Index Action
Nifty50
Markets continued to slide lower amid reports of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine catching fire due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. The Nifty50 opened lower and slipped further to 16,100 levels. At 12 pm today, it was trading 274 points lower at 16,223. Barring IT, all the sectors are trading in red.
For March 10 options contracts, the Nifty50 has sizable positions at 16,500 and 16,300 call options and 16,000 and 16,200 put options. Further, additions were seen in both 16,300 call options and 16,200 put options.
The Nifty50 has immediate support at 15,900 and resistance at 16,800 levels.
Bank Nifty
The Bank Nifty followed up a negative opening and plunged to 34,100 levels. With all the 12 stocks trading in red, the Bank Nifty was trading 667 points lower at 34,276.
For March 10 options contracts, the Bank Nifty has sizable positions at 35,000 and 36,000 call options and 34,000 and 33,000 put options. Further additions were seen in 35,000 call options and 34,000 put options.
The Bank Nifty has immediate support at 33,600 and resistance is at 34,900 levels.
Stock Action
Today’s top gainers are Intellect Design, GNFC, Strides Pharma, LTI and Dr.Reddy's.
Today’s top losers are IRCTC, Vodafone-Idea, Ashok Leyland, MCX India and Godrej Properties.
Sector Update
Barring IT, all the sectors are trading in red. Stocks like LTI, Mphasis and Tech Mahindra are trading in the green.
The Auto and Realty sectors came under selling pressure. Stocks like Ashok Leyland, Maruti Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp, Godrej Properties and DLF are trading in the red.
Global Markets Update
Major European markets are likely to open lower as their futures are trading negative in the range of -2% to -1.1%. US Futures are trading lower, down by 0.3%.
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