Nifty ends above 6,250 levels on buying in heavyweights

20 Dec 2013 Evaluate

Nifty edged higher in early deals on Friday, with frontline gauges gaining around half a percent as sentiments remained up-beat after finance minister P Chidambaram highlighted  that India is better prepared now to deal with any consequences of the US Federal Reserve’s move to wind down its economic stimulus. The market sentiments were boosted by data showing that foreign funds made heavy purchases of Indian stocks on December 19, 2013. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 2264.11 crore on Thursday. However, gains remained capped as some pessimism came in on reports that the United Nations has lowered India’s economic growth forecast for 2013 to 4.8 percent while warning that emerging markets should be prepared to deal with the impact of US Federal Reserve's quantitative easing programme.

Investors turning bullish on street in the late morning session led to buying in heavyweight stocks. Meanwhile, Sugar stocks remained on the buyers’ radar with scrips like, Rana Sugars, Shree Renuka Sugars, Balrampur Chini, Bajaj Hindusthan, etc edging higher as the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved an interest-free loan of Rs 6,600 crore for the ailing sugar industry to pay off cane arrears.

Continuous buying was witnessed in the afternoon deals as investors turning bullish on equities, shopped for some more beaten down but fundamentally strong bets ahead of start of European markets, which was likely to be positive. Escalating to day’s high point, Nifty was trading above the crucial 6,200 levels, with gains of over 3 /4th of a percent. Meanwhile, broader indices, too adding further ground, were trading with gains of close to a percent. In last trading session of the week, Index put up a heartwarming performance as investors adjusted their position ahead of the holiday truncated F&O expiry week and closed past the crucial 6,250 levels.

NSE sectoral indices made a green closing; CNX Energy up by 3.46%, CNX Realty up by 2.84%, CNX Finance up by 2.31%, CNX PSE up by 2.16% and CNX Auto up by 2.00% were the gainers on index. On the other hand, there was no loser on index.

The India VIX decreased by 3.38% at 16.02 as compared to its previous close of 16.58 on Thursday. The 50-share CNX Nifty increased by 107.60 points or 1.74% to settle at 6,274.25.

The respective Support and Resistance levels of Nifty are: Resistance 6315.72-- Pivot Point 6243.03- Support -- 6201.57.

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