Morning Market Brief 29th Oct. 2020

The Benchmark KSE100 index have continued its bearish journey for confirmation of its bearish dark could on daily chart during last trading session. Mean while index have moved downward after completing its intraday correction and expansion on hourly charts. As of now it's expected that index would try to find some ground at 41,000pts from where an intraday spike could be witnessed but bearish breakout of 41,000pts would call for a short term trend change and index would start moving towards its short term correction levels. For day trading either selling on strength or selling below 41,000pts could be beneficial with strict stop loss. A rising trend line would try to support index along with strong supportive region around 41,000pts and breakout below this region would call for 40,700pts and 40,500pts. While on flip side in case of reversal index would face initial resistance at 41,300pts which would be followed by 41,500pts and 41,800pts. Daily momentum indicators have changed their directions towards bearish side and today's closing below 41,000pts would confirm reversal on short term basis. A second consecutive hammer on monthly chart is taking place which is indication of uncertainty therefore it's recommended to stay cautious during the next week.

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