Indian equity bourses ended
Wednesday's trade on lower note. The start of the day was in deep red, as
National Statistical Office in its First Advance Estimates of National Income,
2019-20, stated that India's GDP growth is expected to fall to an 11-year low
of 5% in the current fiscal year, as compared to the growth rate of 6.8% in
2018-19, mainly due to poor showing by manufacturing and construction sectors.
Losses got intensified in noon deals, amid a report that company boards are
operating under increased political and regulatory pressure to improve their
governance standards, and the resultant risk averseness is a prime reason for
the growth slowdown. However, in the last leg of the trading session, key
benchmarks managed to stage recovery to settle the day marginally lower, taking
support with Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's statement that the
government is taking various steps to simplify the taxation system and
eliminate harassment of honest taxpayers. Market participants took a note of
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal's statement that the
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector has better adaptability to
cater to the export market due to its smaller size and can adapt to market
change sooner. Finally, the BSE Sensex lost 51.73 points or 0.13% to 40817.74,
while the CNX Nifty was down by 27.60 points or 0.23% to 12025.35.
The US markets ended higher on
Wednesday following remarks by President Trump, who responded to Tuesday
night's attacks by Iran by minimizing their importance, saying that no US
casualties were sustained and that only minimal damage was done to US military
facilities in Iraq. The President did say that he was imposing further economic
sanctions on Iran, while stating categorically that As long as I am President
of the United States, Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. The
markets also benefited from the release of a report from payroll processor ADP
showing much stronger than expected private sector job growth in the month of
December. ADP said private sector employment surged up by 202,000 jobs in December
after climbing by a substantially upwardly revised 124,000 jobs in November.
Street had expected employment to increase by about 160,000 jobs compared to
the addition of 67,000 jobs originally reported for the previous month. The
S&P set a new intraday record Wednesday, while the Nasdaq set both record
intraday high and close. Besides, with a drop in revolving credit partly
offsetting an increase in non-revolving credit, the Federal Reserve released a
report showing US consumer credit rose by less than expected in the month of
November. The Fed said consumer credit climbed by $12.5 billion in November
after jumping by $18.9 billion in October. Non-revolving credit, such as
student loans and car loans, surged up $14.9 billion in November following an $11.1
billion increase in October. Meanwhile, the report said revolving credit, which
largely reflects credit card debt, fell by $2.4 billion in November after
climbing by $7.9 billion in the previous month.
Crude oil futures ended lower
with cut of over four and half percent on Wednesday as worries about US-Iran
tensions eased a bit and official data showed an unexpected rise in US crude
inventories. President Donald Trump delivered a statement responding to last
night's attack by Iran, indicating the US would hit Iran with new sanctions but
not respond militarily. Besides, the Energy Information Administration (EIA)
said that US crude supplies edged up by 1.2 million barrels for the week ended
January 3. That followed declines in each of the previous three weeks. S&P
Global Platts had forecast a decrease of 3.7 million barrels, while the
American Petroleum Institute on Tuesday reported a 5.95 million-barrel decline.
Crude oil futures for February dropped $3.09 or 4.9 percent to settle at $59.61
a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. March Brent fell $2.83 or 4.2
percent to settle at $65.44 a barrel on London's Intercontinental Exchange.
Erasing
all of its initial losses, Indian rupee ended marginally higher against dollar
on Wednesday on selling of dollars by banks and exporters. Traders took some
support with the government data on national income showed that the country's
per-capita monthly income is estimated to have risen by 6.8% to Rs 11,254
during 2019-20. Market participants also took note of Finance minister Nirmala
Sitharaman's statement that the government is taking various steps to simplify
the taxation system and eliminate harassment of honest taxpayers. However,
gains remain capped as anxiety remained among the traders with the first
advance estimates released by the Central Statistics Ministry showing that the
government has estimated India's GDP growth during fiscal 2019-20 at 5% as
compared to 6.8% in the year-ago period. On the global front, pound erased
early gains on Wednesday as investors refocused their attention towards Brexit
talks and a European Central Bank policymaker said Britain could crash out of
the European Union without a deal in place by the end of 2020. Finally, the
rupee ended at 71.70, 12 paise stronger from its previous close of 71.82 on
Tuesday.
The
FIIs as per Wednesday's data were net sellers in both equity and debt segments.
In equity segment, the gross buying was of Rs 3881.46 crore against gross
selling of Rs 4494.36 crore, while in the debt segment, the gross purchase was
of Rs 2354.17 crore with gross sales of Rs 2916.33 crore. Besides in the hybrid
segment, the gross buying was of Rs 76.15 crore against gross selling of Rs
101.41 crore.
The US markets settled higher on
Wednesday after President Donald Trump said there were no American casualties
in the Iranian missile strikes and that Tehran appeared to be standing down,
sparking a relief rally in markets. All the Asian markets are trading in green
on Thursday and oil beat a retreat, as the US and Iran backed away from the
brink of further conflict in the Middle East and investors reversed their
safety plays. Indian markets ended slightly lower on Wednesday as a retaliatory
attack on US-led forces by Iran spurred another crude rally, stoking fears of
rising inflation at one of the world's top oil importers. Today, benchmarks are
likely to make gap-up opening tracking firm cues from global markets. Some
support will come with the Industry body Ficci's statement that the government
should infuse capital in the economy without worrying about the fiscal deficit
target as the GDP growth is estimated to slip to 11-year low of 5 percent
during 2019-20. Ficci President Sangita Reddy said the 5 per cent GDP growth
estimate for the current financial year is on expected lines as the economic
expansion in the first half of the year has been moderate. However, there may
be some cautiousness as the World Bank has projected a 5 per cent growth rate
for India in the 2019-2020 financial year, but said it was likely to recover to
5.8 per cent in the following financial year. Besides, State Bank of India's
economic research department has cut its projection for gross domestic product
(GDP) for FY20 to 4.6 per cent, based on current available trends, against 5
per cent projected earlier, even as it assessed that India could be now staring
at a sub-6-per-cent growth for two successive years. Meanwhile, the cabinet
committee on parliamentary affairs has recommended holding the Budget session
in two phases from January 31 to April 3, with the Union Budget to be presented
on February 1. Oil stocks will be in focus with Oil Minister Dharmendra
Pradhan's statement that in only the second instance of the government directly
funding a gas pipeline, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved
a Rs 5,559 crore viability gap funding for the proposed North-East gas grid.
There will be some reaction in coal stocks with report that in a bid to attract
investments and boost domestic coal production, the government has approved
promulgation of an ordinance to open up coal mining in the country to non-coal
companies while removing restrictions on end-use of the fuel.
Support and Resistance: NSE (Nifty) and BSE (Sensex)
Index
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Previous close
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Support
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Resistance
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NSE Nifty
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12,025.35
|
11,954.98
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12,070.33
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BSE Sensex
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40,817.74
|
40,574.07
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40,963.88
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Nifty Top volumes
Stock
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Volume
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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
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1,400.74
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46.05
|
45.17
|
47.07
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SBI
|
445.27
|
319.80
|
313.37
|
323.87
|
Tata Motors
|
218.63
|
182.55
|
180.43
|
184.43
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Vedanta
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180.95
|
157.35
|
153.80
|
159.55
|
ICICI Bank
|
160.94
|
525.95
|
518.18
|
530.53
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