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Rex Harrison Cano, part of Business Standard's online markets team, has over 25 years of experience, primarily in business journalism, tracking and analysing the Indian stock market. An avid market enthusiast and an expert technical analyst, Rex believes that charts and numbers come to life to tell stories of past and possible future journeys.
Rex Harrison Cano, part of Business Standard's online markets team, has over 25 years of experience, primarily in business journalism, tracking and analysing the Indian stock market. An avid market enthusiast and an expert technical analyst, Rex believes that charts and numbers come to life to tell stories of past and possible future journeys.
Going ahead, analysts expect natural gas prices to stay elevated in the backdrop of developments in West Asia. In March alone, prices of natural gas have climbed 16 per cent to $3.277/MMBtu
Market strategist Anand James of Geojit highlights that in the past ATGL stock reversed sharply after crossing the 200-DMA, therefore, one should be cautiously positive with a stop at ₹580.
Nifty fall today:On a year-to-date basis, the Nifty has shed nearly 11 per cent, with near 7 per cent of the fall coming this March amid the US-Iran war. Analysts fear further downside for the market.
Muthuselvaraj M, Research Analyst at Mirae Asset ShareKhan highlights that TCS and HUL have broken down from a triangle pattern, while Ashok Leyland may have formed a double top on the weekly chart.
Colgate-Palmolive has broken below a rising trendline support and continues to trade below key moving averages, indicating a weak structure, says Kunal Kamble of Bonanza.
Analysts believe Texas refinery deal could be a positive for Reliance given the current geopolitical environment; however, await for more clarity as the company is yet to issue an official statement.
Holdings in SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank accounted for more than one-fifth of the losses for Life Insurance Corporation of India; while L&T alone created a 11 per cent dent, shows ACE Equity data.
Kunal Kamble, technical analyst at Bonanza helps decode a trading strategy in oil & gas related stocks as Crude Oil prices surge to a multi-year high around $119 per barrel on Monday.
The Nifty has shed over 9% so far this year. Anand James of Geojit warns that the NSE benchmark could dip toward 22,000 or all-the-way to 19,000-mark in case it breaks the key support at 23,535 levels
The recent up move in Nifty Defence reflects renewed buying after a long phase of consolidation, says Om Mehra, technical analyst at SAMCO Securities. The analyst is bullish on BEL, BDL and GRSE.
AWL Agri has cracked 80% from its peak, and registered 16 new life-time lows this year, after the stock dipped below its listing day low on Jan 9. The previous record low was ₹227, hit on Feb 8, 2022.
A note from SAMCO Securities warns that based on the study of past history of more than 1% gap-down open on the Nifty, a market bottom is yet to arrive.
Mazagon Dock, Concor, IRCTC, DLF and SRF can bounce back from oversold levels owing to a positive divergence on the RSI indicator, explains Muthuselvaraj, technical analyst at Mirae Asset ShareKhan.
Within the Nifty 500, 14 stocks, including AWL Agri, LTIMindtree, Wipro, CoForge and IRFC were trading with a RSI reading below 20; technically the oversold threshold for the RSI parameter is 30.
According to data, FIIs net sold shares worth ₹19,584.70 crore in the cash market, and index futures worth ₹10,100.74 crore in the F&O segment in the last three trading sessions.
Any impact on the oil infrastructure in case of a prolonged war could see the Nifty drop to 23,500 - 23,700 levels," says U R Bhat, co-founder & director of Alphaniti Fintech.
A total of 333 stocks from the Nifty 500 index were seen trading below their respective 200-day moving averages in Monday's trade amid the US-Israel-Iran war triggered market fall.
The Nifty can test 24,400 levels on the downside; MidCap, SmallCap indices can fall up to 7 per cent, cautions Kunal Shah, Senior Technical Analyst of Mirae Asset ShareKhan.
Bullish signs on charts: Hitesh Tailor of Choice Broking explains that BEL has witnessed a decisive symmetrical triangle breakout, while Dr Reddy's and Triveni Engineering saw 'Golden Crossovers'.
PSE stocks have rallied up to 19% thus far in CY26, and up to 45% so far in FY26. Anand James of Geojit Investments expects BPCL, IOC and PFC to gain another 10% from current levels.