Volumes have been good, with sustained, heavy buying from foreign portfolio investors
The 10% rebound in the Nifty from its October lows is on account of gains in index heavyweights such as ICICI Bank, HDFC and RIL
With the introduction of Nifty weekly options, the share of index options in the overall market is expected to increase further, according to experts
The Nifty hit its all-time high of 11,760 in late August and it retracted to a low of 10,005
The resistance for Nifty50 is located at 10,985 - its previous high, as per the daily chart
The Nifty on Friday closed at 10,030
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Nifty outlook and few trading ideas by Vaishali Parekh, research analyst - technical research at Prabhudas Lilladher
Current, price-to-book ratio for the Nifty is 3.2 times, most since 2008
For banks and non-banking financial firms, net sales are gross revenues net of interest expenses, while for others, they are total income from sales of goods and services
The Nifty tested resistance at 10,900 unsuccessfully on June 13, topping out at 10,893. It has since fallen, to a low of 10,557 last week
Foreign portfolio investors remain net, high-volume sellers. Retail investors have also sold. Domestic institutional investors, including funds, are the only buyers at the moment
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The Nifty has etched out three falling tops in succession though support is well above the index's 200-day moving average (200-DMA)
The Nifty has now etched out a sequence of falling tops though support has held well above the index's 200 Day Moving Average.
According to Nomura, Nifty's one-year forward P/E multiple has increased from 16 times in March to 17.1 times at the end of April
While the short-term and intermediate trends are up, the index will have to cross the all-time high of 11,170 to confirm that the big bull market remains alive
The next fortnight will see newsflow in the run up to the Karnataka Assembly elections and that could mean wide swings
The index move above 10,450 establishes a pattern of higher highs, which suggests an intermediate uptrend
While the information flow asymmetries last, the outperformance of active funds will also last, regardless of the representative nature of the benchmark or otherwise