Indian equity bourses gave up
their gains on Thursday to end the session flat. After a positive start, the
markets traded firmly during morning deals, as the government data showed that
foreign direct investment into India grew by 28 per cent to $16.33 billion
during the first quarter of the current fiscal. Inflow of FDI during April-June
of 2018-19 stood at $12.75 billion. Some support also came with reports that a
top advisory body on external trade will meet next week to discuss issues
related to export promotion, domestic manufacturing and competitiveness in the
wake of a fall in exports of traditional, employment-generating sectors such as
gems and jewellery, leather, handloom and cotton yarn and fabrics. But in noon
deals, key indices erased gains, as India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra)
believes India's increased dependence on foreign portfolio investment (FPI)
makes the country highly vulnerable to global shocks. The surplus generated in
the services trade combined with remittances is insufficient to cover India's
trade deficit. Adding anxiety among market participants, domestic credit rating
agency CRISIL cut India's current financial year (FY20) Gross domestic products
(GDP) growth forecast to 6.3% from its earlier forecast of 6.9%. The agency
said that lower GDP growth forecast corroborates that India's economic slowdown
is deeper and more broad-based than suspected. Finally, the BSE Sensex lost
80.32 points or 0.22% to 36,644.42, while the CNX Nifty was up by 3.25 points
or 0.03% to 10847.90.
The US markets ended higher on
Thursday on reports that the US and China plan to hold high level trade talks
in early October. A statement from China's Commerce Ministry said both sides
agreed to the new round of talks during a phone call between Chinese Vice
Premier and chief trade negotiator Liu He and US Trade Representative Robert
Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. A spokesperson for the US
Trade Representative's office confirmed the phone call and said the US and China
agreed to hold meetings in the coming weeks. The US and Chinese officials will
purportedly hold deputy-level talks later this month in preparation for the
meeting in October. On the economic data front, new orders for US manufactured
goods jumped more than expected in the month of July, the Commerce Department
revealed in a report released. The report said factory orders surged up by 1.4
percent in July after climbing by a downwardly revised 0.5 percent in June.
Street had expected factory orders to jump by 1.0 percent compared to the 0.6
percent increase originally reported for the previous month. Meanwhile, the
Institute for Supply Management (ISM) released a separate report showing a
notable acceleration in the pace of growth in US service sector activity in the
month of August. The ISM said its non-manufacturing index climbed to 56.4 in
August after falling to 53.7 in July, with a reading above 50 indicating growth
in service sector activity. Street had expected the index to inch up to 54.0.
Crude oil futures ended slightly
in green on Thursday after the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported
that US crude supplies declined by 4.8 million barrels for the week ended
August 30. That followed declines in each of the previous two weeks. The EIA
data also showed weekly supply declines of 2.4 million barrels for gasoline and
2.5 million barrels for distillates.
Besides, some support also came in on reports of heightened tensions in
the Middle East. Yemeni troops launched missile attacks against Saudi troops in
Jizan and Haradh, Saudi Arabia, killing and injuring more than 30 Saudi troops.
Benchmark crude oil futures for October added 4 cents or 0.07 percent to settle
at $56.30 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. November Brent gained
25 cents or 0.4 percent to settle at $60.95 a barrel on London's
Intercontinental Exchange.
Continuing
strong recovery momentum for the second day, Indian rupee ended higher against
US dollar on Thursday, driven by weakening of the greenback in overseas
markets. Traders took support with the government data showed that foreign
direct investment into India grew by 28 percent to $16.33 billion during the
first quarter of the current fiscal. Inflow of FDI during April-June of 2018-19
stood at $12.75 billion. Market participants paid no heed towards domestic
credit rating agency CRISIL cut India's current financial year (FY20) Gross
domestic products (GDP) growth forecast to 6.3% from its earlier forecast of
6.9%. The agency said that lower GDP growth forecast corroborates that India's
economic slowdown is deeper and more broad-based than suspected. On the global
front, safe-haven dollar and yen fell on Wednesday after global political
worries eased with what markets perceived as positive news in Hong Kong, Italy
and Britain. Finally, the rupee ended at 71.84, 28 paise stronger from its
previous close of 72.12 on Wednesday.
The
FIIs as per Thursday's data were net sellers in both equity and debt segments.
In equity segment, the gross buying was of Rs 4198.57 crore against gross
selling of Rs 5458.64 crore, while in the debt segment, the gross purchase was
of Rs 1428.04 crore with gross sales of Rs 1605.87 crore. Besides, in the
hybrid segment, the gross buying was of Rs 15.33 crore against gross selling of
Rs 15.56 crore.
The US markets ended higher on Thursday
on expectations of de-escalation in US-China trade tensions, while strong US
economic data eased fears of a domestic slowdown. Asian markets are trading in
green in early deals on Friday as investors cheered plans for more trade
negotiations between Washington and Beijing. Indian markets remained volatile
throughout the trading session and ended flat on Thursday. Today, the start of the session is likely to
be in green on positive global cues. Traders will be getting support with union
minister of state for heavy industries and public enterprises, Arjun Ram
Meghwal's statement that the government will do everything to ensure that the
economy remains on track and is not weakened so that the country reaches its
target of $5 trillion economy. He also said during the tenure of the UPA
government the country's economy was ranked 11th in the world and now under the
BJP-led NDA government it has climbed to the fifth position. He added ‘our
target is the third position. So we cannot afford to allow the economic growth
to be weakened.' Meanwhile, to revive sagging economy, the finance ministry
will hold meeting with heads of central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) today
to impress upon them the need to expedite capital expenditure. The government
has a capital expenditure plan of Rs 3.3 lakh crore during the current
financial year. These include expenditure by the Ministry of Railways and Road
Transport. However, there will be some cautiousness latter in the day on report
that CARE Ratings revised India's GDP growth forecast on account of subdued
growth in the industrial sector and weakness in the agricultural sector during
Q1FY20. The agency cut the GDP estimate downward from 6.7-6.8% earlier to
6.4-6.5% for FY20 with the underlying GVA growth of 6.3-6.4%. The MSME sector will be in action on report
that the government launched the updated Credit linked Capital Subsidy Scheme
(CLCSS) to allow micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) access to capital.
The scheme provides an upfront subsidy of 15 per cent on institutional credit
up to Rs 1 crore for MSMEs in the specified 51 sub-sectors. There will be some
buzz in the sugar stocks on report that sugar exports, estimated at 3.8 MT for
sugar season (SS 2019), are expected to rise to 4.5-5 MT in SS 2020.
Support and Resistance: NSE (Nifty) and BSE (Sensex)
Index
|
Previous close
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Support
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Resistance
|
NSE Nifty
|
10,847.90
|
10,802.57
|
10,906.67
|
BSE Sensex
|
36,644.42
|
36,491.20
|
36,848.31
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Nifty Top volumes
Stock
|
Volume
|
Previous close (Rs)
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Support (Rs)
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Resistance (Rs)
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(in
Lacs)
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Yes Bank
|
1,779.20
|
61.95
|
59.75
|
63.25
|
Tata Motors
|
757.90
|
118.05
|
111.92
|
121.77
|
ONGC
|
322.26
|
125.15
|
119.77
|
130.22
|
Coal India
|
290.83
|
194.85
|
186.97
|
199.57
|
Indian Oil Corporation
|
252.13
|
124.70
|
120.47
|
129.07
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SBI and Edelweiss Financial Services' subsidiary -- ECL Finance have signed a Co-Origination agreement to increase access to credit for MSMEs.