Markets closed on account of Guru Nanak Jayanti

Traders are cautious ahead of Nov F&O expiry on Thursday

Trading segments including Indian equity, forex, money and commodity markets are shut today on account of Guru Nanak Jayanti, which commemorates the birth of the founder of the Sikh faith.

On Tuesday, markets ended lower for the second straight session as investors turned cautious ahead of the expiry of November derivative contracts.

Further, traders are keenly awaiting the proceedings of Parliament as monsoon session was a complete washout and key legislative bills such as Goods and Services Tax (GST) did not see the light of the day.

The 30-share Sensex ended down 44 points at 25,776 levels and the 50-share Nifty ended 18 points lower at 7,832.

However, the broader markets outperformed the benchmark indices, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended marginally up by 0.1-0.3% each.

“After correcting sharply from 8,340 levels, Nifty tested the levels of 7,700 in single downswing. From past few days, nifty is consolidating in the range of 7,700-7,900 levels with negative bias. Considering all, Nifty is likely to form “Head and Shoulder” pattern on daily charts, which is bearish in nature,” said Mudit Goyal, Technical Analyst, SMC Global Securities.

“He further said, “Although we don’t have the neckline breakdown of same but its consolidation indicates that there will be a major downside from current levels. So any breakdown of 7,700 levels can open the door for further downside by 7,540 levels. On the higher side, any breakout of 7,950 can give the decent upside upto 8,100 levels.”

GLOBAL MARKETS

Asian markets were trading lower, amid the ongoing geopolitical tensions in the middle east. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite was down 0.1% while Japan's Nikkei was down 0.5%. Meanwhile, Straits Times was trading 0.8% lower and Hang Seng eased 0.5%.

Stocks on Wall Street ended marginally higher on Tuesday with energy shares leading the gains after rebound in global crude oil prices amid growing tensions in the middle east. The Dow Jones industrial average ended up 0.1% at 17,812.19, the tech-laden Nasdaq ended flat at 5,102.81 and S&P 500 ended up 0.1% at 2,089.14.