Stock market prediction for May 14-18: Satish Gupta

Weekly planetary position: During the week, Moon will be transiting in Aquarius, Pisces & Aries. Mars in Leo, Exalted Saturn in Libra. Rahu in Scorpio. Pluto in Sagittarius, Uranus in Pisces.  Neptune in Aquarius, Jupiter, Mercury & Sun in Aries, Ketu & Venus in Taurus. Sun will shift to Taurus on the evening of 14th May, Lord Jupiter will also shift to Taurus on 17th May. Retrograde Lord Saturn will shift to Virgo on 16th May 2012.

During the week, there are many important changes in planetary position. Lord Jupiter will be shifting to Taurus on 17th May & Retrograde Lord Saturn to Virgo on 15th May 2012. Be cautious, as many sectors, which were receiving support from these planets, will stop out performing & many new sectors will start out performing with this change.

Predicted on 5th May 2012 on our web site, redff.com & on moneycontrol.com "TRADE CAUTIOUSLY - ASTROLOGICAL POSITION ABOUT MARKET IS NOT COMFORTABLE IN COMING DAYS". During this week Nifty lost 200 points & many stocks battered, by 10- 25%.

Now with the change in planetary position, worst will be over during the week & one can start buying stocks only from sectors which will be receiving strong astrological support in coming days.

Following sectors will be getting astrological support:

Personal Care: Colgate Palmolive (India) , Hindustan Unilever , Godrej Industries , Marico etc

Leather: Bata India , Liberty Shoes & Relaxo Footwears etc

Pharma: Divis Laboratories , Lupin , Dr Reddys Laboratories & Strides Arcolab etc

Watches sector will also be receiving strong astrological support. Accumulate Titan Industries on decline.

New Samvat 2069 (Hindu New Year) have started from 23rd March 2012. Whenever New Samvat starts, based on planetary position / conjunction & aspect among planets, some new sectors commence out performing & many sectors, which were in momentum during last Samvat start underperforming.

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