Nifty ends positively for the third consecutive week on the back of positive global cues but upside remained capped as profit booking was seen with Trade war concerns and US federal rate hike. Bank Nifty lags while defensive sectors shine on the back of value hunting.

Indian stock markets witnessed volatile session on Tuesday as the election results pointed towards hung assembly in Karnataka. Markets were trading strong during the morning session as BJP maintained lead against its opponents. However, the market slipped as chances of BJP government in the state reduced due to post-poll alliance between Congress and JDS.

Indian stock market closed higher on Monday despite weakness in the U.S. market and other major Asian stock exchanges. Indian markets have been moving with global indices but due to fears of trade war between the U.S. and China, Dow Jones has remained highly volatile during the last two weeks. Indian markets are now looking at quarterly results as the next trigger. As investors shrug off the U.S. and China trade war issue, local factors will be important to watch for Indian stocks.

Indian stock markets registered impressive gains as the global stock markets improved last week and Indian market was lagging behind. Indian stocks opened strong on Monday and selling pressure was witnessed at higher levels. However, towards the end of the trading session, markets registered strong gains and BSE Sensex closed with gains over 600 points. NSE Nifty closed above 10,400. Market analysts consider 10,300 as an important support level for Nifty and the market crossed this level during the early session.

Indian market faced massive selling during the week and majority of panic in the local market was due to global cues. Indian stocks ended the week lower and NSE Nifty dropped below crucial support level. Indian Public Sector Banks spoiled the sentiment as continued selling in some of major banking counters led to decline in benchmarks. Banks are suffering from major crisis after bank guarantee scam by Nirav Modi and Gitanjali Gems.

During the week, U.S. President Donald Trump announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. The tariffs were condemned by majority of world leaders but President Trump continued with his plan to announce tariffs. After the announcement, Dow Jones Industrial Average still managed to close with minor loss on Thursday.

Indian stock market remained range-bound during the past week even as stocks managed to recover quite smartly across the globe. Indian market also remained low as public sector banks remained on investor’s selling list. PNB suffered the most during the recent banking scam involving Nirav Modi and Gitanjali Gems.

Dow Jones Industrial Average staged a smart recovery over the week. While the FED meeting led to decline in Dow Jones, the U.S. markets recovered a day after Federal Reserve meeting. Dow Jones looks strong at the moment and with minor correction that started in February, markets are looking forward to gain further in upcoming weeks.

Indian Stocks remained subdued even as global markets recovered smartly. The banking sector turned the sentiment negative. During most of the trading sessions, stocks witnessed gains but by the end of the session, majority of gains were wiped out. Selling pressure was usually witnessed at higher levels.

Below is market view and outlook by SAMCO Securities....

Market crawled up during the week but gave up the gains by the close of the week, inspite of positive global sentiments, principally due to home grown PSU banking mess being denuded by Punjab National Bank. Generally such mess comes out during bottoming cycle, which PSU banks are passing through. Worst seems to have been discounted in the PSU banks but positive triggers are awaited.

Indian stock market declined last week despite strong recovery in the U.S. markets. Indian investors continued offloading their holding at higher levels, leading to selling pressure on majority of stocks. While blue-chip companies declined less compared to mid-caps, there were select stocks that managed to recover from their recent lows. If the momentum in the U.S. market continues, Indian stocks should see recovery.

Public Sector Banks suffered after a fraud at PNB was reported last week. PNB lost ground as investors dumped the stock. Other stocks in banking sector also suffered as some of the banks reported higher NPA and slippages in the quarterly results.

Epic Research team has offered its view for the Indian markets below...

Indian markets witnessed extreme volatility as the Dow Jones Industrial Average faced sharp decline after touching all-time high during first week of February. As the U.S. markets declined, Indian stocks also witnessed selling pressure with market dropping by nearly 1,000 points in a single trading session. However, as Dow Jones recovered in the second trading session after decline, Indian stocks jumped back to cover up some of the losses.

Dow Jones declined on Thursday again, sending shockwaves across the globe. Markets in Europe and Emerging markets witnessed decline during the last trading session. Dow Jones recovered some of the losses during Friday trading but volatility has resulted in panic selling in select stocks.

Indian stocks touched new all-time high this week. The markets worldwide have witnessed strong gains, mainly led by the U.S. stock markets. Investors are upbeat and strong economic signals have improved confidence of funds managers about future market returns. Indian stocks touched new high and markets were trading strong with small declines in select counters.

Indian Stock Markets are trading near their all-time high and any negative news at this point can lead to selloff in equities. While the markets have bounced back quite sharply after each minor correction, the sentiment in local markets will largely depend on global cues. The U.S. government is expected to move ahead with tax overhaul and US stocks are leading global rally on expectations of major tax relief for large businesses. Indian Markets can see volatility in December on account of Gujarat Election results.

