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
In coming sessions, 17,700-17,800 levels (5 and 21 EMA) are expected to be next resistance area for the index and if the said levels get passed then psychological 18,000 mark which coincides with 20-day SMA is likely to be a crucial hurdle, with the support at 17,400-17,255 area
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SP Tulsian of sptulsian.com has recommended buying Bombay Dyeing, Mukand and NCC.
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Buy Mukand with a view of about 6-12 months, says SP Tulsian, sptulsian.com.