Stock analysis is used by traders to make buy and sell call. It’s an approach to make informed decisions while investing in stocks. Stock analysis can be categorised into – fundamental analysis and technical analysis. Fundamental analysis is evaluation of data from sources, including financial records, economic reports, company assets, and market share. Analysts typically study the company’s financial statements – balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement, and footnotes. These statements are made available to the investors in the form of quarterly earnings, disclosures to stock exchanges in compliance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) norms. In fundamental analysis, the analysts particularly check for a company's core income, income from other sources, profitability, guidance, assets and liabilities and debt ratio among other parameters. The other method, i.e. the technical analysis focuses purely on statistical data. It works on two assumptions; one, the stock price reflects the fundamentals. Second, the study of past and present movement in prices can help determine the future price trends. Technical analysis primarily deals with price, volume, demand and supply factors. This method is effective only when supply and demand forces influence the market. However, when outside factors are involved in a price movement, technical analysis may not be successful. More
The Nifty is likely to maintain an upward rally towards 24,900-25,000, with immediate support at 24,600-24,500 levels. Here are some trading ideas for the near term.
Indian Hotels extended uptrend for third consecutive session after several days of consolidation. The stock has formed bullish candlestick pattern on the daily scale with above average volumes, and traded above all key moving averages.
Immediate support for the Nifty has now shifted up at 20,500 odd levels, while immediate resistances for the Nifty are seen at 20,743 and 21,193.
The Nifty is expected to continue its upward journey and to register fresh all-time high above 20,222 soon.
Till the time the Nifty does not surpass the 19,550 – 19,600 level on a closing basis, one should avoid being complacent and ideally, it’s better to avoid aggressive trades, according to experts