Indian equities gave up their all
gains to end Tuesday's session in red terrain, with Sensex and Nifty breaching
their crucial psychological levels of 38,600 and 11,600, respectively. After a
positive start, markets managed to keep their heads above water for the most
part of the session, taking support from a private report stating that sales of
Indian junk bonds have made a big comeback in 2019, almost tripling to hit a
five-year high, boosted by a risk-on rally prompted by a dovish US Federal
Reserve that has given the Asia market a record start to the year. Indian
companies have sold $3.7 billion in high-yield, or junk-rated, bonds so far
this year, an increase of 187% from 2018. Investors were encouraged as the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to inject long-term liquidity worth $5
billion into the banking system through dollar-rupee buy-sell swap for a tenure
of three years, the second such auction within a month. The RBI's dollar-rupee
swap auction would help absorb dollar inflows that could make the rupee
stronger. However, in the last leg of the trade, key indices lost their ground,
following weak European markets. Trading sentiments got hit, as the Employees
State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) in its latest payroll data showed that job
creation declined by 1.73% in February 2019 to 15.03 lakh compared to 15.30
lakh in the same month last year. Market participants also got cautious with a
private report stating that the India Volatility Index shot up to a three-year
high of 24.05 on April 22, amid rising uncertainty over the new government
formation and soaring crude oil prices. The India VIX, the fear gauge for
domestic equities, rose 5.76 per cent to settle at 24.05, after an intra-day
high of 24.56. Meanwhile, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI)
Delegation has discussed concerns of the Chamber related to the growth of the
economy, exports, liquidity , Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs),
NBFCs, Affordable Housing and Real Estate sector with Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) Governor. Finally, the BSE Sensex slipped 80.30 points or 0.21% to
38,564.88, while the CNX Nifty was down by 18.50 points or 0.16% to 11,575.95.
The US markets ended higher on
Tuesday as investors cheered the latest batch of solid corporate earnings,
including those from blue-chip Coca-Cola and social-media brands such as
Twitter Inc. United Technologies and Coca-Cola both moved notably higher on the
day after reporting better than expected first quarter results. Shares of
Twitter (TWTR) also saw significant strength after the social media giant
reported better than expected first quarter earnings, revenue, and user growth.
Toy maker Hasbro (HAS) also moved sharply higher after unexpectedly turning a
profit in the first quarter on better than expected revenues. Besides, positive
sentiment was also generated by a Commerce Department report showing new home
sales in the US unexpectedly jumped to their highest level in well over a year
in the month of March. The Commerce Department said new home sales surged up by
4.5% to an annual rate of 692,000 in March after soaring by 5.9% to a revised
rate of 662,000 in February. The continued increase surprised participants, who
had expected new home sales to drop by 2.5% to a rate of 650,000 from the
667,000 originally reported for the previous month. With the unexpected spike,
new home sales reached their highest annual rate since hitting 712,000 in
November of 2017. The report also showed new home sales in March were up by
3.0% compared to the same month a year ago, reflecting a notable turnaround
from the revised 0.2% annual drop in February. The unexpected monthly increase
in new home sales was partly due to strength in the Midwest, where new home
sales skyrocketed by 17.6% to a rate of 87,000. New home sales in the West and
South also jumped by 6.7% and 3.6%, respectively, while new home sales in the
Northeast plunged by 22.2%. Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 145.34 points
or 0.55 percent to 26656.39, Nasdaq gained 105.56 points or 1.32 percent to
8120.82 and S&P 500 was up by 25.71 points or 0.88 percent to 2933.68.
Crude oil future settled higher
on Tuesday as traders reacted to tougher action against Iran's oil market from
the US. Crude's latest rise extends Monday's rally on the heels the US decision
to end waivers for countries importing Iranian oil, as part of a bid by the
Trump administration to push Iran's exports to zero. The current waivers expire
on May 2. Though, the Trump administration has said that other OPEC members
such as Saudi Arabia and UAE will ensure adequate oil supplies, but those
countries are still seething from the fact that Trump granted waivers to
Iranian oil buyers in the first place, after they both raised output to replace
oil from sanctions that never really happened. They lost billions and are not
happy. So they will not raise output pre-emptively. Benchmark crude oil futures
for June surged 75 cents or 1.1 percent to settle at $66.30 a barrel on the New
York Mercantile Exchange. June Brent crude gained 47 cents or 0.6 percent to
settle at $74.51 a barrel on London's Intercontinental Exchange.
