Short-term traders can look to buy the stock now or on marginal dips as the momentum remains strong which could take the stock towards 80 in the next 3 months, suggest experts. The public sector banking stock rose more than 25% in a week, over 30% in a month, over 50% in the last 3 months and over 100% in the last 6 months, Trendlyne data showed.
The stock rose over 7% in a week and more than 16% in the last three months, Trendlyne data showed. It took support above the 200-DMA on the daily charts and neckline or the support area of a Triangle pattern on the weekly charts, which suggests that a potential technical bounce back can be on the cards.
The Birlasoft stock has been in an uptrend for the past few months. It reached a low above 400 levels in September 2023 and since then the stock has been in a rising trend. It did retest 670 levels earlier in January 2024 but then quickly recouped losses to continue its journey of hitting fresh record highs.
The NTPC stock, also a part of the S&P BSE Sensex index, rose from Rs 236 on October 27, 2023, to Rs 324 on January 29, 2024. This translates into an upside of 37% in just three months. The momentum pushed the stock to a fresh record high of Rs 325 on January 29, 2024. It rose over 4% in a week after remaining rangebound last month. The stock has been making higher-top and higher-bottom structures in the last 6 out of 7 months on the monthly charts. Dips, if any, were largely bought into, which indicates that it is in an uptrend.
The stock witnessed strong momentum in the last quarter when it bottomed out above 80 levels in November 2023. Promoters have increased their holding sequentially from 64.77% to 64.78% in the December quarter. Mutual funds, too, have hiked their holding from 11.95% to 12.22% in the same period, Trendlyne data showed.