Nifty may hit 16,600, Bank Nifty may rally to 36,600 in coming weeks; Airtel, TCS, Tata Motors top bets

By Dharmesh Shah

The equity benchmark index staged a roaring comeback last week as bulls asserted control. The Nifty settled the week at 16238 with highest weekly gains 3% since mid-May 2020. Broader market indices relatively underperformed as Nifty Midcap gained 0.5% while small cap lost 0.8%. Sectorally, all major indices ended in green led by financials, IT.

he Nifty and Bank Nifty indices have witnessed a faster pace of retracement, highlighting inherent strength that bodes well for extension of ongoing up trend

-The Nifty midcap and small cap indices underwent profit booking after more than 10% rally seen over past six weeks. We believe, extended breather from here on would help broader market indices to cool off the overbought conditions make market healthy– Structurally, the formation of higher peak and trough on the larger degree chart makes us confident to revise support base upward at 15900, as it is confluence of:a) 50% retracement of July-August rally (15513-16349), at 15930b) as per change of polarity concept earlier resistance of 15900 would now act as key support

Bank Nifty Outlook

– The weekly price action formed a strong bull candle with a higher high-low signalling resumption of up move as the index generated a breakout above the last eight weeks’ consolidation range (35800-34000).– Going ahead, we expect the index to maintain its current up trend and gradually head towards the 36600 levels in the coming weeks being the confluence of the previous major high of March 2021 and the 138.2% external retracement of the current breather (35810-33908)

we expect the index to maintain its current up trend and gradually head towards the 36600 levels in the coming weeks

– Index on expected lines maintained the rhythm of not corrected for more than two consecutive weeks as seen since May 2021. It witnessed a strong rebound and generated a faster retracement of its last falling segment as preceding 10 sessions decline (35977-34115) was completely retraced in just three sessions. A faster retracement of the last falling segment in less than half the time interval signals robust price structure– Structurally, the formation of higher peak and trough on the larger degree chart makes us confident to revise support base upward at 34500 as it is confluence of:a) 80% retracement of the current up move (34115-36219) placed around 34500b) rising 20 weeks EMA placed around 34280 levelsc) The last week low is also placed at 34588 levels-Among the oscillators, the weekly 14 periods RSI has generated a buy signal moving above its nine periods average thus validates positive bias

(Dharmesh Shah is the Head – Technical at ICICI Direct. Please consult your financial advisor before investing.)

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