By Shivangi Sarda
The Nifty 50 index had opened gap up on Wednesday and escalated throughout the day to touch yet another lifetime high mark of 18197 levels. The index gave a consolidation breakout on daily and weekly time frame and decisively holding well above 18000 zones. Bulls cheered the market at higher zones and buying interest swept across the street. It formed a Bullish candle on the daily frame and closed with gains of around 170 points.
Nifty and Bank Nifty are trading at life time high zones and buying interest should sustain the market ahead of the festive season.
Bank Nifty support at 38350-38100
Bank Nifty opened gap up yesterday and moved towards its all-time high of 38779 levels in the initial tick. The day proceeded with some consolidation and it closed with gains of around 110 points. It formed a small Bearish candle on daily scale with long lower shadow indicating buying was visible but only at declines. It has been forming higher lows from the last eight sessions in a row.
For weekly Bank Nifty, Maximum Put OI is at 38000 strike and maximum Call OI is placed at 40000 strike. We have seen Call writing in 38700 and 38800 while Put writing is witnessed at 38600 and unwinding in 36500 strike. Now it has to hold above 38500 zones to witness an up move towards 38800 and 39000 levels while on the downside major support is seen at 38350 and 38100 levels.
On the sectoral front, barring Realty space, all other sectors traded in the positive territory out of which Auto and Metal outperformed the broader market.
We have a positive stance in Auto (Mahindra & Mahindra, Ashok Leyland), Open up Theme Related stocks (Jubilant Foodworkd, Indian Hotels), Consumption (ITC, Tata Consumer, Marico), PSU Units (State Bank of India, BEL, ONGC, NTPC). A hold above 18050 zones is required to extend its move towards 18250 and 18500 levels whereas on the downside support is seen at 17947 and 17850 zones.
(Shivangi Sarda is a Quantitative Analyst, Derivatives and Technical Research at Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Views expressed are the author’s own. Please consult your financial advisor before investing.)
