From the September 18 high of 25,448, the index has given up 800 points as of Friday's closing. With the Nifty on a six-day losing streak, it now looks for support at lower levels. 24,650, where it closed on Friday, will be the first line of defence, but a move below that can bring in the September 5 low of 24,621, followed by the September 3 low of 24,533 and then bring in the lows of the current rally, the August 29 low of 24,404.
The Nifty Bank is back to square one, not only closing below the 55,000 mark, but also below key support levels of 54,500.
IT continues to remain the sector to watch, as does Tata Motors. FMCG will possibly be the sector of the day after Hindustan Unilever (HUL)'s business update on Friday.
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