he market started the week with a very strong rally on Monday, but lost steam to end with a greatly reduced gain of 1.34%, or 225.49 points. The Nifty finished 1.50% up, and the CNX Midcap Index gained 1.83%. Mahindra & Mahindra was the biggest winner among the index stocks with a 7.0% gain. The other index stocks to go up included Tata Motors, HDFC Bank, DLF and Reliance Infrastructure with gains between 7% and 4.7%.
Cipla was the biggest loser among the index stocks with a 8.4% fall. The other index stocks to go down included Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, Sterlite Industries and Tata Steel with losses falling between 8.1% and 1.8%.
Bajaj FinServ was the biggest winner among the more heavily traded non-index stocks with a 35% gain. The other non-index stocks to go up included Aqua Logistics, Mundra Port, Axis Bank, LIC Housing Finance, Rural Electrification, Talwalkars Better Value Fitness and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories with gains between 13.4% and 7%.
Aban Offshore was the biggest loser among the more heavily traded non-index stocks with a 17.7% loss. The other non-index stocks to go down included Engineers India, Kemrock Industries, Idea Cellular, Reliance Natural Resources, Piramal Healthcare, GMR Infrastructure and Jubilant FoodWorks with losses falling between 15.4% and 5.6%.
INTERMEDIATE TREND:
The market’s intermediate trend is still down, but could turn up if there is a decent rally early this week.
However, the odds would recede if the decline persists, and the indices go below their recent lows (16,684 for the Sensex). The Sensex would need to go above 17,400 for an intermediate uptrend. The corresponding figure is 5,225 for the nifty and 7,975 for the CNX Midcap index. (Figures rounded up to the nearest 25).
LONG-TERM TREND:
Our market’s long-term trend is up, as the indices made new bull market highs during the preceding intermediate uptrend. However, about 15% of the more heavily traded stocks are in major downtrends, and more are entering one during this decline.
The Sensex would enter a bear market if it falls below 15,300, the Nifty under 4,500, and the CNX Midcap below 6,350. Most global markets are also in major uptrends at this time. The lower of the past two intermediate bottoms for the indices has been taken as the bear market trigger, as they are very close to each other.
TRADING & INVESTING
STRATEGIES:
Increasing portfolio exposure should be avoided for now, as the bull market has run for over two years, making this a little too late to get in. If cash must be invested, wait for this intermediate downtrend to end. It would be a good move to keep portfolios defensive by switching out of highly volatile sectors such as sugar, real estate, construction, airlines, financial services and even metals, even though some of these stocks had done well in the past rally.
Top 5 picks I Mid-term picks
Sell: Bharti, Idea, Sesa Goa, JSW Steel- Jitendra Mehta, Edelweiss
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17 May 2010, 0439 hrs IST, BAKUL CHUGAN TONGIA
17 May 2010, 0438 hrs IST, Karan Sehgal
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17 May 2010, 0437 hrs IST, Rajesh Naidu
17 May 2010, 0437 hrs IST, BAKUL CHUGAN TONGIA
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17 May 2010, 0436 hrs IST, Bakul Chugan Tongia
17 May 2010, 0436 hrs IST, Bakul Chugan Tongia
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Aban Offshore
Jubilant Organosys
Piramal Healthcare
Src: Economictimes, Dp blog
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