By Dharmesh Shah
Equity benchmarks snapped a two-week winning streak amid broader consolidation. The Nifty settled 1.9% down at 17758.80 while Midcap and small-cap indices corrected 2% and 1.3% respectively. Metals bore a sharp cut of 5% followed by Realty, Banking and Pharma each correcting 2-3% for the week. IT and Auto relatively outperformed.
Nifty Chart
NiftyBank Nifty Outlook:The Bank Nifty declined for the second consecutive week and closed down by 2%. The weekly price action formed a bear candle as the index after last four weeks’ corrective decline is currently testing the crucial support area of 37800. Consequently, the daily and weekly stochastic oscillators also noticeably cooled off to approach oversold trajectory with a reading below 25Key observation is that the index since April 2020 has not corrected for more than four-five weeks barring one instance while 50 days EMA has acted as strong support during each of the corrective phase. In the current scenario with four weeks of decline already behind us, we expect the index to maintain the rhythm and form a higher base around the 50 days EMA Going ahead, we expect the index to enter into a consolidation in the broad range of 37500-39100 amid stock specific action.The index has already taken 17 sessions to retrace just than 80% of the preceding 16 sessions up move (36876-41829). A shallow retracement highlights a positive structure and a higher base formation. Hence we believe the current breather should not be seen as negative instead it should be capitalized to accumulate quality banking stocks for the next leg of up move. Buying on dips strategy has worked well on multiple occasions in the last 18 months. On the higher side the last week high of 39100 which also coincides with the 38.2% external retracement of the entire last four week’s breather (41829-37748) is likely to act as immediate hurdle for the indexThe support for the index is placed at 37800-37500 levels being the confluence of: 80% retracement of the previous major up move (36876-41829) placed at 37870 levels The upper band of the recent seven months range breakout areaThe rising demand line joining lows since May 2021 is also placed at 37600
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