The carnage in Indian stock
markets prolonged for yet another session, as the benchmarks continued to sway
to the tune of depressing global developments and deposed another over a
percentage point on Wednesday. The drop in oil prices to 12-year lows has sent
shudders through world markets, helping wipe trillions of dollars off share
valuations and even raising fears of recession. Besides, there were no positive
surprises from the third quarter earnings on the domestic front, while in the
overseas markets global oil majors have reported weak earnings. Depreciation in
Indian rupee also weighed on the sentiments. The rupee again broke below the
68-mark by depreciating 28 paise to trade at 68.26 against the dollar in
today's trade due to increased demand for the American unit from importers and
banks. The sentiments were also under pressure on reports that Foreign
Institutional Investors sold shares worth Rs 113.98 crore, while the Domestic
Institutional Investors sold shares worth Rs 323.23 crore on February 02,
22016. Moreover, investors failed to get any sense of relief from the report
that activity in India's services sector increased at its fastest pace in over
a year and a half in January as demand accelerated, allowing firms to build up
a much bigger backlog of orders. The Nikkei/Markit Services Purchasing
Managers' Index rose to 54.3 in January from 53.6 in December, the seventh
straight month above the 50-level that distinguishes growth from contraction. On
the global front, Asian shares tumbled on Wednesday, European stocks followed a
weak Asian session markets. Back home, Indian benchmarks started the session on
a weak note mirroring losses in the global equities as oil prices continue to
move south on growing supply glut. Thereafter, the indices traded in the small
range for most part of the session, though some recovery emerged in early
afternoon session on account of lower level buying, but the final hour selling
washout that recover and took the indices for a ride to the lowest part of the
session. Finally, the BSE Sensex slumped by 315.68 points or 1.29% to 24223.32,
while the CNX Nifty lost 93.75 points or 1.26% to 7,361.80.
The US markets closed mostly
higher on Wednesday, as a big jump in oil prices lifted the energy and
materials sectors, and battered financials reversed ugly losses. A tug of war
between the rallying oil prices and a flurry of weaker-than-expected economic
data, which was stoking fears of a slowdown in the US economy, resulted in
seesawing trade. On the economy front, private-sector employment gains increased
in January but at a slower pace than in the prior month. Employers added
205,000 jobs in January. ADP tweaked December's gain to 267,000 from a prior
estimate of 257,000. Overall job creation has remained fairly strong despite a
slowdown in the pace of growth in the fourth quarter. However, companies in the
US service sector such as retail, banking and health care grew in January at
the slowest pace in almost two years, adding to a drumbeat of data suggesting
the economy has softened. The Institute for Supply Management stated that its
nonmanufacturing index fell to 53.5% from 55.8% in December. The Dow Jones
Industrial Average added 183.12 points or 1.13 percent to 16,336.66, the
S&P 500 was up by 9.50 points or 0.50 percent to 1,912.53 while the Nasdaq
was down 12.71 points or 0.28 percent to 4,504.24.
Crude oil futures made a smart
bounce back and surged on Wednesday amid weakening dollar, as energy traders
shrugged off a considerable build in U.S. crude futures in favor of growing
support for an emergency OPEC meeting aimed at addressing longstanding concerns
related to excessive supply. Meanwhile, Energy Information Administration (EIA)
reported on Wednesday that crude inventories rose by 7.8 million barrels for
the week ended Jan. 29. Though, the US production fell slightly for the second
consecutive week but remained above 9.2 million barrels per day. Benchmark
crude oil futures for March delivery surged by $2.40 or 8.03 percent to $32.28 a
barrel after trading in a range of $29.41 and $32.34 a barrel on the New York
Mercantile Exchange. In London, Brent crude for April delivery closed at $35.04,
up $2.32 or 7.09 percent on the ICE.
Indian rupee breaching 68 level
mark ended weaker against dollar on Wednesday due to demand for dollar from
banks and importers amid capital outflows from the local equity market.
Sentiments weakened further with Moody's Investors Service's report that RBI's
target to bring down retail inflation at 5 per cent by March 2017 will face
some risks from monsoon uncertainty and execution of seventh Pay Panel
recommendations, while macro-economic factors will be critical for sustaining
growth. Investors failed to get solace with the better-than-expected India's
services activity data. Nikkei/Markit Services Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI)
surged to 54.3 in January from December's 53.6, marking a seventh month above
the 50-level that separates growth from contraction. On the global front, yen
fell sharply against the dollar after the Bank of Japan set the country's
first-ever negative interest rate and signaled that further cuts were possible.
Finally, the rupee ended at 68.07, 9 paise weaker from its previous close of
67.98 on Tuesday.
The
FIIs as per Wednesday's data were net sellers in equity while there were net
buyers in debt segment. In equity segment, the gross buying was of Rs 4102.32 crore
against gross selling of Rs 4168.29 crore, while in the debt segment, the gross
purchase was of Rs 1255.17 crore with gross sales of Rs 1158.84 crore.
The US markets made a mixed
closing in a volatile last session, as traders digested the release of a mixed
batch of U.S. economic data as well as a sharp jump by the price of crude oil.
The Asian markets have made mostly a positive start as crude extended gains,
however the Japanese market was in red as yen strengthened against dollar. The
Indian markets deepening their plunge lost another over a percent in last
session. Today, the start is likely to be in green and some recovery can be
seen after the recent falls on supportive global cues. Also, as the Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley amid global uncertainty has said that it is important for
India to emerge out of the crisis stronger as it is on a much higher and
stabler footing than other nations. Jaitley said that India is "relatively
unimpacted" by some of the factors that have caused the global crisis.
There is likely to be buzz in the cement, aluminium and steel stocks, as they will
now be able to participate in coal block auction. The Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid down a
new framework to make the coal available in a fair manner to the end-users
through auction. Infra stocks too are likely to be in action, as the Union
Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the proposal to allow railways to form joint
venture (JV) companies with state governments to mobilise resources for speedy
implementation of rail projects. Considering the huge funds required to execute
the projects. Shipping stocks will be buzzing on reports that the Baltic Dry
Index, the benchmark for dry bulk shipping freight, has fallen to as low as 300
points. There will be lots of important result announcements to keep the
markets ticking.
Support
and Resistance: NSE Nifty and BSE Sensex
Index
|
Previous close
|
Support
|
Resistance
|
CNX Nifty
|
7361.80
|
7334.93
|
7404.03
|
BSE Sensex
|
24,223.32
|
24137.49
|
24359.21
|
Nifty Top volumes
Stock
|
Volume
(in Lacs)
|
Previous close
(Rs)
|
Support (Rs)
|
Resistance (Rs)
|
Vedanta
|
243.79
|
61.65
|
59.97
|
63.72
|
SBI
|
241.32
|
166.05
|
163.60
|
168.15
|
ICICI Bank
|
214.48
|
204.05
|
201.47
|
207.72
|
Axis Bank
|
100.77
|
380.55
|
376.47
|
387.32
|
Tata Steel
|
77.92
|
224.00
|
219.00
|
231.45
|
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