Indian stock markets traded
firmly in green on Monday and ended with gains of over a percent, amid gains in
Asian peers as investors hoped for additional measures to fight the coronavirus
pandemic. Domestic equity indices witnessed a gap-up start and traded with
healthy gains, as traders took support with the MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari's
statement that the government may soon set up a Rs 1 trillion revolving fund
for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to bring in much-needed
liquidity for small businesses if the Prime Minister's Office accepts the
proposal. Some support also came with a private report that India is
considering a goods and services tax (GST) relief package to counter the impact
of Covid-19 and help prop up the economy. The market breadth remained
optimistic, as Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to open a special
liquidity facility for mutual funds (SLF-MF) of Rs 50,000 crore, with an aim to
ease liquidity pressures on mutual funds (MFs). The central bank also stated
that it remains vigilant and will take whatever steps are necessary to mitigate
the economic impact of COVID-19 and preserve financial stability. However, key
indices pared most of their morning gains in dying hour of trade, as India
Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) revised its FY21 economic growth forecast for the
country further down to 1.9 percent, lowest in the last 29 years, citing the
COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown. According to Ind-Ra, Indian economy
had registered a GDP growth of 1.1 percent in financial year 1991-92. Finally,
the BSE Sensex gained 415.86 points or 1.33% to 31,743.08, while the CNX Nifty
was up by 127.90 points or 1.40% to 9,282.30.
The US markets ended higher on
Monday, extending the upward move seen in the previous session, after New York
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans for a phased reopening of his state's
economy. Cuomo suggested the first phase, which involves low risk businesses in
the manufacturing and construction sectors, could begin shortly after New
York's stay-at-home order expires on May 15. The decision to announce the
reopening plans comes as New York has seen as steady decline in coronavirus
hospitalization rates, with Cuomo expressing optimism the worst is over. The
announcement by Cuomo comes as other states, including several led by
Republican governors, have already started reopening their economies. Buying
interest was also generated amid optimism about additional stimulus ahead of
Federal Reserve and European Central Bank meetings later this week. Financial
stocks turned in some of the market's best performances on the day, with the
KBW Bank Index and the NYSE Arca Broker/Dealer Index spiking by 5.6 percent and
4.8 percent, respectively. Significant strength was also visible among housing
stocks, as reflected by the 4.7 percent jump by the Philadelphia Housing Sector
Index.
Crude oil futures ended with cut
of over 24% on Monday amid mounting fears that storage at Cushing, Oklahoma,
could reach full capacity soon and that production cuts might not be enough to
counter the huge fall in demand amid the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this
month, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its
allies including Russia, a group known as OPEC+, pledged to cut output by an
unprecedented 9.7 million barrels per day in May and June. Russia is very
likely to reduce its western seaborne exports by half in May. Crude oil futures
for June dropped $4.16 or 24.6 percent to settle at $12.78 a barrel on the New
York Mercantile Exchange. June Brent crude declined $1.45 or 6.8 percent to
settle at $19.99 a barrel on London's Intercontinental Exchange.
Indian rupee ended higher against
dollar on Monday, tracking positive trend in domestic equities and weakening
American currency in the overseas market. Traders took a note of Union minister
Nitin Gadkari's statement that India should look at converting the world's
hatred for China amid the coronavirus pandemic into an economic opportunity
for itself by attracting large scale foreign investments. Market participants
overlooked India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) revised its FY21 economic growth
forecast for the country further down to 1.9 percent, lowest in the last 29
years, citing the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown. According to
Ind-Ra, Indian economy had registered a GDP growth of 1.1 percent in financial
year 1991-92. On the global front, yen edged higher against dollar on Monday
after the Bank of Japan expanded stimulus to help companies hit by the
coronavirus crisis while the pound rose against the dollar and euro on optimism
Britain may soon ease a month-long lockdown. Finally, the rupee ended at 76.25,
21 paise stronger from its previous close of 76.46 on Friday.
The FIIs as per Monday's data
were net sellers in both equity and debt segments. In equity segment, the gross
buying was of Rs 5722.90 crore against gross selling of Rs 5848.50 crore, while
in the debt segment, the gross purchase was of Rs 791.22 crore with gross sales
of Rs 1625.14 crore. Besides, in the hybrid segment, the gross buying was of Rs
4.01 crore against gross selling of Rs 2.93 crore.
The US markets ended higher on
Monday after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans for a phased
reopening of his state's economy. Asian markets are trading mixed on Tuesday as
oil prices continued to slip following an overnight plunge on fears that global
storage capacity will soon be filled as a result of weak demand caused by the
coronavirus pandemic. Indian markets ended higher with significant gains on
Monday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) rolled out a special liquidity
facility worth Rs 50,000 crore for mutual funds to ease the pressure due to the
coronavirus pandemic. Today, the markets are likely to get positive start amid
sharp fall in crude oil prices overnight. Traders will be getting some
encouragement with report that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has underlined that
the lockdown has yielded positive results as the country has managed to save
thousands of lives in the past one and a half months. Some support will also
come as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) received Rs 64,746 crore worth of bids
or more than six times the amount it proposed to buy government bonds through
the special open market operation (OMO). Traders may take note of a private
report that the central government is considering a proposal to guarantee as
much as Rs 3 trillion ($39 billion) of loans to small businesses as part of a
plan to restart economy, which is reeling under the impact of a 40-day
lockdown. Though, there may be some concern with report that India on April 27
recorded its highest single-day spike in toll due to COVID-19 as 60 deaths and
1,463 new infections were reported in the last twenty-four hours, taking the
countrywide total to 28,380 and the number of deaths to 886. There may be some
cautiousness with domestic rating agency Crisil's statement that nearly halved
its GDP forecast for India to 1.8% for 2020-21 while projecting total losses of
Rs 10 lakh crore or Rs 7,000 per person due to disastrous lockdowns to control
COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, continuing its efforts to help market
participants tide over challenges due to COVID-19 pandemic, market regulator
Sebi has decided to reduce broker turnover fees and filing charges on offer
documents for public offering, rights issue and buyback of shares. There will
be some buzz in the insurance stocks with Irdai's data showing that India's
life insurance companies clocked 11.36% growth in their collective premium
income at Rs 48.26 lakh crore during the fiscal ended March 2020. There will be
some reaction in sugar stocks with ICRA's report that the demand for sugar has
witnessed a significant decline following the nationwide lockdown and the
overall adverse impact on sugar consumption would be at least one million tonne
in the domestic market. There will be lots of earnings reaction based on the
performance of the companies.
Support and Resistance:
NSE (Nifty) and BSE (Sensex)
Index
|
Previous close
|
Support
|
Resistance
|
NSE Nifty
|
9,282.30
|
9,229.40
|
9,356.15
|
BSE Sensex
|
31,743.08
|
31,561.87
|
32,013.99
|
Nifty Top volumes
Stock
|
Volume
|
Previous close (Rs)
|
Support (Rs)
|
Resistance (Rs)
|
(in Lacs)
|
State Bank of India
|
430.03
|
180.90
|
179.77
|
182.77
|
ICICI Bank
|
389.81
|
347.90
|
179.77
|
354.53
|
Axis Bank
|
359.87
|
427.30
|
414.43
|
434.83
|
Tata Motors
|
278.35
|
75.25
|
74.63
|
76.03
|
Indusind Bank
|
268.20
|
407.40
|
392.65
|
416.50
|
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NTPC has invited expression of interest for procuring 10 hydrogen fuel cell based electric buses and an equal number of such cars.
IndusInd Bank has reported a 16% decline in its standalone net profit at Rs 301.74 crore for the quarter ended March 2020, on higher provisioning.