Nifty 50, Sensex Today: What to Expect from Indian Stock Market in Trade on October 17

Indian stock market benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are likely to open on a tepid note on Thursday amid mixed global market cues.

The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a muted start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around the 25,025 level, a discount of nearly 10 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.

On Wednesday, the domestic equity market indices ended lower for the second consecutive session amid weak global cues.

The Sensex declined by 318.76 points to close at 81,501.36, while the Nifty 50 settled 86.05 points, or 0.34%, lower at 24,971.30.

Nifty 50 formed a small negative candle on the daily chart with a minor upper shadow.

“Technically, this pattern reflects ongoing range-bound action in the market, and the Nifty 50 is currently placed near the lower range around 24,900 levels. After sustaining above the daily 10/20 period EMA (Exponential Moving Average) in the last couple of months, the said moving average supports have been broken on the downside recently, and they (10 & 20 period EMA) are now acting as a hurdle as per the concept of change in polarity around 25,150 – 25,200 levels,” said Nagaraj Shetti, Senior Technical Research Analyst at HDFC Securities.

According to him, the underlying trend of Nifty 50 continues to be choppy with a weak bias, and a sustainable move only above 25,200 and a sharp weakness below 24,800 – 24,700 could bring strong momentum in the market on either side.

Here’s what to expect from Nifty 50 and Bank Nifty today:

Nifty 50 Prediction

Nifty 50 continued its weakness with range-bound action on October 16 and closed the day lower by 86 points.

“Nifty 50 is consolidating in a narrow 350-point range of 24,900 – 25,250 levels. A break above 25,250 or a break below 24,900 can trigger a further move towards 25,500 or 24,300 levels, respectively. The momentum indicators have shifted towards the overbought region, indicating a possible fall from present levels. The ADX DI- line is trending upwards with yesterday’s fall, also suggesting a possible momentum on the downside,” said Dr. Praveen Dwarakanath, Vice President of Hedged.in.

He noted that options writers’ data for today’s expiry showed increased call writing above the 25,000 level, indicating an expiry below this level.

Aditya Agarwal, Head of Derivatives & Technical Analysis at Sanctum Wealth, believes that on the lower side, the Nifty 50 index will find immediate support around the 24,900 level, and a dip towards those levels can be used as a buying opportunity.

“Some large-cap beaten-down stocks provided much-needed support to the index and have shown the first sign of reversal, which can help the index move towards 25,140 / 25,260 levels,” Agarwal said.

According to VLA Ambala, Co-Founder of Stock Market Today, in Wednesday’s session, the market entered an overbought zone following a steep downward movement. This development led to profit bookings and fresh investments. Currently, both Nifty and Sensex have corrected nearly 5%, but there is still room for further downward movement.

“Nifty 50 index has fallen below the 20 and 50-day EMAs, forming a strong High Wave Doji candlestick pattern on the daily chart. However, the Nifty index is likely to find support at 24,810 and 24,670, with resistance around 25,080 and 25,195,” Ambala said.

Bank Nifty Prediction

The Bank Nifty index dropped 104.95 points, or 0.2%, to close at 51,801.05 on Wednesday, forming a small bullish candle with an upper shadow on the daily charts.

“Bank Nifty failed to sustain above its resistance level of 52,000 and saw minor profit booking from those levels. The short-term structure for Bank Nifty looks positive, and a correction towards 51,600 / 51,400 can be used to initiate long positions. On the higher side, the index will find resistance around 52,000, and above that, it can move towards 52,600 levels in the short term,” said Aditya Agarwal.

According to Dr. Praveen Dwarakanath, the Bank Nifty index is getting rejected from the upper Keltner channel, indicating weakness in the index at the present levels.

“The momentum indicators have moved to overbought levels, indicating a likely fall to its immediate support at 51,200 levels. Options writers’ data showed increased writing in calls and puts at 52,000 levels, indicating a pause at these levels. However, more call writing is suggesting momentum towards the downside in the index,” said Dwarakanath.