Index trend and stocks in action on February 14, 2020
Nifty opened with a positive bias and soon after opening, Nifty came under selling pressure. At one point, Nifty slipped below its prior bar low; however, Nifty witnessed recovery towards the end of the session and finally ended the day with a modest loss of 27 points or 0.22 per cent.
The price action formed a bear candle with a small lower shadow. This candle was placed beside the bullish candle formed on Wednesday. This indicates the inability of bulls to continue with follow through up move. The benchmark index Nifty is trading in a tight range since the last week. With three days of negative closing and two days of positive closing, Nifty is consolidating for the time being. It formed a bearish gravestone doji at resistance but negated with the next bullish move. Again on Thursday, it formed bearish candle. Even on last Friday, it formed a bearish engulfing pattern. As the market is undecided about the direction, these kinds of pattern failures confuse the traders. The 50-DMA support holds for the second day. The index reacted from the resistance point for the second consecutive day. The market breadth turned negative once again and the majority of the sectoral indices were closed in negative territory. Ten out of 12 Bank Nifty stocks closed in red. Bank Nifty faced resistance at 50-DMA for the second day and closed at a three-day low point. The Stochastic oscillator in Nifty and Bank Nifty reached to an extreme level and indicated a limited upside from now. Wednesday’s high of 12,232 will act as a crucial resistance for the time being. Though Nifty formed a hanging man pattern, the confirmation for a bearish move is required. Any close below 50-DMA, 12,126 will be a bearish sign. Watch the zone of 12,126-12,232 for a trending confirmation.
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