Indian Markets Recovered from Previous Week's loss and bulls were completely in charge of the market. The sentiment among retail investors are upbeat as many stocks touched their 52-week high. Indian markets are once-again hovering around their all-time high and global cues have led further strength to Indian equities. Majority of voices talking about correction have been silenced (at least for short term) by underlying strength in the market.

Nifty ended up giving a follow up buying post a reversal pattern last week and reversed from its crucial moving averages. The comeback of bulls was led by positive cues coming in from global markets which continued to flourish near all-time highs along with domestic cues as well.

Indian stocks markets witnessed selling pressure this week but the bullish sentiment returned during the end of the week as Moody's upgraded ratings for India. Market experts are still not convinced about strength in markets to reach new highs next week. Majority of analysts indicate high chances of correction in the market. As results season is about to end, Indian markets will mainly depend on global cues for direction over next few weeks.

Indian markets scaled new highs this week as the global sentiment was bullish. As the U.S. Government announced new tax rates, investors in the United States are upbeat about economy and future results from companies (mainly due to tax cuts). BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty touched all-time high during the week. Trading in majority of stocks remained positive and many companies touched their 52-week high during the trading sessions.

NSE Nifty touched an all-time high of 10,191 on Friday and closed at all-time high of 10,167. Stock markets have offered nearly 20 percent return this year with some stocks offering even more than 100 percent return in the last two quarters. Investors have turned cautious in many blue chips and we have witnessed strong selling pressure at higher levels.

Market analysts believe that Nifty can scale new highs if it strongly closes above 10,200 level. Banks have not participated in the recent pullback in the stock markets. Few banks have declared quarterly results, which have remained below market expectations. And, market analysts are not having high expectations from public sector banks considering higher provisions for bad loans.

Comments on RBI Policy decision by Mr. Mustafa Nadeem, CEO, Epic Research. Today’s RBI Policy was, as widely expected by the market, neutral. Market has been expecting the same since the volatility was easily absorbed and markets remained at day’s high post policy announcement. The neutral stance is very much consistent with the core objective of RBI that is to keep medium term inflation in check at 4%.

Policy has of course revised its Inflation projection at 4.2-4.6% in second half of FY17-18. Inflation has changed its trajectory to upwards and seems to have tapered off the base effect in August.

Indian stock market touched all-time high level of 30,793 for BSE Sensex benchmark index on Thursday. The rally in the last hour of the trading session led stocks to their highest level till date. Indian markets have been touching multi-year highs over the last few months. Today’s rally was supported by banks and blue-chip stocks.

Market analysts and traders are still optimistic about strong rally in coming months. If global factors remain positive, Indian stocks could easily push 31,000 level in June.

Among major gainers in today’s trade were Maruti Suzuki, L&T, HDFC Bank, TVS Motor, Voltas and KEC International.

Investors turned cautious after President Donald Trump started controversy in the United States following surprise change of FBI chief. President Trump is facing a major crisis and investors in the U.S. market turned cautious. As the U.S. markets declined, markets worldwide reacted and declined as well. Most of the stock markets have been trading at their yearly or multi-year highs and even small events of uncertainty lead to fear among market players.

In the Indian stock market, partial sell-off was witnessed on Thursday. However, other emerging markets like Brazil and Turkey faced major declines. Indian stocks closed almost flat on Friday but investors have turned cautious after recent U.S. events.

New Delhi [India], Mar. 30 : Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India Limited (MSEI), the third national level stock exchange is all set to conduct a mock trading session in equity, equity derivatives and currency derivatives segments on April 1, 2017.

As per Securities and Exchange Board of India's ( SEBI's) requirements, mock trading is conducted on a monthly basis by all the stock exchanges-MSEI, BSE and NSE to test trading and risk management-related systems and applications.

All MSEI members are encouraged to participate in the mock trading to test the system's performance. Trading members, using in-house or empanelled vendor's algorithms, are required to take part in the session with their user-ids.

New Delhi [India], Feb 1 : The market on Wednesday opened on a flattish note with the Budget day ahead.

The Sensex traded up 16.91 points at 27672.87 and the Nifty traded up 8.20 points at 8569.50.

Shares such as Lupin, SBI, Adani Ports, Hero Moto and Wipro were among the major gainers while ICICI Bank, Infosys, TCS and Sun Pharma were among the losers in the Sensex.

The Indian rupee gained in the opening trade. It opened higher by 22 paise at 67.65 per dollar against previous close 67.87.

With the final countdown of the Budget, all eyes today are on the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is expected to project taxes and spending post demonetisation.