Muhurat trading session to get a cautious start

26 Oct 2011 Evaluate
Its Diwali again, the markets would conduct a muhurat trading to mark the beginning of a new Samvat Year 2068. Both the markets, the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange will have a special Muhurat trading session of  90-minute between 4.30 PM to 6.00 PM to mark the beginning of new Hindu Samvat .While, barring bullion, all wholesale commodity markets will remain closed for Diwali.

Muhurat trading is a customary since last many years, a symbolic ritual to mark one of the biggest Hindu festival “Diwali” at the bourses, with this traders welcome the new year, however a positive Muhurat closing may not be a sign that the markets will trade comfortably as in last Diwali the Muhurat session saw the Sensex closing up by 0.5 per cent, but after that the situation worsened and there has been steady decline and the index is now 19 per cent below its level last Diwali. In last couple of years markets have taken U-turn after the muhurat trading, this time too, the mood is not quite optimistic as apart from the domestic issues the ditiorating global economic conditions has become the major concern. Since last Diwali the markets have witnessed many vagaries and when at last Muhurat trading markets traded close to their all time highs, this time they are way off those high levels. Though, it is being widely expected that Nifty will cross its long lost 5200 level with Muhurat trading. Marketmen are not very enthusiast about the near term future prospects of the markets but some enthusiast still feel that over the next year, markets may take another stab at the 5,800 levels and may go beyond to hit a new high. Rate sensitives might remain subdued while the banking stocks too will be under pressure after the RBI's 13 th rate hike in last 20 months.

Meanwhile, the global cues are not very strong, though most of the Asian markets barring Nikkei closed in green, the US markets closed with colossal losses overnight. The major US indices closed with loss of an average 2 percent and the technology heavy Nasdaq composite was down by over two percent. All eyes are now on the development in Europe, where the major indices have made a mixed start. There are serious doubts that EU leaders will agree on a broad package of financial measures.

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