Indian benchmark equity indices
staged a wonderful performance on the last day of the week by gaining close to
half percent in the session and conquering their psychological levels. The
indices ended at record highs on Friday, tracking upbeat trend in global
markets, while hopes of good southwest monsoon rains also lifted sentiment.
Market participants took some encouragement with the Moody's Investors Service
stating that India's key reforms, including the impending goods and services
tax and resolution of sticky loans may improve the country's credit
profile. Some support also came with
NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya's statement that India will regain
the crown of the fastest growing major economy, overtaking China, as early as
the first quarter of 2017-18. He said that India, on an annual basis, is ahead
of China and will regain the growth momentum soon on the back of host of
reforms initiated by the Modi government in the last three years. Besides, the appreciation in rupee value
against the dollar added to the optimistic sentiments. Rising for the third
straight day, Indian rupee strengthened by 14 paise to 64.34 against the US
dollar in early trade on sustained selling of the American currency by banks
and exporters. However, broader gains were capped due to caution ahead of the
Reserve Bank of India's policy meeting next week. The central bank is expected
to keep rates on hold on June 7, though it could soften its hawkish tone after
data showed easing inflation. On the global front, Asian equity markets ended
higher on Friday, as a set of upbeat economic data from the US and Europe
helped investors shrug off US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw
from the Paris climate agreement. US factory activity ticked up in May after
slowing for two straight months and private employers stepped up hiring,
suggesting the economy is regaining speed after struggling at the start of the
year. While Chinese stocks ended little changed as investors fretted over
tighter liquidity and slowing economic growth, Japan's Nikkei share average
broke through the 20,000-point barrier for the first time since December 2015.
Meanwhile, all the major European counterparts were trading in the green where
major indices like CAC and DAX were trading with a gain of over half a percent
at this point of time. Finally, the BSE Sensex gained 135.70 points or 0.44% to
31273.29, while the CNX Nifty was up by 37.40 points or 0.39% to 9,653.50.
The US markets closed higher on
Friday, led by gains in technology shares, as investors looked past a
weaker-than-expected May jobs report. Despite the unexpectedly low print on the
jobs report, expectations for a rate increase in June didn't fall. The New York
Federal Reserve said it left its tracking estimate on US gross domestic product
in the second quarter at 2.17 percent, unchanged from a week ago, based on this
week's data on jobs, trade, consumer spending and factory activity. On the
economy front, the nation's trade deficit rose 5.2% in April, keeping the US on
track to post a bigger gap in 2017 than in 2016. The deficit climbed to $47.6
billion in April from a revised $45.3 billion in March. Exports slipped 0.3% to
$191 billion, largely owing to decline in autos, networking equipment and
consumer goods such as pharmaceuticals. Imports edged up 0.8% to $238.6
billion. Separately, the US added a modest 138,000 new jobs in May and hiring
earlier in the spring was weaker than initially reported, adding to evidence
that the tightest labor market in years is making it harder for companies to
fill open jobs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 135.53 points or 0.65
percent to 21,144.18, Nasdaq was up 48.31 points or 0.78 percent to 6,246.83,
while S&P 500 edged higher by 18.26 points or 0.76 percent to 2,430.06.
Crude oil futures slumped on
Friday and extended the weekly losses, as President Donald Trump's decision to
withdraw from the 2015 Paris climate agreement, sparked concerns that U.S. oil
production could expand rapidly in the absence of a stringent focus on curbing
the use of fossil fuels. The Paris Agreement laid out a framework for countries
to adopt clean energy and phase out fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural
gas. Crude also came under pressure as the industry figures showed US drillers
added rigs for the 20th week in a row. Oilfield services firm Baker Hughes
reported its weekly count of oil rigs rose by 11 to a total 733. Domestic oil
companies have been adding rigs at a furious pace in 2017 in an effort to glean
market share from OPEC and Russia. Benchmark crude oil futures for July
delivery ended lower by $0.70 or 1.5 percent to $47.66 on the New York
Mercantile Exchange. In London, Brent crude for July delivery ended lower by $0.47
to $50.16 on the ICE.
Rising
for the third straight day, Indian rupee ended marginally higher against dollar
on Friday due to sustained selling of the US currency by exporters and banks.
Domestic currency got some support with NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind
Panagariya's statement that India will regain the crown of the fastest growing
major economy, overtaking China, as early as the first quarter of 2017-18.
Besides, dollar's weakness against some other currencies overseas and a firm
domestic equity market backed up the rupee. On the global front, dollar hit a
one-week high against the yen on Friday after upbeat US private sector job
figures, while the closely-watched non-farm payrolls report out later in the
global day could provide another boost. Finally, the rupee ended at 64.43, 4
paise stronger from its previous close of 64.47 on Thursday.
The FIIs as per Friday's data
were net sellers in equity segment, while they were net buyers in debt segment.
In equity segment, the gross buying was of Rs 4547.31 crore against gross selling
of Rs 4998.12 crore, while in the debt segment, the gross purchase was of Rs
2316.78 crore with gross sales of Rs 1157.53 crore.
The US markets extended their
gains in last session, overlooking a weaker than expected jobs data, as the
World Bank forecasted a modest pickup in growth despite uncertainty about
monetary policy and concern among bond traders that inflation is waning. The
Asian markets have made a mixed start, with some indices trading in red, as the
most recent US data is testing bets on improving global growth that has helped
drive the value of equities worldwide. The Indian markets showing a steady
trade ended higher in the last session, tracking upbeat global market. Today,
the start of the crucial week is likely to be in green and traders will be
getting some support with a World Bank report that successful demonetisation
will help in raising revenues on sustained basis as more and more people will
come under the tax net. Though, the traders will be cautious ahead of the
Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting, whose outcome
will be known on Wednesday. Also, there will be some concern with terror attack
in London. Meanwhile, an Assocham-Thought Arbitrage Research Institute Paper
has said that sectors such as construction and real estate, beauty and
wellness, organised retail, transport and logistics hold the maximum job
potential in India in the near future. There will be some action in the gold
and jewellary stocks, as following the 15th meeting of the GST Council meeting,
GST rates for a number of commonly-used items, including footwear, apparels and
gold were announced. Gold, gold jewellery, silver and diamond will be taxed at
3 percent. Gold currently attracts 1 percent excise duty and 1 percent VAT
(more for some states), equaling to 2 percent. There will be some buzz in the
IT sector too, as the Union IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad dismissing as
'completely wrong' the reports of a downturn in the Indian IT sector has said a
good number of people will get jobs in the current fiscal. The IT minister said
firms like TCS and Infosys have said they would recruit thousands of
professionals in the current fiscal.
Support and Resistance: NSE (Nifty) and BSE
(Sensex)
Index
|
Previous close
|
Support
|
Resistance
|
NSE Nifty
|
9653.50
|
9636.13
|
9672.18
|
BSE Sensex
|
31273.29
|
31198.27
|
31340.43
|
Nifty Top volumes
Stock
|
Volume
(in Lacs)
|
Previous close (Rs)
|
Support
(Rs)
|
Resistance (Rs)
|
Vedanta
|
152.09
|
228.85
|
225.02
|
234.17
|
ICICI Bank
|
122.45
|
318.15
|
314.88
|
322.18
|
SBI
|
120.04
|
287.05
|
285.43
|
289.58
|
ITC
|
110.74
|
319.20
|
316.30
|
321.00
|
Hindalco
|
88.24
|
197.05
|
194.40
|
199.95
|
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