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Stocks finished the day higher by around 1% yesterday, rebounding some from Wednesday's sharp sell-off; this made it an inside day.

By Lewis Krauskopf

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The Stock Trader’s Almanac continues to be bullish on stocks following their analysis of seasonal patterns and the 4-year Presidential Election cycle.

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CODMAS event kicks off on Tuesday, December 19, promising a holiday takeover across Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone. The duration remains uncertain, but the festivities are expected to last approximately two weeks.

It was a classic breakout for the Dow as the index recorded a new all-time high.

₹655.6 apiece, surpassing its previous record high of ₹650. The stock has experienced a notable uptrend this month, registering a gain of 15.45%, snapping a two-month declining trend. Nevertheless, looking at the yearly performance, the SBI stock has yielded a return of 6.33% in CY23 so far.

Day trading guide for today: Following strong global market sentiments, Indian stock market finished higher for seventh week in a row on Friday last week. Nifty 50 index surged 2.30 per cent last week and closed at 21,456 levels after climbing to a new high of 21,492. BSE Sensex logged weekly gain of 2.18 per cent and ended at 71,483 levels after hitting a new high of 71,605 on Friday.

Sanjiv Bhasin, Director, IIFL Securities, says “I would stick with the largecap banks. ICICI and Kotak are looking very good on the largecap stocks and in the midcaps, AU Bank is making a fresh move. AU Bank has arguably become one of the fastest growing small scale MFSI, which has got the license and now growing very rapidly. Their cost of money has fallen. And now with bond yields moderating, I think their MSME book will expand very fast. So I would go with ICICI, Kotak and AU Bank where I feel that there is a lot of value at these prices.” Seems like celebration for equity markets almost on a daily basis! It was no different yesterday and in fact was quite a stunning move. One of the laggard sectors like IT made a comeback, across-the-board in largecaps, smallcaps and midcaps. Any opportunities here? Welcome to Santa Claus rally. So no complaints and enjoy the party as it stands and take advantage of any weakness in the stocks because 2024 is going to herald a very strong equity market, at least till we have volatility of the elections.

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Investing.com — The Dow closed at record high Wednesday after the Federal Reserve's decision to keep rates unchanged, but forecast deeper rate cuts for next year, pushed growth stocks including tech sharply as Treasury yields slumped.

Nifty50 hitting a record high on Tuesday, following gains in Asian peers ahead of key inflation data and the US Federal Reserve policy decision. The BSE Sensex was trading 76 points or 0.11% higher at 70,005, while Nifty50 was trading at 21,028, up 31 points or 0.15% at around 9.23 am. The current rally is bolstered by strong macroeconomic data, a decline in crude oil prices, favourable global interest rate outlook, the resurgence of foreign inflows and sustained inflows from domestic mutual fund investors. From the Sensex pack, Tata Steel, JSW Steel, M&M, ITC, and Asian Paints opened higher, while Infosys, L&T, Bharti Airtel, Titan, and NTPC opened with cuts. Dixon Technologies shares rose over 6% after the company's unit secured a manufacturing contract from Lenovo to make laptops and notebooks under the production-linked incentives (PLI) scheme. Rail Vikas Nigam (RVNL) also surged 4% after the joint venture of the company emerged as the lowest bidder for a project worth Rs 543 crore. Mankind Pharma shares fell nearly 5% amid reports of a block deal executed on the counter. Sector-wise, Nifty Media surged 2.34% and Nifty FMCG gained 0.7%. Nifty Bank and Nifty Financial Services also opened higher.

Markets are trading near resistance defined by recent swing highs, reversing early losses. The S&P 500 opened on resistance and posted a small gain.

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