Indian rupee pared all of its initial losses and ended
marginally higher against dollar on Tuesday, owing to dollar sale by exporters
and banks. Traders took some support as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set
to inject long-term liquidity worth $5 billion into the banking system through
dollar-rupee buy-sell swap for a tenure of three years, the second such auction
within a month. The RBI's dollar-rupee swap auction would help absorb dollar
inflows that could make the rupee stronger. However, late hour sell-off in
domestic equity market along with dollar's strength against major global
currencies capped the gains. On the global front, dollar held near three-week
highs on Tuesday as a drop in market volatility ramped up demand for riskier
assets, with higher U.S. bond yields also offering some support. Finally, the
rupee ended at 69.62, 5 paise stronger from its previous close of 69.67 on
Monday.
The FIIs as per Tuesday's data
were net buyers in equity segment, while they were net sellers in debt segment.
In equity segment, the gross buying was of Rs 2660.04 crore against gross
selling of Rs 2552.13 crore, while in the debt segment, the gross purchase was
of Rs 110.72 crore with gross sales of Rs 347.25 crore. Besides, in the hybrid
segment, the gross buying was of Rs 0.47 crore against gross selling of Rs 2.14
crore.
The US markets rallied on
Tuesday, as upbeat results from Coca-Cola, Twitter and a host of industrial
companies allayed investor concerns about slowing profits. Asian markets are
trading mostly in red on Wednesday, despite gains on Wall Street. Indian
markets wiped out all of their early gains and ended Tuesday's trading session
in red territory for third straight day, mainly on the back of late hour
sell-off amid higher crude oil prices. Today, the markets are likely to make a
cautious start amid lackluster cues from Asian peers. There will be
cautiousness with Care Ratings' report warming that a possible increase in fuel
prices due to the US sanctions on Iranian crude exports can have adverse
impacts on the current account deficit (CAD), the rupee and inflation. It said
a 10 percent spike in crude prices can result in a 0.40 percent widening of the
CAD, which can consequently play out into a 3-4 percent depreciation in the
rupee and also push up inflation by 0.24 percent. However, some respite may
come in with the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) statement that it will buy
government securities worth Rs 25,000 crore next month through two auctions of
Rs 12,500 crore each. Based on a review of the evolving liquidity conditions
and assessment of the durable liquidity needs going forward, RBI has decided to
conduct purchase of government securities under (OMOs). Besides, the RBI on
Tuesday conducted its second successful dollar swap auction of $5 billion,
receiving bids worth $18.65 billion, or more than three times what was on
offer. Unlike the last time, RBI accepted bids from a small number of bidders.
Meanwhile, markets regulator SEBI has reduced the minimum subscription
requirement as well as defined trading lots for Real Estate Investment Trusts
(REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs). REITs have to offer
their units in lots worth at least Rs 50,000 in initial and follow on public
offers. There will be some buzz in the micro finance industry stocks with
ICRA's report that the micro finance industry is on the path of recovery and is
likely to see a growth of 20-22 per cent in 2019-20 despite last year's
liquidity squeeze. It added that as of December 31, 2018, the overall micro
loan market size (including SHG Bank linkage programme) was Rs 2.37-lakh crore.
There will be some reaction in power sector stocks with rating agency ICRA
stating that it has estimated 7-7.5 GW solar power capacity addition during the
current financial year, which includes 1 GW of rooftop solar.
Support and
Resistance: NSE (Nifty) and BSE (Sensex)
Index
|
Previous close
|
Support
|
Resistance
|
NSE Nifty
|
11,575.95
|
11,545.18
|
11,626.33
|
BSE Sensex
|
38,564.88
|
38,444.56
|
38,758.91
|
Nifty Top volumes
Stock
|
Volume
|
Previous close (Rs)
|
Support (Rs)
|
Resistance (Rs)
|
(in Lacs)
|
Yes Bank
|
432.33
|
232.70
|
227.25
|
241.40
|
Tata Motors
|
189.75
|
231.65
|
229.32
|
234.92
|
SBI
|
173.24
|
305.25
|
301.98
|
311.13
|
Indiabulls Housing Finance
|
142.76
|
744.20
|
721.92
|
767.57
|
Bharti Airtel
|
114.13
|
316.50
|
312.00
|
323.20
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