Sensex plunged 616.75 points to close at 73,502.64, while the Nifty 50 settled 160.90 points, or 0.72%, lower at 22,332.65. Nifty 50 formed a long bear candle on the daily chart, which indicates a reversal of the previous two sessions of upmove. Also Read: Indian stock market: 7 key things that changed for market overnight - Gift Nifty, crude oil to Bitcoin price rally “The present chart pattern on the daily chart signals a formation of bearish evening star type candle pattern, which indicates short-term top reversal for the markets.
After the formation of a bullish pattern like the rising three method on Wednesday, the Nifty has reversed its short-term upmove and formed a bearish pattern of evening star on Monday," said Nagaraj Shetti, Senior Technical Research Analyst, HDFC Securities. Shetti believes the short-term trend of Nifty 50 seems to have turned down and the next lower levels to be watched around 22,100 - 22,050 levels. Here’s what to expect from Nifty 50 and Bank Nifty today: Upon analyzing the Open Interest (OI) data, the call side exhibited the highest OI at 22,500, followed by the 22,600 strike prices.
In contrast, on the put side, the maximum OI was observed at the 22,000 strike price, said Mandar Bhojane, Research Analyst at Choice Broking. Also Read: Buy or sell: Vaishali Parekh recommends three stocks to buy today — March 12 The Nifty 50 index succumbed to profit booking and ended 161 points lower on March 11 after hitting a new all-time high of 22,526 during the session. “Nifty has been fluctuating within an ascending channel, displaying a pattern of higher highs and higher lows.
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