Friday, October 21, 2022

Uptrend likely to continue if Nifty holds 17,500

The Nifty50 on October 21 started off on a positive note but weakness in European counterparts weighed on the sentiment in the later part of the session. The index eventually settled flat with a positive bias amid caution ahead of the long weekend, thereby extending the uptrend for the sixth consecutive session.

The index formed a small-bodied bearish candle on the daily charts as the closing was lower than the opening levels. The Nifty50 seems to have taken good support at 17,500-17,400 levels now, hence if it holds the 17,500 mark in coming sessions then the index can easily march towards 17,700-17,900 levels, experts said.

On a weekly basis, the Nifty50 has seen the formation of a decent bullish candlestick pattern, indicating that 17,900 is going to be the next stop for the index. It recouped all its previous week's losses and closed with 2.27 percent gains during the week.

On the broader markets front, however, there was underperformance compared to benchmarks. The Nifty Midcap 100 index was down 0.7 percent and Smallcap 100 index fell 0.14 percent amid weak breadth. About two shares declined for every share rising on the NSE.

The Nifty50 opened higher at 17,623 and hit an intraday high of 17,670, but some profit booking in the later part of the session pulled down the index up to 17,521 intraday. The index finally closed at 17,576, up 12.3 points.

"The Nifty successfully surpassed the 20 and 50 days SMA (simple moving average) resistance mark which is largely positive. It has also formed a long bullish candle on weekly charts that suggest further uptrend from the current levels," Amol Athawale, Deputy Vice President - Technical Research at Kotak Securities said.

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