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Indian Indices: Asian markets opened flat with profit booking seen on opening bell even as the US indices chase new highs daily. Globally the equity rally gathers steam with the developed markets seeing new all time highs, led by the US & German indices. The Brazilian 'Bovespa' also seems to be seeing huge interest with new 52 week highs being seen on a regular basis in tandem with the US indices.

Nifty succumbed to profit booking in mid session& broke most near term supports to hit 8715 as the carnage in Tata Motors spoilt sentiment. With expiry for derivative contracts next Wednesday expect higher than normal volatility as foreign flows continue to buy the falls & protect the downsides. For today expect IT & energy to see buying while auto, metals & banks could see further selling on the downside.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 28185.31, up by 29.75 points or 0.11% after trading in a range of 28146.19 and 28264.67. There were 18 stocks advancing against 12 stocks declining on the index.The broader indices were trading in green; the BSE Mid cap index was up by 0.53%, while Small cap index was up by 0.57%.The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 8737.80, up by 13.10 points or 0.15% after trading in a range of 8719.60 and 8751.45. There were 31 stocks advancing against 20 stocks declining on the index.

Technical view: Nifty could find support close to 8675 while 8775 will act as resistance. Bank Nifty finds strong support @ 20000 while 20350 will act as resistance & the weekly expiry today could see volatility spurt intraday.

Trading ideas :HDFC BANK (Buy above Rs 1324 for target of Rs 1354, SL at Rs 1310): HDFC Bank has broken out from a trading range and also closed above the immediate crucial resistance of Rs 1320. The breakout in yesterday's session comes with impressive volumes, and confirm the continuation of the primary uptrend. We advise to Buy HDFC BANK above Rs 1324, stop loss at Rs 1310 and Target of Rs 1354.

Corporate Snippets: Reliance Infrastructure has decided to reboot its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) business after scaling it down in the past 3-4 years due to slowdown in orders and shrinking margins. 

DLF has decided to extend the deadline for sale of 40% stake owned by its promoters in its rental arm DLF Cyber City Developers (DCCDL) to March 2018.

Piramal Fund Management (PFM), arm of Piramal Enterprises, has sanctioned investments worth about Rs20bn within three months of launching lease rental discounting (LRD) for completed commercial assets that include office and retail space.

Nifty Movers: The top gainers on Nifty were Sun Pharma up by 2.30%, Tata Motors - DVR up by 1.71%, Infosys up by 1.68%, Eicher Motors up by 1.65% and Tata Motors up by 1.62%.  On the flip side, ICICI Bank down by 1.99%, Dr. Reddy’s Lab down by 1.54%, BPCL down by 1.53%, ITC down by 1.41% and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone down by 1.23% were the top losers.

Top Sectoral& Stock Screening:  The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Realty up by 2.30%, IT up by 1.23%, Consumer Durables up by 1.06%, TECK up by 0.96% and Auto up by 0.68%, while FMCG down by 0.65% and Bankex down by 0.03% were the only losers on BSE.

On the global front: On the global front, Asian shares were trading mostly in red, as markets tread cautiously on growing prospects for a Fed rate hike in March. Japan’s stock exchange fell with Toshiba shares down amid mounting troubles over efforts to restructure operations after a massive write-down related to its US nuclear unit.

Global Signals: The Asian markets were trading mostly in red; Nikkei 225 decreased 96.96 points or 0.5% to 19,341.02, Taiwan Weighted decreased 40.64 points or 0.41% to 9,759.12, Jakarta Composite decreased 4.28 points or 0.08% to 5,376.39, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI decreased 3.06 points or 0.18% to 1,706.73 and KOSPI Index decreased 2.85 points or 0.14% to 2,081.01. On the other hand, Shanghai Composite increased 8.11 points or 0.25% to 3,221.10 and Hang Seng increased 74.91 points or 0.31% to 24,069.78.