Rightly said that this is an expiry, a short one and also with all the events lined up, we may see some choppiness also going ahead.

"Bears continue to have the upper hand as the benchmark index Nifty has been posting red candles for the last three days. The Nifty found support around the previous swing low on the daily timeframe. The momentum indicator RSI (14) is in bearish crossover, suggesting weak price momentum for the near term. Going forward, 17,770 is likely to act as support for the falling Nifty," says Rupak De, Senior Technical Analyst at LKP Securities

In terms of demand side, there is a strong order book for OEM PV but semiconductor issue is restricting the production. But still demand remains reasonably strong on that side.

"I want to basically create a portfolio which will have stocks like L&T, NCC in the infrastructure or maybe IndusInd Bank, Canara Bank and even HDFC Bank in the banking space. There can be some soft commodities or food companies like Daawat and metal companies like Vedanta. I would want a little balanced portfolio for this year "

The company's quarterly update on Wednesday sent the stock lower. The stock was already quoting at expensive valuations and failed to meet expectations. The punishment was severe, and it broke all-important support and closed below the 20 and 10-day SMA.

Last week, natural rubber prices dropped to a two-year low mirroring the weaker trends overseas due to lower demand from China and higher supply. Meanwhile, Brent Crude prices fell to the $80 a barrel mark again amid concerns over an economic slowdown and rising Covid cases in China.

Domestic equities struggled to maintain the 18k zone after minutes from the mid-December meeting showed that US Fed officials agreed to slow the pace of rate hikes but continued to maintain hawkish views until inflation came within control. Nifty opened positive but drifted below 18,000 levels and went into negative territory,” Siddhartha Khemka, Head - Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services, said.

AMFI stock categorization is mainly referred to by active equity mutual fund managers. As the stocks move up from lower categorization to higher (say small-cap to mid-cap and midcap to large-cap), it increases their visibility. Fund managers typically further analyse such stocks and add them as per their rationale while complying with the scheme mandate.

"The change in categorization doesnt necessarily lead to incremental inflow or outflow. The active mutual fund managers keep an eye on the list while taking fresh/modifying positions in stocks in different categories of schemes," said Abhilash Pagaria of Nuvama.

“On the largecap side, L&T should continue to outperform because it is still very under-owned relative to growth prospects. I like M&M because fundamentally they are doing much better than what everyone expected and will continue to do much better and valuations are not so high. Among midcaps, it could be a wide variety of stocks across sectors on the capex theme. I like something like VA Tech Wabag.”

Calculations done by Nuvama Alternative and Quantitative Research shows that among those that have a high probability of getting upgraded to midcap from largecap are - Varun Beverages, ABB India, Page Industries, Bosch and Trent.

“When we say buy on dips, I am definitely bullish especially on the banking sector and especially on the PSU banks. And 42,000 or 41,700 was a major support for the Bank Nifty. Once it breaks, then only will there be further downside to it. Otherwise, use all dips to buy.”

Apollo Tyres, incorporated in the year 1972, is a Mid Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 20863.07 Crore) operating in Tyres sector.

​Nifty broke down its upsloping trend line support and slipped below the 20-SMA (18,528), indicating weakness ahead in the near term. If Nifty remains below 18,500, it will witness supply on any minor pullback.

Whereas the report said stocks that are likely to see upgrades from mid- to large-size and small- to mid-size are largely from cyclical sectors such as — industrials, banks and discretionary consumption.

The AMFI rejig will majorly be classified by size, taking into account data from July to December 2022. This period saw rising valuations as the Indian equity market rose by over 5% with Nifty and Sensex at record highs.

Apollo Tyres, incorporated in the year 1972, is a Mid Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 20520.11 Crore) operating in Tyres sector.

Siddhartha Khemka: So if you look at the broader spectrum, auto is another sector or space, directly linked to the rural sector, but some of these OEMs have a mixed kind of outlook in the near term. So, there is an indirect play on the auto tyres.

As per the Fibonacci ratios, the stock has the potential to head higher towards 86 and 95 levels being 3.618 and 4.24 retracement ratios, respectively. Whereas on the downside key intermediate support is seen at 76-71.

Sectorally, buying was seen in FMCG, utilities, power, consumer durables, and healthcare stocks while some selling was visible in auto space.

Wall Street's main indexes fell on Monday amid worries about protests in major Chinese cities against strict COVID-19 policies, although gains in Amazon helped limit losses as Cyber Monday sales were set for a record.

Apollo Tyres Ltd., incorporated in the year 1972, is a Mid Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 19627.79 Crore) operating in Tyres sector.

The volatility index, India VIX, has slipped to 13.4 indicating choppiness is gradually subsiding and thus providing comfort to the bulls. Chart patterns suggest the 13-exponential moving average zone of 18,200-18,250 will be a strong support.

Apollo Tyres Ltd., incorporated in the year 1972, is a Mid Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 17916.20 Crore) operating in Tyres sector.

Rustomjee Group's Keystone Realtors will make its Dalal Street debut on Thursday as the company issued shares in the range of Rs 514-541 apeice between November 14-16 to raise Rs 635 crore via IPO.

For ICICI Securities, the BFSI space witnessed healthy earnings upgrades (led by corporate banks), while marginal upgrades were witnessed in the FMCG, IT and oil & gas space. Domestic brokerage firm Motilal Oswal has maintained an overweight stance on BFSI, auto, consumer & IT and an underweight stance on energy, pharma and utilities.