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Indian Indices: Asian indices opened in the green led by the Japanese ‘Nikkei’, which crossed 20000 for the first time as the 'Yen' weakness saw stocks rally. With the global rally in equities getting more pronounced higher risk taking seems the present norm as bond yields fall with oil and gold prices.

Nifty closed unchanged for another session due to weak macro data, however, intraday weakness got quickly bought into. The sentiment for higher return in equities is evident as all bad news is getting bought into without any correction. For today expect buying in mid-caps as they have corrected more than the market and a rebound is on the cards. 

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 31252.40, up by 114.81 points or 0.37% after trading in a range of 31190.40 and 31332.56. There were 21 stocks advancing against 9 stocks declining on the index.

The broader indices were trading in green; the BSE Mid cap index was up by 0.62%, while Small cap index was up by 0.36%.

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 9646.35, up by 30.25 points or 0.31% after trading in a range of 9637.45 and 9673.50. There were 32 stocks advancing against 19 stocks declining on the index.

Technical view: Nifty finds strong support around 9570 while 9700 will be the target on the upside. Bank Nifty also finds support around 23100 while 23700 will act as major resistance on the upside.

CEAT Limited (Buy Above 1791 with Stop Loss at 1766.5 for Target of 1840): After consolidating for over 10 trading sessions and correcting from highs of Rs 1897 to Rs 1635 the stock has finally broken out from a continuation Flag pattern. This indicates that a fresh up move is on the cards. The breakout is accompanied with credible volumes. The stock has also bounced back from its short term moving average, which further accentuates our bullish stance on the stock.

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Pharma Sector: Attractive Valuations

L&T Technology Services (LTTS)has completed the acquisition of Esencia. With this, EsenciaTechnologies will become a subsidiary of L&T Technology. 

In the last trading session, Nifty ended on a flat note for the fourth trading day in a row. Nifty and Bank ATM/OTM put option strikes witnessed marginal short selling, indicating a continued uptrend for the markets.

FIIs were net sellers in cash market segment to the tune of Rs 517 Cr.FIIs index future long short ratio at 6x.

Nifty Movers: The top gainers on Nifty were BhartiAirtel up by 3.42%, Cipla up by 2.18%, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone up by 1.85%, Hero MotoCorp up by 1.77% and Tata Motors - DVR up by 1.65%. On the flip side, Tata Steel down by 1.49%, Power Grid down by 1.06%, GAIL India down by 0.93%, Vedanta down by 0.89% and Hindustan Unilever down by 0.86% were the top losers.

Top Sectoral& Stock Screening: The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Healthcare up by 2.00%, FMCG up by 1.15%, Consumer Disc up by 0.74%, Auto up by 0.66% and Realty up by 0.47%, while Oil & Gas down by 1.21%, Energy down by 0.97%, Metal down by 0.94%, Bankex down by 0.43% and PSU down by 0.38% were the losing indices on BSE.

On the global front: On the global front, Asian shares were trading mostly in green, with Shanghai bucking the trend. The offshore Chinese yuan hit its highest level since October on Thursday, a move traders believe was engineered by Chinese authorities as a show of strength to scare off yuan sellers after Moody’s downgraded China last week. South Korea’s benchmark Kospi index was higher as markets digested the release of revised Q1 GDP, which reflected the economy grew 2.9% on year compared to the 2.7%.

Global Signals:The Asian markets were trading mostly in green; FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI increased 9.65 points or 0.55% to 1,772.76, KOSPI Index increased 24.93 points or 1.06% to 2,369.54, Taiwan Weighted increased 33.83 points or 0.34% to 10,121.25, Hang Seng increased 93.04 points or 0.36% to 25,902.26 and Nikkei 225 increased 319.14 points or 1.61% to 20,179.17.On the other hand, Shanghai Composite decreased 9.83 points or 0.32% to 3,092.80 and Jakarta Composite decreased 6.49 points or 0.11% to 5,731.66.