Asia: India & Hong Kong strengthen

India’s Sensex respected support at 18500. Recovery above 19000 would confirm the primary advance to 21000*. Rising 13-week Twiggs Money Flow indicates strong buying pressure. Breach of support is now unlikely, but would warn of a test of primary support at 16500.

Sensex Index

* Target calculation: 18.5 + ( 18.5 – 16.0 ) = 21.0

Singapore’s Straits Times Index continues an anemic up-trend, consolidating below 3100. Reversal below 3000 would test the lower edge of the trend channel. 63-Day Twiggs Momentum below zero would suggest further consolidation, while a fall below -5% would indicate a primary down-trend.

Straits Times Index

China’s Shanghai Composite Index continues to test resistance at 2150 (and the descending trendline). Reversal below support at 2000 would signal a decline to 1800*. But rising 13-week Twiggs Money Flow indicates medium-term buying pressure. Upward breakout would test 2250.

Shanghai Composite Index

* Target calculation: 2150 – ( 2500 – 2150 ) = 1800

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index broke resistance at 22000, indicating a primary advance to 26000*. Rising 13-week Twiggs Money Flow indicates buying pressure, but wait for retracement to confirm the new support level.

Hang Seng Index

* Target calculation: 22000 + ( 22000 – 18000 ) = 26000

Japan’s Nikkei 225 continues to test resistance at 9200. Breakout would indicate a rally to 10200. Rising 13-week Twiggs Money Flow indicates medium-term buying pressure. Respect of 9200, however, would indicate another test of primary support at 8500.

Nikkei 225 Index

* Target calculation: 9200 + ( 9200 – 8200 ) = 10200