The market ended with gains in a highly volatile trading session, with the Nifty settling above the 10,900-mark. The BSE Sensex rose 113.31 points or 0.31 per cent to close at 36,582.74. However there was selling in broad market, as the BSE Mid-Cap index fell 0.82 per cent and the BSE Small-Cap index plunged 1.17 per cent.

The market breadth of the market was weak as 781 shares rose and 1,776 shares fell. Among the major Sensex gainers were Reliance Industries (up 3.52 per cent), TCS (up 0.81 per cent) and HDFC (up 0.87 per cent) and Bajaj Auto (up 1.67 per cent).

Technical view

Sameet Chavan, ch?i?ef analyst-technical & de?rivatives, Angel Br?o?k?i?ng, said: “We had a gap down opening to kick off the new trading week af?t?er Friday’s volatile sess?i?on. During the first half, the broader market rem?a?ined under; however, the latter half turned out to be an excellent one for the bulls. The market br?e?adth improved tremend?ously and in the pr?o?c?e?ss, Nifty managed to surp?ass the 10,900-mark on a closing basis. The he?a?v?yweight banking space, which has been under pe?rforming for the last co?uple of days, became the charioteer of this splendid recovery.

“We believe that the st?age is very much set for our benchmark in?d?ex to go beyond recent hurdles. The last two da?ys’ up-move has laid the foundation and furt?h?er impetus may probab?ly be provided by the RBI monetary policy. Fr?i?day’s low of 10,800 pl?a?y?ed a sheet anchor role and going ahead, 10,987 are not too far now. A move beyond 10,987 would unfold the next leg of the rally.

Market view

Jayant Manglik, presid?e?nt, Religare Broking, sa?id: Markets traded vo?l?a?t?ile on expected lines and settled marginally higher, tracking mixed cues. Investors were in cautious mood from the be?ginning, citing weak gl?obal cues and not so encouraging earnings an?nouncements over the weekend. Mixed tr?e?nd was witnessed on se?c?toral front while press?u?re continued on broader front. We??’re seeing ma?yhem on the stock-sp?ecific front and the cu?r?rent positioning of the Nifty is not reflecting the ac?tual underlying sentim?ent. We strongly advise tr?aders to avoid averagi?ng long making positions and preferring options instead of naked futures for short term trading.

—Ashwin Punnen