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Indian Indices:Most Asian indices opened weak following overnight cues from the US where the Dow Jones fell over 100 points. Weakness in oil & fall in bond yields all saw profit booking in equities with year end blues prompting raising cash. However the silver lining was a strong rally in the Brazilian 'Bovespa' which gained due to value buying & weakness in the US$.      

Nifty faced strong resistance around 8100 levels as derivative contract expiry due today saw intra day gains disappear. For today expect volatility to be the order with 8000-8100 being the range for the Nifty expiry of the last series of calendar 2016.Initial weakness may be bought into with stock specific action expected in the 2nd half of the day.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 26254.14, up by 43.46 points or 0.17% after trading in a range of 26166.67 and 26429.63. 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 0.72%, while Small cap index was up by 0.71%.

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 8053.75, up by 18.90 points or 0.24% after trading in a range of 8020.80 and 8055.75. There were 37 stocks advancing against 14 stocks declining on the index.

Technical view: Nifty as expected faced resistance around 8100 which will act as a top while 7980 will act as support. Bank Nifty also hit resistance around 18000 while 17700 will act as support.

Market Sentiment:

The market breadth on BSE was positive in the ratio of 1375:597, while 119 scrips remained unchanged.

Trading ideas :BATAINDIA (Buy above Rs 440 for target of Rs 452, SL at Rs 434): Stock in yesterday's trade broke out of a classic double bottom pattern on daily charts. The breakout triggers change in the short term trend to positive. Stock closed near its 50-DMA resistance of Rs 439. If stock manages to cross the same and sustain above Rs 440, Bata may see further buying momentum coming in. We advise to Buy Bata India above Rs 440, stop loss at Rs 434 and Target of Rs 452.

MacroeconomicFront:The Indian Government has said that it has initiated an exercise to set up a unified body to address grievances of customers in the financial sector. As per reports, currently, there are separate grievance redressal mechanisms for insurance, banking services, pension and securities market.

Corporate Snippets:ICICI Bank, which had attempted to auction the asset with a built up area of 41000/sqft twice before expects to raise Rs 240 bn from selling it off.

State Bank of India rejected reports that Rs 13 bn cash have been deposited in its various branches in Arunchal Pradesh after demonestisation saying no such deposits were found after minutely verifying the relevant records.

NTPC LTdhas commissioned the Unit-1 of 800 MW of kudgi Super Thermal Power project on December 25.

ZydusCadilaannouced that its wholly owned subsidiary Zadus Healthcare Limited has acquire six brands from American pharma player MSD and its subsidiary in India.

Top Sectoral& Stock Screening:  The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Oil & Gas up by 1.17%, Consumer Durables up by 1.05%, PSU up by 0.85%, Metal up by 0.61% and Power up by 0.59%, while FMCG down by 0.25% was the sole losing index on BSE.

Nifty Movers:The top gainers on Nifty were BPCL up by 1.93%, Grasim Industries up by 1.64%, Idea Cellular up by 1.54%, Ambuja Cement up by 1.32% and HCL Tech up by 1.23%. On the flip side, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone down by 1.82%, ITC down by 1.17%, Zee Entertainment down by 1.08%, AurobindoPharma down by 0.73% and Coal India down by 0.54% were the top losers.

On the global front:On the global front, Asian shares were trading mostly in green, with Japan’s Nikkei down as the yen firmed and Toshiba Corp dived after news of potential massive write-downs led to a downgrade of its credit ratings.

Global Signals:The Asian markets were trading mostly in green; KOSPI Index increased 0.59 points or 0.03% to 2,025.08, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI increased 3.31 points or 0.2% to 1,633.61, Shanghai Composite increased 4.1 points or 0.13% to 3,106.34 and Jakarta Composite increased 60.96 points or 1.17% to 5,270.40.On the other hand, Nikkei 225 decreased 247.3 points or 1.27% to 19,154.42, Taiwan Weighted decreased 51.4 points or 0.56% to 9,150.00 and Hang Seng decreased 14 points or 0.06% to 21,740.74.