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Indian Indices: Asian markets opened mixed as North Korea tested some missiles, which saw a cautious start to the week. The undertone remains strong with all falls being bought, as the rate hike by the US Federal Reserve anticipated in March, gets priced in.

Nifty saw a sharp pullback on Friday in the last hour of trade as foreign investors bought aggressively. Reliance Industries led the rally as renewed buying by foreign institutions saw the heavyweight lead from the front. For today, expect bets on the election results due in the state elections on Saturday March 11th to fuel rumours as Nifty will oscillate sharply this week.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 29050.54, up by 218.09 points or 0.76% after trading in a range of 28856.12 and 29054.72. There were 25 stocks advancing against 5 stocks declining on the index.

The broader indices were trading in green; the BSE Mid cap index was up by 0.58%, while Small cap index was up by 0.64%.

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 8959.95, up by 62.40 points or 0.70% after trading in a range of 8914.00 and 8962.10. There were 38 stocks advancing against 13 stocks declining on the index.

Technical view: Nifty has held the support @ 8860 with 8840 acting as strong support while 8980 will act as resistance on the upside. Bank Nifty also finds strong support @ 20350 while 20800 will act as resistance.

Trading ideas :Bharat Forge (Buy above Rs 1045 for Target of Rs 1075, SL at Rs 1028): After correcting for past seven consecutive trading sessions, the stock has finally shown some signs of reversal by forming a hammer candle stick pattern on daily charts. The stock has also retested the neckline of the long drawn consolidation breakout, which occurred two weeks back. Momentum oscillators are also indicating a shift in momentum. 

Derivative Snippets: In the last trading session, markets traded in a narrow range as the option writers took a center stage. Across the board, Option writing of the OTM strikes was witnessed in the Bank Nifty weekly contracts.

FIIs were net buyers in cash market segment to the tune of Rs ~1529 crore.

FII’s index future long/short ratio fell to 4.4x vs5.4x, as long unwinding of 12.7k contracts was witnessed.

Nifty Movers: The top gainers on Nifty were Reliance Industries up by 3.58%, IndusInd Bank up by 1.99%, Power Grid up by 1.68%, Asian Paints up by 1.41% and NTPC up by 1.38%.

On the flip side, Grasim Industries down by 1.69%, Idea Cellular down by 1.31%, AurobindoPharma down by 0.93%, Zee Entertainment down by 0.87% and Sun Pharma down by 0.76% were the top losers.

Top Sectoral& Stock Screening:  The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Energy up by 2.06%, Oil & Gas up by 1.27%, Power up by 1.09%, Auto up by 1.08% and PSU up by 1.03%, while Consumer Durables down by 0.08% and IT down by 0.01% were the only losers on BSE.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Reliance Industries up by 3.66%, Power Grid up by 1.70%, NTPC up by 1.57%, Asian Paints up by 1.31% and Bajaj Auto up by 1.20%.