nifty: Tech View: Nifty forms bearish candle; has counter-trend rally ended?

The Nifty, with a gap-up opening, tried to cross the hurdle of 17,600 on the upside. Nevertheless, it couldn’t maintain itself within the greater territory. The hourly chart exhibits that the index confronted resistance close to the higher finish of a rising channel, mentioned an analyst.

“On the each day chart, the index has shaped a Popgun sample, which makes at this time’s excessive of 17,639 a key resistance. The general construction exhibits that the short-term consolidation is more likely to proceed additional earlier than the index prepares for a bigger up-move. On the draw back, the Nifty is anticipated to replenish a current hole space, which is close to 17,250-17,300,” mentioned Gaurav Ratnaparkhi, Head of Technical Analysis, Sharekhan by BNP Paribas.

Barring choose know-how and banking names, all sectors remained subdued. Bajaj Twins had been the largest losers within the index. Broader market indices additionally fell. Nevertheless, the quantum was comparatively decrease.

This intraday sell-off of 285 factors could be hinting that the counter-trend rally from the lows of 16,782 might need ended,” mentioned Mazhar Mohammad, Chief Strategist – Technical Analysis, Chartviewindia.in.

“This might be confirmed if Nifty ultimately closes under the bullish hole zone of 17,308-251 ranges registered on December 8. In that situation, it could both revisit the current corrective swing low of 16,782 ranges over a while or slip right into a corrective and consolidation part of 17,600-17,000 ranges,” he mentioned.

“In the interim, power within the index shouldn’t be anticipated except it registers a detailed above 17,640 ranges,” he added.

India VIX, the barometer of future volatility, gained over 3 per cent to 16.57.

Ruchit Jain, Buying and selling Strategist at 5paisa.com mentioned within the choices section, 17,500 and 17,600 name choices witnessed respectable open curiosity addition throughout the day, which additionally signifies that upside might be capped for this weekly expiry.

As per the information, 17,500 might be seen as a right away hurdle whereas 17,300 adopted by 17,200 would be the helps to be careful for.

“Contemplating the above information and the chart construction, which signifies that the current up transfer was corrective in nature moderately than an impulse, we anticipate some time-wise or price-wise correction for the following couple of days. Therefore, merchants are suggested to keep away from aggressive bets and commerce with a stock-specific method,” Jain mentioned.