NIFTY50

The week began on an anxious note with the cloud of the Hindenburg report over the last weekend. As expected, the markets gave the necessary message that they are no longer going to be swayed by any reports that do not have any basis and are prepared primarily with malicious intent. The Nifty closed Monday on a flat note 24347 signifying no impact of the report. While we experienced marginal weakness over the next two days, the market was closed on Thursday and Friday saw the Nifty open gap up and surge upwards to close the week at 24541, gaining 0.71% on a weekly basis.

For the coming week, the Nifty is expected to remain strong and could test its next resistance level, which now stands at 24800. In the event of weakness due to change in any geopolitical situation or other factors, the Nifty has a strong support at 24300, which is not likely to be broken this week.

BANK NIFTY

The Banknifty index movement was like the Nifty in this week. Starting out on a flat note, closing at 50577 on Monday, it also experienced marginal weakness over the next two days and surged on Friday with an upward movement of 1.6%. The only difference when compared to the Nifty was that the Banknifty closed almost flat on a weekly basis at 50516.

For the coming week, the Banknifty index is expected to show strength and can rally to levels of 51500, either mid-week or towards the end of the week. In case of weakness due to any factors, a strong support exists at 49800, which is not likely to be broken this week.

Top Performing Sector of the Week

The Nifty IT index was the top performing sector this week

Major gainers from this sector includes

Mphasis: up by 7%

L&T Tech Services: up by 6.3%

Tech Mahindra: up by 5.2%

Wipro: up by 5.1%

Worst Performing Sector of the Week

The Nifty PSU Bank index was one of the worst performing sectors this week.

Major losers from this sector include:

Indian Bank: down by 4.8%

Union Bank of India: down by 4.5%

Punjab and Sind Bank: down by 3.9%

Central Bank of India: down by 2.8%

Important News

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Adani Group’s Ambuja Cements completes acquisition of Penna Cement

Weekly Update – 16 August 2024