Taking Stock: Santa rally continue; Nifty around 21,450, Sensex gains 230 pts

BSE midcap index added 0.7 percent and smallcap index up 0.5 percent.

After a Christmas holiday, the benchmark indices ended on a positive note following a rally for the third day on December 26 with Nifty closing the day around 21,450 amid buying across the sectors, barring IT stocks.

At close, the Sensex was up 229.84 points or 0.32 percent at 71,336.80, and the Nifty was up 91.90 points or 0.43 percent at 21,441.30.

Amid muted global cues, the market started on a flat note, but buying across the sectors helped the Nifty index to stay above 21,400 throughout the session, and closed near the day’s high level.

Stocks and sectors

The biggest Nifty gainers were Divis Laboratories, Hero MotoCorp, Adani Enterprises, Hindalco and NTPC, while losers were Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, Infosys, TCS and Tata Motors.

Except for Information Technology, all other sectoral indices ended in the green with oil & gas, power, metal, auto, healthcare gaining 1 percent each.

BSE midcap index added 0.7 percent and smallcap index up 0.5 percent.

A long build-up was seen in Tata Chemicals, Aarti Indistries and Laurus Labs, while a short build-up was seen in Manappuram Finance, RBL Bank and PVR Inox.

Index	Prices	Change	Change%
Sensex	85,312.16	125.69	+0.15%
Nifty 50	26,096.70	44.05	+0.17%
Nifty Bank	59,183.90	-32.15	-0.05%

Nifty 50 26,096.70 44.05 (0.17%)

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Biggest Gainer	Prices	Change	Change%
TATA Cons. Prod	1,176.00	13.90	+1.20%

Biggest Loser	Prices	Change	Change%
HDFC Life	751.50	-9.60	-1.26%

Best Sector	Prices	Change	Change%
Nifty FMCG	55662.10	281.30	+0.51%

Worst Sector	Prices	Change	Change%
Nifty Pharma	22692.80	-34.90	-0.15%

Among individual stocks, a volume spike of more than 100 percent was seen in Manappuram Finance, RBL Bank and India Cements.

5paisa Capita, Aarti Industries, AstraZeneca Pharma, Bharat Bijlee, Bharat Dynamics, Bharat Electricals, Castrol, Cochin Shipyard, Dynamatic Technologies, Gallantt Ispat, Heritage Foods, HFCL, J Kumar Infra, Laurus Labs, NLC India, Themis Medicare, touched their 52-week high on the BSE. Click here for the full list

Outlook for December 27

Aditya Gaggar Director of Progressive Shares

Indian equities commenced the truncated week on a strong note and as the day progressed, the Index was seen compounding its gains to settle at 21,441.35 with gains of 91.95 points. Index rally was mainly driven by the Energy and Metal stocks followed by Pharma while Media and IT segments witnessed a correction.

Chemical counters were the star performers of the day by regaining their lost momentum while Defence stocks strengthened their uptrend by registering fresh highs with volumes.

Hidden Bullish Divergence in RSI played its part very well as Nifty50 has formed a bullish candle on the daily chart and indicates a high probability of reclaiming its previous peak of 21,593. The immediate support stands at 21,370 while 21,560 will act as resistance.

Rupak De, Senior Technical Analyst at LKP Securities

Nifty mostly traded sideways after an initially positive start. The sentiment remains optimistic as the index stays above critical moving averages. At 21,500, there could be significant immediate resistance. A decisive breakout beyond this level could potentially propel the index into a substantial rally. Until then, the index is expected to remain within the range of 21,300 and 21,500.

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