Happy Birthday STIXi

STIXi completed one year of existence on 31-MAR-2009. And what an year it has been for the Indian stock market, as this chart should tell you.

During this one year, STIXi grew pretty well and as months went by, as part of this growing up process :-) two sets of planned changes were made to the composition of the STIXi - apart from routine changes due to corporate actions now and then and in two separate instances 'no-trading' on those scrips.

The first major revision of index composition was on completion of 6 months on 1-OCT-2008 and the index was made more broad based - the number of scrips was increased to 240 (approximately 20% of number of scrips traded on NSE) and on 1/10/8, their cumulative volume share to total volume of NSE scrips was 83% and in turnover terms, their turnover constituted 91% of NSE turnover. This broad-basing also resulted in weights of exisiting constituents of the index undergoing a change.

The second revision was made at end of trading of 31-12-2008 towards rebalancing of weights and effecting few substitutions. After this rebalancing the number of scrips in STIXi still stood at 240, volume & turnover share vis-a-vis NSE shares volume and turnover stood that day on 80.5% and 90.26% respectively. In hind-sight, one significant change made that day as a result of reduction made to weightage of IT sector in STIXi was the replacement of SATYAMCOMP with TECHM. May be saved the day for STIXi falling into an abyss subsequently due to the free fall in Satyam. :-)

The dividend yield of STIXi (when last checked - about 2 months ago) stands at an impressive 2.25%.

Over this one full year, STIXi has been stable, and as promised and expected, truly reflected the broader market movement more accurately than the frontline indices like NIFTY / SENSEX or even CNX500.

The one year technical charts follow in the next post.

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STIXi relative performance v/s all other indices since 01-APR-08

One picture is equal to 1000 words...! So they say...

Interesting to note that while all the other indices had made lower highs and lower bottoms during May-08, the broad based STIXi made a double-top! Clear sign of bearish times to come.

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Sundar

Relative performance of various indices in MAY-08

Returns of indices for the month of MAY-08

• STIXi -4.36%
• NIFTY -5.73%
• Sensex -5.06%
• CNX 500 -6.22%
• CNX 100 -6.39%
• Nifty Junior -10.35%
• CNX Midcap -6.31%
• Nifty Midcap50 -5.38%
• BSE 500 -5.96%
• BSE 200 -5.53%
• BSE 100 -5.51%
• BSE Midcap -5.30%
• BSE Smallcap -7.30%

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STIXi values for 14-MAY-2008 and market review

STIXi values for 14-MAY-2008

• Open: 1084.1
• High: 1121.56
• Low : 1065.11
• Close : 1100.47
• Prev. Close: 1086.37

STIXi Returns since 01-APR-2008 : 10.04%
Nifty Returns since 01-APR-2008 : 5.74%
CNX 500 Returns since 01-APR-2008 : 6.91%
CNX 100 Returns since 01-APR-2008 : 6.44%
SENSEX Returns since 01-APR-2008 : 8.65%

STIXi

• 5Day EMA 1099.73
• 9Day EMA 1103.49
• 12Day EMA 1102.19
• 20Day EMA 1087.91
• RSI @ 59.49
• ROC @ -0.84

STIXi's share of volume of NSE EQ universe of stocks has gone up by about 1% over the previous day while that of turnover is up by 1.2%. However the broad market upmove has happened with sharply lesser volumes & turnover today. Further STIXi volume and turnover for the day are down 4.04% and 3.08% respectively over previous 5 day averages.

ROC has started turning up again, though still near neutral to negative territory. Stochastics (5,3) and (14,3) still indicating a BUY. STIXi has closed over its 5 day EMA and in the process seems to have reversed from its 20DEMA.

Lack of volumes on a good upmove day makes this move unconvincing.

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STIXi - values for 13-MAY-2008 and market review

STIXi values for 13-MAY-2008

• Open: 1101.08
• High: 1126.8
• Low : 1071.3
• Close : 1086.37
• Prev. Close: 1089.73

STIXi Returns since 01-APR-2008 : 8.63%
Nifty Returns since 01-APR-2008 : 4.6%
CNX 500 Returns since 01-APR-2008 : 5.87%
CNX 100 Returns since 01-APR-2008 : 5.31%
SENSEX Returns since 01-APR-2008 : 7.21%

For the day, it was a broad-based fall, with only the Midcap centric indices registering gains. Relatively, STIXi has withstood the fall better.

STIXi

• 5Day EMA 1099.36
• 9Day EMA 1104.24
• 12Day EMA 1102.47
• 20Day EMA 1086.59
• RSI @ 54.75
• ROC @ -1.64

STIXi's share of volume of NSE EQ universe of stocks has gone up sharply by 3.6% over the previous day while that of turnover is up by 1%. The broad market fall has happened with large volumes today. STIXi volume and turnover for the day are very sharply up 16.48% and 8.17% respectively over previous 5 day averages, indicating profit booking and anticipation of further fall by seasoned hands.

STIXi has closed just below its 20Day EMA for the first time.

ROC has resumed the falling trend. Yesterday's BUY trigger in Stochastics (5,3) is followed up by today's BUY trigger in Stochastics (14,3). However there are no confirmations from other indicators.

The market (indices) appear to have formed a Head-and-Shoulder pattern over the past 3 weeks. This fall, accompanied by a very large jump in volumes indicates that market is likely to head down further. NIFTY may be headed towards 4780 - 4820 levels.

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STIXi values for 12-May-2008 and market review

STIXi values for 12-MAY-2008

• Open: 1081.57
• High: 1110.17
• Low : 1045.95
• Close : 1089.73
• Prev. Close: 1091.48

STIXi Returns since 01-APR-2008 : 8.97%
Nifty Returns since 01-APR-2008 : 5.72%
CNX 500 Returns since 01-APR-2008 : 6.52%
CNX 100 Returns since 01-APR-2008 : 6.29%
SENSEX Returns since 01-APR-2008 : 7.90%

For the day, while the large-cap centric indices advanced, rest were either flat or negative, with the BSE SMALLCAP index falling much sharply. STIXi closed marginally down (-0.16%), though the opening was very weak.

STIXi

• 5Day EMA 1105.85
• 9Day EMA 1108.71
• 12Day EMA 1105.39
• 20Day EMA 1086.61
• RSI @ 56.21
• ROC @ -0.33

STIXi's share of volume of NSE EQ universe of stocks has gone down by 1.4% over the previous day while that of turnover is up by 1%. The STIXi volume and turnover for the day are up 1.2% and down 4.8% respectively over previous 5 day averages.

ROC is trying to reverse the falling trend and is presently (near) neutral. Stochastics (5,3) has given a 'BUY' indication. However there are no confirmations from other indicators.

Market may be in a consolidatory mood or may stage a minor pullback for the day. Broad market trend remains negative.

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Relative performance of STIXi v/s other indices - review

STIXi seems to be holding upto its promise. As evidenced in this chart, it appears pretty balanced and has outperformed most other indices since its inception. And it seems capable of holding the down-side better. It is early days...got to wait and see for few more months and volatile periods in market to evaluate it better.

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