Will bears drag Nifty below 16800 or bulls to stage a comeback? 5 things to know before market opening bell

SGX Nifty hinted at a flat to positive start for Indian benchmark indices with a gain of 0.3%. In the previous session, BSE Sensex plunged 844 pts or 1.46% to 57,147, while NSE Nifty 50 fell 257 pts or 1.5% to settle below 17000. “There is pessimism in the markets as weak global economic outlook along with the pressing geopolitical tension and the dangling rate hike worries has given investors the ammunition to exit equities at will. Also, the US FOMC minutes outcome is already making investors nervous on concerns that the Fed could be going more rate hikes to keep a leash on rising inflation menace,” said Shrikant Chouhan, Head of Equity Research (Retail), Kotak Securities.

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Nifty technical view: A long negative candle was formed on the daily chart, that has engulfed the long bull candle of previous session on the downside. “This chart pattern signal a sharp rebound of the recent upside bounce on the downside. After the formation of lower top at 17428-6th Oct, the Nifty is expected to slide down to the recent lows in the coming sessions. The short term trend of Nifty remains weak and the downside momentum has started to pick up from the lower highs. One may expect Nifty to slide down to the important support zone of around 16800-16700 levels in the next few sessions, before showing another round of upside bounce from the lows,” said Nagaraj Shetti, Technical Research Analyst, HDFC Securities.

Levels to watch for: “The support for Nifty has shifted around 16800 levels, while on the upside, 17250 may act as an immediate hurdle. On the other hand, Bank Nifty has support at 38200 levels while resistance at 39500 levels. Overall, Nifty can test the support level breaching below the same can show more downside rally,” said Palak Kothari, Senior Technical Analyst, Choice Broking.

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