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Market Commentary 09 August 2016
Markets to make a cautious start ahead of Rajan's last policy review

 

Monday's trading session was of consolidation as the Indian frontline equity indices appeared a bit fatigued and kept moving in a range throughout the day. However, the benchmarks managed to extend the winning momentum for the third consecutive day of trade, as encouraging global developments buttressed domestic sentiments. Investors continued to build hefty positions across the board in early trades as sentiments got a boost after a stellar jobs report outstripped Wall Street expectations, showing sustained improvement in a labor market that has been spotty over the past few months. The US generated 255,000 new jobs in July, furnishing fresh proof that companies are still hiring plenty of workers even though the economy is operating at a lower pace. On the domestic front, sentiments got some support from Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's statement that Indian economy has defied global slowdown and geo-political tensions, and is now poised to seize the opportunity to grow faster. The session largely remained characterized by choppiness as the aimless indices moved only sideways in a tight band amid lack of fresh triggers. Investors remained optimistic with the Moody's Investors Service's report, terming the Indian government's targeting of inflation at four per cent with a range of plus/minus two per cent a 'credit positive' measure that will help macroeconomic stability.  According to Moody's, sustained moderate inflation would contribute to macroeconomic stability and help prevent a repetition of the short marked cycles of the past.  Some support also came with a joint study by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Indian Banks' Association (IBA), stating that the overall financial conditions index in India rose 28 per cent sequentially to 61.1 percent in the first quarter of 2016-17 from 47.8 percent in the previous quarter of 2015-16, indicating healthy improvement.  Meanwhile, banking stocks gained traction ahead of the RBI policy review on August 09, 2016, while Auto shares extended their gains as the sector is likely to benefit the most, post the implementation of the GST Bill on the back of a lower effective tax rate. Moreover, Power stocks edged higher on the report that state power distribution companies have sharply reduced commercial losses and interest costs, giving a promising start to Power Minister Piyush Goyal's Uday scheme that aims to set right electricity distribution, the biggest bottleneck in the sector. On the global front, strong US jobs data sent Asian markets higher on Monday, while the European markets too displayed conviction. Back home, finally the BSE Sensex surged by 104.22 points or 0.37% to 28182.57, while the CNX Nifty rose by 28.20 points or 0.32% to 8,711.35.

 

The US markets closed lower on Monday, after touching record highs, dragged down by a sharp drop in health-care stocks, which outweighed a rise in energy shares that accompanied strong gains for crude-oil futures. Broader markets pulled back despite the fact that more stocks on the NYSE were advancing than declining. The dollar rose against its major rivals, drawing continued support from last week's strong US jobs report. As of Friday, aggregate earnings for the S&P 500 showed a decline of 2.3% year-over-year - still better than the 5.2% fall expected at the beginning of the earnings season. Meanwhile, even as economic fundamentals show signs of slow improvement, an interest-rate hike by the Fed could come later this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 14.24 points or 0.08 percent to 18,529.29, Nasdaq dropped 7.98 points or 0.15 percent to 5,213.14, while S&P 500 was down 1.98 points or 0.09 percent to 2,180.89. 

 

Crude oil futures bounced back on Monday to post gains of over two percent and hit near two-week highs after OPEC president Mohammed bin Saleh al-Sada commented on the possibility of an accord between member states at a meeting in Algeria in late-September aimed at stabilizing the volatile global energy market. Al-Sada said in a statement that "OPEC continues to monitor developments closely, and is in constant deliberations with all member states on ways and means to help restore stability and order to the oil market." Benchmark crude oil futures for September delivery surged by $1.23 or 2.94 percent to close at $43.03 a barrel after trading in a range of $41.83 and $43.38 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, Brent oil futures for October delivery declined by $1.11 or 2.51 percent to $45.38 a barrel on the ICE.

 

Indian rupee concluded weaker against dollar on Monday as Investors remained cautious ahead of Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy review scheduled on Tuesday. Dollar strengthened against other major currencies on stronger-than-expected US jobs growth data, also weighed on sentiments. The US generated 255,000 new jobs in July, furnishing fresh proof that companies are still hiring plenty of workers even though the economy is operating at a lower pace. However, losses remained capped with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's statement that Indian economy has defied global slowdown and geo-political tensions and is now poised to seize the opportunity to grow faster. Finally the rupee ended at 66.84, weaker by 6 paise from its previous close of 66.78 on Friday.

 

The FIIs as per Monday's data were net buyers in equity and debt segments both. In equity segment, the gross buying was of Rs 4298.56 crore against gross sell of Rs 3809.98 crore. While in the debt segment, the gross purchase was of Rs 1408.72 crore with gross sales of Rs 1036.32 crore. Thus, FIIs stood as net buyers of Rs 372.40 crore in debt.

 

The US markets witnessed some weakness in the last session after the recent gains; amid speculation the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates after two months of strong jobs growth, while the trading activity remained subdued amid a lack of major US economic data. The Asian markets have made mostly a positive start on surge in crude prices, though the Chinese market was marginally in red, after surging to their one-year high in early deals after food price inflation softened slightly in July, while contraction in producer prices continued to decelerate. The Indian markets extended their jubilation in last session and the major benchmarks surged to their fresh 52 weeks high, as the government moved GST Bill in the Lok Sabha for discussions on amendments made by the Rajya Sabha. Today, the start of the crucial day is likely to be in green, as the Lok Sabha late last night unanimously passed the amendments to the GST Bill recommended by the Rajya Sabha, all 443 member present in the house voted in favour of the bill. Prime Minister Narendra Modi described GST as a "crucial step" towards ending tax terrorism besides reducing corruption and black money and said the new regime of indirect taxation will make consumer the "king". Today, all eyes will be on the last monetary policy review by the outgoing RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. Though, the expectations are that governor will leave interest rates unchanged, but traders will be eyeing his views on economy. The telecom stocks will be in action today, as the Telecom Department has announced that bidding rounds for the biggest-ever spectrum auction will begin from September 29. The sale will include mobile airwaves worth Rs 5.63 lakh crore at the base price value. There will be lots of scrip specific action to keep the markets buzzing.

 

 

                                Support and Resistance: CNX Nifty and BSE Sensex

Index

Previous close

Support

Resistance

CNX Nifty

8711.35

8698.13

8724.03

BSE Sensex

28182.57

28131.63

28229.95

 

Nifty Top volumes

Stock

Volume

(in Lacs)

Previous close (Rs)

Support  (Rs)

Resistance (Rs)

Hindalco

201.69

149.15

146.05

152.20

State Bank of India

169.73

233.25

231.33

235.53

Tata Power

143.43

72.75

71.43

73.68

ICICI Bank

108.24

245.25

243.97

247.12

Idea Cellular

103.89

103.10

101.65

105.40

 

  • Idea Cellular has registered 80.96% fall in its net profit after tax at Rs 160.41 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 as compared to Rs 842.61 crore for the same quarter in the previous year.
  • Hero MotoCorp has reported 18.13% rise in its net profit after tax at Rs 883.10 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 as compared to Rs 747.54 crore for the same quarter in the previous year.
  • ICICI Bank is aiming to facilitate 30 lakh transactions through its inter-operable electronic toll collection facility on national highways by March 2017.
  • Coal India is all set to hold special forward e-auction for power producers phase III on August 17, 20, 23 and 24, amid government's plans to provide round-the-clock electricity to all.
  • Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company, has reportedly received an approval from the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation to export drugs for the European Union market.
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