By Malvika Gurung
Investing.com -- The domestic market ended the May 16-ended week at record high levels, with benchmark indices Nifty50 and Sensex witnessing strong gains of 1.41% and 1.21%, respectively during the period.
Key sectoral index Nifty Bank jumped 1.47% in Friday’s intraday trade and closed the session 1.14% or 494.55 points higher at 43,938.15 levels, with all constituent stocks ending in the green.
In a comment provided to Investing.com, Kunal Shah, Senior Technical & Derivative Analyst at LKP Securities noted that the Nifty Bank bulls regained control of the index and displayed strength, stating that the index managed to hold the support level at 43,400.
This level suggested that buying pressure emerged at that level. Shah sees the index facing an immediate upside resistance at the 44,000 level.
A successful break above this level could open up room for further upside moves, the analyst stated.
“Potential Upside Targets for the index, if it breaks above the resistance at 44000, can move towards the 43300/43500 levels,” Shah added.
Private sector lender Bandhan Bank (NS:BANH) led the gains on Nifty Bank, surging 3% in the previous session, followed by IDFC First Bank (NS:IDFB) and Bank of Baroda (NS:BOB).
Further, Bank NIFTY Futures surged 453.8 points or 1.04% to 44,023.85 levels in the previous session.
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