Continued volatility is taking its toll on the sentiment. With the bias oscillating quite viciously, we need to stay light but keep participating as the trends are indicating a potential to the upside but is waiting for the right trigger.
Indian equity benchmarks ended flat on 16 July after a volatile session. The Sensex closed marginally higher at 77,186.87, while the Nifty slipped 5.75 points to 24,072.75. Early gains driven by IT and select heavyweights faded as profit booking and weak global cues weighed on sentiment. Broader markets underperformed, with the Nifty Midcap 100 down 0.4% and Smallcap 100 largely unchanged.
Three stocks to trade, recommended by NeoTrader’s Raja Venkatraman:
TANLA (Cmp 588.30)
TANLA: Buy above ₹590, stop ₹563 target ₹645 (Multiday)
- Why it’s recommended: Tanla Platforms Ltd is an Indian multinational cloud communications company, they enable enterprises to securely engage with customers via SMS, Voice, email, WhatsApp, and RCS. The selloff over the last few weeks looks to have pushed the prices into oversold territory formation of a long body candle with volumes after a period of consolidation giving a breakout augurs well for the prices in the counter over the next few days. The momentum is showing a gradual advance indicating us to go long.
- Key metrics:
- P/E: 56.17,
- 52-week high: ₹765.75,
- Volume: 2.39M
- Technical analysis: Support at ₹475, resistance at ₹765.
- Risk factors: Regulatory shifts, intense competition, technological obsolescence, and cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
- Buy : above ₹590.
- Stop loss: ₹563.
- Target price: ₹645 (2 Months)
ZYDUSWELL (Cmp 601.90)
ZYDUSWELL: Buy above ₹603, stop ₹570 target ₹670 (Multiday)
- Why it’s recommended : Zydus Wellness Ltd is a prominent Indian FMCG and consumer wellness company, it produces, markets, and distributes health foods, nutritional drinks, and skincare products across India and globally. After witnessing some consolidation in the last quarter, the range breakout from this phase for last 3 months is now moving out. The strong push seen is suggesting more potential upside . The support received from the Kumo cloud region is clearly highlighting that the dips are being bought into. Look to buy.
- Key metrics:
- P/E Ratio : 509.56,
- 52-week high: ₹606.55,
- Volume: 702.11K.
- Technical analysis: Support at ₹550, resistance at ₹700.
- Risk factors: Persistent inflation in raw materials (like milk) that can squeeze profit margins, and highly competitive intensity in its flagship brands like Complan.
- Buy : above ₹603
- Stop loss: ₹570
- Target price: ₹670 (2 Months)
TATATECH (Cmp 765.55)
TATATECH: Buy above ₹770, stop ₹735 target ₹855 (Multiday)
- Why it’s recommended : Tata Technologies Ltd is a global product engineering and digital services company operating as a subsidiary of Tata Motors, it provides turnkey solutions, digital enterprise services, and outsourced design to automotive, aerospace, and industrial equipment OEMs worldwide. The prices have been continuously declining over past several months. From April 2026 tide began to change and we are now looking at some steady buying interest that is generating a strong upward momentum. After the recent profit booking the Relative Strength Index shows that the prices have revived yet again suggesting potential upmove, go long.
- Key metrics:
- P/E Ratio : 54.47,
- 52-week high: ₹784.30,
- Volume: 744.32K.
- Technical analysis: Support at ₹700, resistance at ₹915.
- Risk factors: High client concentration with ~40% of revenues tied to Tata Motors and JLR, heavy reliance on the cyclical automotive sector, and vulnerability to global macroeconomic and currency fluctuations.
- Buy : above ₹770
- Stop loss: ₹735
- Target price: ₹855 (2 Months)
Stock market recap
InterGlobe Aviation, Wipro, Bajaj Finance, and HCL Tech were among the top gainers, while SBI Life, Eternal, and HDFC Bank declined. Sectorally, consumer durables, media, IT, and auto outperformed, while realty and PSU banks lagged.
The rupee weakened for a second day, closing at 96.20 against the dollar. MRPL surged 10% on strong earnings, while ICICI Lombard fell 10% after a sharp profit drop. Laser Power & Infra debuted with a 23% gain. Analysts expect Nifty to remain range-bound, with support near 23,950–24,000 and resistance around 24,250–24,300.
Outlook for trading
As market remains muted the triggered by the geopolitical tensions the market tested our patience on Wednesday but did not give up the lower levels. After the fall since last Wednesday a 500-point range is now created and could now limit our expectations in the July series. Some respite seen on Sensex expiry as the trend was seen reviving. However, a steady recovery seen from the lower levels where a gap region combined with the cloud support and also the Kijun Sen line coming into play is assisting the Nifty rebound. On the charts we note that the recent decline tested the below the lower end of the channel is creating pressure on the overall trends.
Taking some cues from the Option data, we can add that the levels around 24100 that had steady Call writers have now ensured that the upward possibility gets more wings. With the PCR nearing 0.82 we can expect some pressure as we head into today. Stay alert.
The trend that is emerging clearly suggests that the dips seen this week managed to hold the support zones . Now, the gap down opening will come into contention as the rise will look to challenge those levels. At the moment the cloud resistance that can restrict the rise is much farther away at 24300. There is a slight improvement in the Relative Strength Index from lower levels of 40 from where an attempt has been made. Hence , one should track the trends that are in progress as upmove needs to continue their way above 23800 (Nifty Spot)to accentuate the bullish bias. Momentums on daily charts are indicating that the prices have reached important supports and after settling down seems to have witnessed a resumption of buying interest.
For undertaking shorts, we need to see Nifty move above 23500 which is the immediate support as per the Open Interest data. If we witness a 30-minute range breakout on Wednesday we can consider to trade on either side as the trends still remain tentative where we expect some resistances to kick in.
While the trends in the indices are still unclear there is plenty of action as far as the stocks are concerned.
Raja Venkatraman is co-founder, NeoTrader. His Sebi-registered research analyst registration no. is INH000016223.
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