Anil Singhvi strategy April 18: Important levels to track in Nifty50, Nifty Bank today
Anil Singhvi Market Strategy: Zee Business Managing Editor Anil Singhvi sees support emerging at 22,000-22,075 levels and a strong buy zone at 21,825-21,950 levels for the headline Nifty50 index on Thursday, April 18.
For the Nifty Bank, he expects initial support to come in at 47,125-47,250 levels followed by a stronger support zone at 46,875-47,025 levels.
Here’s how Anil Singhvi sums up the market setup:
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Global: Neutral
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FII: Negative
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DII: Positive
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F&O: Neutral
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Sentiment: Negative
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Trend: Positive
He expects a higher level for the headline index at 22,200-22,300 levels and a strong sell zone at 22,350-22,450 levels.
For the banking index, Singhvi expects a higher zone at 47,675-47,825 and a strong sell zone at 47,900-48,075 levels.
ANIL SINGHVI MARKET STRATEGY
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FII index longs at 44 per cent vs 49 per cent the previous day
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Nifty put-call ratio (PCR) at 0.76 vs 0.81
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Nifty Bank PCR at 0.85 vs 0.60
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Volatility index India VIX up 1.5 per cent at 12.64
Editor’s take
- No news of fresh attacks in Iran-Israel conflict
- Israel PM warned of retaliatory action
- Crude oil at $88 a good sign
- Dow has stopped falling for two days
- Israel tensions are triggering limited reactions on Wall Street
- Wall Street market participants are more worried about delayed rate cuts
- FIIs withdrawing funds aggressively from Dalal Street
- Important for Nifty50 to hold 22,000 on a closing basis on the day of weekly F&O expiry
- Light positions in Nifty Bank following weekly expiry
What should traders do?
- Fears of war behind but markets not out of the woods yet
- Intraday and overnight swings to persist for now
- Traders should keep their positions light
What should investors do?
- Don’t panic
- Keep tracking global developments closely; stay cautious
- If Israel retaliates, make sure not to panic and buy instead
- Any 1-2 per cent gap-down opening on Dalal Street should be used as an opportunity to buy aggressively
- Such situations have come and gone so many times
For existing long positions:
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Nifty intraday and closing stop loss at 22,000
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Nifty Bank intraday and closing stop loss at 47,250
For existing short positions:
- Nifty intraday and closing stop loss at 22,300
- Nifty Bank intraday stop loss at 47,800 and closing stop loss at 48,000
For new positions in Nifty:
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Aggressive traders can sell Nifty in the 22,250-22,350 range with a strict stop loss at 22,450 for targets of 22,200, 22,150, 22,125, 22,075, 22,025 and 22,000
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Aggressive traders can buy Nifty in the 21,950-22,075 range with a strict stop loss at 21,900 for targets of 22,150, 22,200, 22,250, 22,275 and 22,300
For new positions in Nifty Bank:
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Aggressive traders can sell Nifty Bank in the 47,775-47,900 range with a strict stop loss at 48,050 for targets of 47,725, 47,625, 47,500, 47,325 and 47,250
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Aggressive traders can buy Nifty Bank in the 47,125-47,250 range with a strict stop loss at 46,950 for targets of 47,400, 47,475, 47,600, 47,725, 47,775 and 47,875
F&O ban update
- New in ban: Vodafone Idea
- Out of ban: India Cements, Exide Industries
- Already in ban: Bandhan Bank, SAIL, GNFC, Metropolis, PEL, Balrampur Chini, Hindustan Copper, NALCO, ZEEL
Stocks of the day
Buy ICICI Lombard futures with a stop loss at Rs 1,633 for targets of Rs 1,680 and Rs 1,695
- Results better than estimates
- Jefferies has maintained a ‘buy’ rating with a target of Rs 1,950
Sell Tata Communications futures with a stop loss at Rs 1,915 for targets of Rs 1,860, Rs 1,848 and Rs 1,838
- Results below estimates
- Weak operating performance
- Margins down 1.5 per cent
Buy Biocon futures with a stop loss at Rs 260 for targets of Rs 272, Rs 278 and Rs 283
- The company has entered an exclusive licensing and supply agreement with Biomm
- The company will sell its products in Brazil
- The drug has a big market size of $3.7 billion in Brazil
- Biocon expected to get $500 million sales in next two years
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