Market at pre-open: Benchmark indices are trading weak in the pre-opening session with Nifty below 8400.
At 09:01 hrs IST, the Sensex is down 236.43 points or 0.79% at 29579.16, and the Nifty down 301.00 points or 3.48% at 8359.25.
Gold Updates: Gold prices edged up on Monday as the U.S dollar hovered near a two-week low touched in the previous session, while coronavirus lockdowns tightened across the world and stoked fears of economic damage, lifting demand for safe-haven bullion.
Nifty may attempt to confirm reversal; DLF, Coal India, M&M top short-term bets
Formation of positive divergence in RSI on a daily time frame supported reversing of prices, as index managed to take support from the strong demand zone standing around 7,500-7,300 levels on the higher time frame.
Institutional trading activity
Stocks in the news: SBI, IDBI Bank, Tata Power, Graphite, Lupin, Godawari Power, Sun Pharma
Graphit India | Sun Pharma | Future Supply Chain | SBI | Abott India | HeidelbergCement India | Sobha | Future Enterprises and aviation stocks are in the news today.
Oil Prices: Crude oil benchmarks dropped on Monday, extending last week’s losses as the global coronavirus pandemic worsened and the Saudi Arabia-Russia price war showed no signs of abating. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures hit a low of $19.92 in early trading and last traded down 5.2%, or $1.12, at $20.39 a barrel as of 2332 GMT, while Brent futures fell 5.6%, or $1.40, to $23.53 a barrel.
Indian ADRs ended in the red on March 27
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The bears maintained their stronghold on the markets for the sixth consecutive week that ended on March 27.
