Market guru Anil Singhvi shares pre-Budget advice as D-Street enters February F&O series
As the country awaits the presentation of the Union Budget for 2025-26 in Parliament in a much-anticipated event on Friday, February 1, market guru Anil Singhvi has listed a few suggestions for investors and traders. Meanwhile, the market entered a new monthly derivative series after the Nifty50 lost 2,964 points in four back-to-back negative series.
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Anil Singhvi Market Views: As Dalal Street steps into a new monthly series after ending four back-to-back series (October-January) in the red, Zee Business Managing Editor Anil Singhvi suggests investors hold on to their existing positions and traders maintain light positions before the much-awaited Budget announcements on Saturday, February 1. His advice comes on the eve of Union Budget 2025-26, when stock exchanges BSE and NSE will conduct a special Saturday trading session capturing real-time market reaction as the Finance Minister delivers her Budget speech in Parliament.
First things first, what makes the February 2025 F&O series special? And how does the market wizard view it?
What has happened for the first time in 23 years? What makes the February series special?
The market has completed four straight monthly series in the red, with the Nifty 50 losing a total of 2,964 points.
This is something that happened last in 2001.
Additionally, since 2000, there have been 13 instances with the market recording three back-to-back monthly series in the red.
How did the Nifty 50 & Nifty Bank perform in the January series?
The headline Nifty 50 index lost about 500 points in the February series, which ended on January 30.
The Nifty Bank—whose 12 constituents include some of the country's largest lenders including SBI and HDFC Bank—shed 1,921 points during this period.
What to expect in the February F&O series?
The market has entered the February series with a 3.0 per cent higher rollover, at 80.8 per cent, and open interest at 1.72 crore instead of 1.11 crore earlier.
At the same time, the index long positions of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) stand at 11 per cent—a level last recoded in November 2023.
Typically, the February series turns out to be negative for Dalal Street.
In eight out of the last 10 years, the February series has landed the market in the red.
What should traders do?
On January 31, traders may buy at important support levels and keep booking profits at higher levels, says the market wizard.
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He suggests closing any open positions before Budget announcements start to pour in.
Traders must keep their positions light with strict stop losses in place as volatility rises going forward, he adds.
What should investors do?
The market guru has yet again shared a simple yet powerful piece of advice for investors: Make fresh investments now if you like but must wait for Budget announcements before going long in a big way.
Investors should hold on to their existing positions and make big moves only in light of incoming Budget announcements, says Singhvi.
He finds PSU banks and cement stocks strong at the current juncture on Dalal Street.
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