Technical analyst Hunny Tarika of Fairwealth Securities said that Nifty witnessed good consolidation between 3300-3400 before moving upward to mark its closure above the 200 DMA of 3400.

Tarika said that stock traders are advised to be careful as there were low upside volumes on Thursday & Friday trading sessions.

He added that Nifty is shaping a pessimistic divergence in an overbought region. Those holding long positions should keep tracking their stop losses and any new position should be taken only with strict stop loss.

Crude settled up $6.11 at $51.55 on Friday, as early gains on U. S. stocks helped offset government data showing a arger-thanexpected 3.9 million-barrel build in U. S. crude stocks to a 19-year high last week.

Natural gas futures ended lower on Friday as mild weekend forecasts, growing supplies and a weak economy continued to weigh on sentiment.

The International Energy Agency (IEA), said that it can’t rule out the possibility of an oil supply shortage in 2013-14 because of slower investments in oil exploration and production by OPEC and other oil producing countries.

Base Metals floated higher with the equities markets and mostly ended higher than their previous close. Three month LME Copper rose by $150 to end at $4470 and the three month LME Nickel rose by $475 to finish the day at $1150.

Copper futures edged higher on Fridaytracking a fall in LME inventories. Copper stocks on the LME fell by 10,925 tonnes to 429,500 tonnes. Some traders are of the view that China's State Reserves Bureau (SRB), which bought 350,000 tonnes of copper cathode in the first quarter of 2009, could sell around 50,000 tonnes of copper to cash in on recent rallies.

Gold rallied on Friday after China said it has added over 450 tonnes to its foreign reserves over the past six years. The reserves have risen to 1054 tonnes from 600 tonnes in 2003. This places China at the fifth spot amongst the gold-holding nations. Analysts expect China to buy more gold to match its holding with other central banks. This creates a very positive sentiment towards gold.

Today is Akshaya Tritya festival, an auspicious time for gold buying in India which continues to lend support.

Equity analyst Sovid Gupta of Fairwealth Securities is bullish on Alok Industries and maintained 'Buy' rating on the stock to achieve a target of Rs 28.

Alok Industries is a leading vertically integrated textile player having sales of over 3000 crore and tough bottom line.

The analyst initiate a buy call on the company on basis of its good valuation, vast growth in topline by the next three years and augmented outcome from higher foreign currency earnings, increased sale of Value added products and Vertical/ backward Integration.

The public sector telecommunication company of India – BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) and the Finnish manufacturer of mobile phones – Nokia have teamed up to provide 3G bundled handsets to the subscribers opting for 3G services. The senior officials from Bharat Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi have confirmed that BSNL has tied up with Nokia to supply handsets for its 3G subscribers.