Bulls will likely remain subdued on Monday, and benchmark indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty are expected to open mildly in red. Ahead of the session, SGX Nifty hinted at a muted start for Indian equities as Nifty futures traded 47 points or 0.26% lower at 18,300 on the Singapore Exchange. “Nifty ends almost flat with a minor cut on a week-to-week basis, followed by six straight weeks of gains. The market remained range-bound amid a lack of cues, and it will look for direction ahead of F&O expiry. The good part is that the market is just breathing after a long run-up, and there is a good probability of an upside breakout. However, we are seeing profit booking in a broader market,” says Pravesh Gour, Senior Technical Analyst, Swastika Investmart.
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What Do The Charts Say
“A reasonable negative candle was formed on the daily chart with a long lower shadow. Technically, this pattern indicates an emergence of buying interest from the lows. Nifty took a support of 10 day EMA and also previous opening upside gap of 11th Nov to show upside bounce on Friday. The positive chart pattern like higher tops and bottoms continued on the daily chart and Nifty is currently in line with the formation of new higher bottom formation. Nifty on the weekly chart formed a small negative candle with minor upper and lower shadow. This signals a formation of high wave type candle formation and this reflects high volatility at the highs.” – Nagaraj Shetti, Technical Research Analyst, HDFC Securities
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Levels to Watch for
“Technically, the Nifty is consolidating with a fulcrum at 18,300. On an immediate basis, 18,200 is a decent support level, whereas 18,090–17,950 is a critical support zone. On the upside, 18,450 is an immediate hurdle; above this, we can expect a rally towards 18,611/18,888 levels. Bank Nifty is outperforming where 43,000 is an immediate psychological hurdle; above this, we can expect a move toward the 44,000 level. On the downside, 42,000–41,650 is a strong demand zone.” – Pravesh Gour, Senior Technical Analyst, Swastika Investmart Ltd.
Stocks under F&O Ban on NSE
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) net offloaded shares worth Rs 751.20 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) net purchased equities worth Rs 890.45 crore on 18 November, according to the provisional data available on NSE.
FII/DII Data
Balrampur Chini Mills, BHEL, Delta Corp, Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Punjab National Bank, and Sun TV Network are the seven stocks under the NSE F&O ban list for today. Securities thus banned under the F&O segment include companies where derivative contracts have crossed 95% of the market-wide position limit.
IPO Watch
Archean Chemical Industries and Five Star Business Finance will debut on the BSE and NSE today. Archean Chemical IPO was subscribed 32.23 times. The price for the issue has been at Rs 407 per share. Meanwhile, Five Star Business Finance IPO was subscribed 0.7 times. The issue price has been set at Rs 474 per share.
