Monday, December 7, 2009

Bulls look weak after dollar strengthens

Stocks on Dalal Street are likely to open slightly lower on Monday morning on concerns that a rising dollar might pull the plugs on Carry trade. Expect the benchmark index or the Sensex to trade in a range of 50 to 100 points for the day. Midcaps and third rung stocks might outperform the rest of the stocks in the index

Auto and Banking stocks looked weak on Fridays session and might continue the their south bound trend even on Monday. Healthcare sector is one spot that is looking hot with Cipla taking the charge and Hospital operator Fortis Healthcare showing a fresh break out near the Rs 120 level. Smallcap stocks remained strong even in a slow market. The sectoral index gained 0.38 percent for the day, and the trend is likely to continue in these stocks.

Midcaps and Smallcap space is looking hot and is set to take the center stage. We are not big fans of this rally, but people who would like take part in it should trade in these stocks with tight stops. Karuturi Global, Prime Securities, Jyothy Labs are some of the stocks that are looking good on the charts. Medium term investors could look at Century Enka Rs 195 as the group company Centry Ind is likely to hike stake in the company. Lanco Infra is another stock that might spurt as the compani likely to approve a stock spilt so