CNBC-TV18's Head-Markets Research, Anuj Singhal - Whether technicals matter in a market like this or not is a separate debate, but those who have respect for this analysis know that market is right now very close to a decisive phase.
Picture this, the Nifty broke its 200 DMA on the day after budget and has been closing below this mark for 39 days in a row. If we close above 5154 today, this will be first close above the 200 DMA since Feb 29.
Of course, there are major macro and micro events this week which will have a big bearing on the market move and if the news is positive and the Nifty breaks this mark, you will see a lot of traders coming back to this market which will provide it much needed volumes.
But clearly, some of the momentum traders are back big time. After a long time, we saw more than 1 crore shares being added in a single stock future. RNRL added over 1 crore shares on day 1 of new series and it had stocks like TTML, Nagarjuna Fertlisers, Ispat and Chambal for company, all of which added 20-40 lakh shares in Open Int. In fact, stock futures added over 6 crore shares in Open Int
Watch out for Reliance Power. The ex-date for bonus if May 30, which is the first day of June series and on day 1 of May series, it saw June futures adding 22 lakh shares in Open Int
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