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Indian Indices: Asian markets saw routine profit booking in early trade as the Dow Jones index managed to close flat after seeing huge gains in the past few days. The flow of money is now seeing buying emerging markets indices & stocks more aggressively as the developed markets get more expensive. With the MSCI world index hitting all time highs equity flows may continue to chase stocks in the near term.

Nifty rebounded in style & closed within reach of 8800 as IT, energy & gas stocks led the way forward. With expiry due next Wednesday expect another attempt @ 8840 with possibility of hitting 8900 by next week on the cards. For today expect pullback in Auto's, Banks &Mid caps as the broader market may outperform. Shares of HDFC Bank would be in action after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) removed the heavyweight from ban list for FII Share Purchase. The aggregate foreign shareholding in HDFC Bank has slipped below 72%. The limit specified under the existing FDI Policy is of 74%. Thus, the restriction on purchase of shares of HDFC Bank is withdrawn with immediate effect.

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 8821.15, up by 43.15 points or 0.49% after trading in a range of 8804.25 and 8896.45. There were 26 stocks advancing against 25 stocks declining on the index.

Technical view: Nifty now finds strong support around 8720 with 8820 being the resistance on the upside. Bank Nifty also finds strong support around 20000 while 20350 will act as initial resistance.

Trading ideas :TATAMOTORS (Buy above Rs 447 for target of Rs 465, SL at Rs 438):Stock has formed a bullish hammer pattern on the daily charts after hitting a low of Rs 435 in yesterday's trade. Tata Motors bounced from the multiple support line from where it has reversed twice earlier. The stock also after retracing 50% of its previous up move is showing signs of a reversal. We advise to Buy Tatamotors above Rs 447, stop loss at Rs 438 and Target of Rs 465.

Corporate Snippets:

Cadila Healthcarehas said the US health regulator has inspected the company’s Moraiya plant and found it meeting the manufacturing norms.

IL&FS Engineering and Construction Companyhas bagged two pipeline laying contracts worth Rs1.23bn from Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL).

Tata Consultancy Services’s (TCS),board of directors would consider a proposal for buyback of equity shares of the company at its meeting to be held on Feb 20, 2017.

NTPC is planning to expand into cement manufacturing with the twin objectives of utilising fly ash from its power stations and create captive demand for electricity. 

Nifty Movers: The top gainers on Nifty were HDFC Bank up by 6.24%,Indusind Bank up by 1.66%, Bosch up by 1.61%, BPCL up by 1.50% and HDFC was up by 1.39%. On the flip side, Idea Cellular down by 3.25%, BhartiInfratel down by 1.82%, Infosys down by 1.79%, TCS down by 1.52% and HCL Tech was down by 1.43% were the top losers.

Top Sectoral& Stock Screening:  The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Bankex up by 1.80%, Oil & Gas up by 0.58%, Consumer Durables up by 0.36%, PSU up by 0.21% and Capital Goods was up by 0.20%, while IT down by 1.21%, TECK down by 1.06%, Metal down by 0.31%, FMCG down by 0.03% and Auto was down by 0.01% were the top losing indices on BSE.

On the global front:On the global front, Asian stock markets took a breather on Friday from their recent surge as investors took profits, while the dollar inched up after Thursday’s slide and optimism over possible renewed supply cuts by OPEC lifted oil prices. The US markets ended almost flat after a lackluster performance in the last session, as traders expressed some uncertainty about the near-term outlook for the markets following the recent run to record highs.

Global Signals:Asian markets were trading mostly in red; Nikkei 225 declined 132.06 points or 0.68% to 19,215.47, Hang Seng decreased 96.44 points or 0.4% to 24,011.26, Jakarta Composite fell 27.64 points or 0.51% to 5,350.36, Shanghai Composite shed 15 points or 0.46% to 3,214.62, Taiwan Weighted slipped 7.88 points or 0.08% to 9,763.37 and KOSPI Index was down by 3 points or 0.14% to 2,078.84.  On the flip side, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI was up by 2.36 points or 0.14% to 1,709.95.