risen for four consecutive weeks, outperforming the Nifty, while there has been an increase in outstanding positions in its derivatives contracts. Analysts said when the Bank Nifty performs better than the Nifty for four straight weeks and its futures … Read more

Big Movers on D-Street: What should investors do with Tata Power, IIFL Fin, Century Textiles?

Big Movers on D-Street: What should investors do with Tata Power, IIFL Fin, Century Textiles?

After hitting record highs intraday, domestic equities closed flat in a volatile session on Thursday, weighed down by selling in index majors such as Reliance Industries and private banking stocks. The 30-share BSE Sensex ended 33 points higher or 0.1% to settle at 74119 points. The NSE Nifty gained 19 points or 0.1% to end … Read more