Going ahead, the opening downside gap area created on  December 10 is likely to act as a stiff resistance. Stocks in news: Unichem Laboratories, Zydus Wellness, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, PNC Infratech, Au Small Finance Bank and Reliance Industries.

The key Indian benchmark indices are expected to make a flat start to the session despite positive cues from Asian peers and mixed cues from the Wall Street. The SGX Nifty is currently at 10,597 level, down by 3 points.

The level of 10,360 is likely to act as a strong support for the index as it is 61.8 per cent retracement level. Stocks in news: Wipro, Lupin, Zensar Technologies, Titagarh Wagons, KDDL, GMR Infrastructure, Cox & Kings, ICICI Bank and SBI.

Indian markets stares at a major gap-down start on Tuesday as in a surprise move, the RBI governor Dr Urjit Patel submitted his resignation with immediate effect. Dr Patel has cited personal reasons for his resignation, but market participants are not buying that argument as the negative reaction to the news is evident with the SGX Nifty trading lower by 175 points and indicating Nifty opening below the 10,350 mark. Going ahead, market participants will keep a close eye on counting of five state election results.  

The level of 10,567 is likely to act as an immediate support level as it is 50-day moving average, followed by 10,480. Stocks in news: Escorts, Tata Sponge, Ashoka Buildcon, Mangalam Drugs and Organics, Seamec, Uflex and Capital India Finance.

Indian stocks are likely to witness a gap-down opening as the cues from Asian peers are negative and with the exit polls indicating a strong performance by the Congress in Rajasthan, while BJP and Congress are neck-to-neck in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh both in terms of vote share and seats as per the exit polls. The markets participants would have preferred a better show by the BJP as it would hint at the continuation of the reforms process. Market participants would be waiting for the actual results due on December 11, but for sure, volatility is likely to be ingrained in the coming sessions.

Going ahead, the area of 10,573-10,586 is likely to act as an immediate support as it is the 50-day moving average and 78.6 per cent retracement level of the current upmove. Stocks in news: HCL Technologies, NHPC, Zydus Wellness, Wipro, Coal India, Majesco, Sagar Cements, REC and Khadim India.

Indian markets are expected to open in the green on the back of stable cues from the Asian peers and the late rally which was seen on Wall Street which helped to erase majority of the day’s losses. The SGX Nifty Index Future trading with gains of 66 points indicate Nifty may open around 10,690 level. 

Going ahead, the 200-day moving average is likely to act as a strong support for the index, a sustainable breach of the 200-day moving average would lead to extended correction towards the level of 10,700. Stocks in news: Lemon Tree, Sagar Cements, Kirlosakar Industries, Elecon engineering, Avenue Supermarts, Power Grid, Tata Communications and Trigyn Technologies.

Indian stocks are likely to witness a gap down opening following weakness seen across Asian markets and US equity futures pointed to a substantial fall on the Wall Street. The SGX Nifty Index Future has declined 83 points, indicating Nifty may open around the 10,750 level.