Technical View | Nifty forms Doji pattern ahead of F&O expiry; 16,800 to be crucial support

The Nifty index has formed a Doji kind of pattern on the daily charts as the closing was near its opening levels, indicating the indecisiveness among bulls and bears about the future market trend. The index is near its crucial support level of 16,800-16,700, and if that gets broken then there could be further sharp selling in the market; otherwise, 17,000 is going to act as immediate resistance, experts said. Read more here.

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