Morning Market Brief 14th Sep. 2020

The Benchmark KSE100 index would try to bounce back in bullish direction on intraday basis because strong supportive regions are standing ahead between 42,500pts till 42,200pts, mean while its correction would be completed on hourly chart which would strengthen its momentum for next bullish rally. Hourly momentum indicators are in mixed mode but bullish strength would prevail because MACD is still in positive zone and to strengthen its bullish momentum stochastic on hourly chart is ready for a bullish crossover therefore these both elements would also try to push index into positive direction which may lead index initially towards 42,860pts while closing above this region would call for 43,000pts and 43,200pts. It's recommended to post trailing stop loss on existing or new long positions until index succeeds in closing above 43,200pts.
While on flip side index is being capped by resistant trend line of its rising wedge on daily chart since last week and this region is reacting as a strong resistant region and it would try to cap bullish momentum during current trading session at 42,900pts. In case of rejection from this resistant region index would not succeed in expanding its intraday correction and it would lead investors towards panic selling which would push index towards 42,240pts while breakout below that region would call for 41,900pts.

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