Indian equity benchmarks staged
recovery to end on a flat note on Wednesday, with Sensex and Nifty reclaiming
their crucial psychological levels of 39,100 and 11,650, respectively. After a
fabulous start, key indices remained positive for the most part of the session,
aided by the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) statement that it will infuse Rs
12,500 crore of liquidity into the system through purchase of government bonds.
Based on an assessment of prevailing liquidity conditions and also of the
durable liquidity needs going forward, the RBI has decided to conduct purchase
of five government securities. Traders took a note of a private report that
seven million jobs were formalised between 2015 and 2018 because of various
measures, including GST, demonetisation, Skill India policies, fixed-term
contract, maternity leave enhancement, among others. The report estimated job
formalisation to the tune of 11 million between 2018 and 2021. In the last leg
of the trade, markets turned volatile on account of weak cues from European
markets. Domestic sentiments got cautious amid a private report stating that
corporate investment remains a concern in India. But, key indices managed to
erase losses, with a private report stating that the Centre is considering the
establishment of a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to monitor, screen, and rate
commercial borrowers. One of the initiatives the new government will work on in
its first 100 days, the SPV, similar to the Goods and Services Tax Network
(GSTN) will form a database compiling information from public sector banks
(PSBs). Some support also came with a report that the Competition Commission of
India (CCI) is conducting a Market Study on E-commerce in the country, in a
view of the rapid growth of electronic commerce (e-commerce) and the rising
importance of online trade in a large number of goods and services in India.
Finally, the BSE Sensex rose 66.40 points or 0.17% to 39,112.74, while the CNX
Nifty was down by 0.05 points to 11,691.45.
The US markets ended marginally
higher on Wednesday after the Fed suggested the next move for rates is likely
to be lower, although buying interest was somewhat subdued amid signs the rate
cut could be delayed until next year. The Fed announced its widely expected
decision to leave interest rates unchanged with the focus largely on the
wording of the accompanying statement. The statement said the Fed continues to
see a sustained economic expansion, a strong labor market, and inflation near
its 2 percent target as the most likely outcomes but noted uncertainties about
this outlook have increased. The Fed said in light of these uncertainties and
muted inflation pressures, the Committee will closely monitor the implications
of incoming information for the economic outlook and will act as appropriate to
sustain the expansion. The line in the statement mirrors the pledge Powell made
in a speech earlier this month, which helped spark expectations of a near-term
interest rate cut. Notably, the Fed also omitted its reference to remaining
patient when determining future changes to interest rates. The central bank
also revealed that its decision to leave rates unchanged was not unanimous,
with St. Louis Fed President James Bullard preferring to lower rates by 25
basis points. Powell stated many participants believe that some cut to the fed
funds rate would be appropriate in the scenario they see as most likely.
Looking ahead, the Fed downwardly revised its forecasts for consumer price
inflation in 2019 but left its GDP growth expectations unchanged at 2.1
percent. The forecast for interest rates at the end of 2019 was also unchanged
from the March meeting, while the projections now point to at rate cut in 2020.
Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 38.46 points or 0.15 percent to 26504.00,
Nasdaq gained 33.44 points or 0.42 percent to 7987.32 and S&P 500 was up by
8.71 points or 0.30 percent to 2926.46.
Crude oil futures ended
marginally lower on Wednesday giving up the gains they saw in the immediate
wake of US government figures that revealed a larger-than-expected drawdown in
crude stockpiles. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that US
crude supplies fell by 3.1 million barrels for the week ended June 14. Analysts
polled by S&P Global Platts expected a decline of 2 million barrels in
crude inventories, on average. The American Petroleum Institute on Tuesday reported
an 812,000-barrel fall. The EIA data also showed that gasoline inventories were
down 1.7 million barrels, while distillate stockpiles edged lower by 600,000
barrels last week. Benchmark crude oil futures for July declined 14 cents or
0.3 percent to settle at $53.76 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
August Brent fell 32 cents or 0.5 percent to settle at $61.82 a barrel on
London's Intercontinental Exchange.
Indian rupee, after making a good start, gave away most of
its gains to end marginally higher against dollar on Wednesday, driven by
weakening of the greenback in overseas markets. Investors took note of private
report that seven million jobs were formalised between 2015 and 2018 because of
various measures, including GST, demonetisation, Skill India policies,
fixed-term contract, maternity leave enhancement, among others. The report
estimated job formalisation to the tune of 11 million between 2018 and 2021. On
the global front, dollar weakened against main rivals on Wednesday as investors
waited to see whether the U.S. Federal Reserve would sound as dovish on future
interest rate cuts and stimulus as the European Central Bank. Finally, the
rupee ended at 69.68, 2 paise stronger from its previous close of 69.70 on
Tuesday.
The
FIIs as per Wednesday'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
4627.33 crore against gross selling of Rs 4561.21 crore, while in the debt
segment, the gross purchase was of Rs 1275.48 crore with gross sales of Rs
1456.77 crore. Besides, in the hybrid segment, the gross buying was of Rs 0.38
crore against gross selling of Rs 2.21 crore.
The US markets ended higher on
Wednesday after the Federal Reserve indicated that it may cut rates multiple
times this year. Asian markets are trading mostly in green on Thursday after
the US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged overnight but opened the
door to a potential rate cut on the horizon. Indian markets ended slightly
higher on Wednesday as the last hour buying offset the sudden fall in benchmark
indices. Today, the markets are likely to make optimistic start mirroring firm
global cues following dovish monetary policy outlook from the US Federal
Reserve. Some support will also come with report that the government has
decided to waive registration charges for electric vehicles. The move, aimed at
promoting electric vehicles (EVs) in India, comes at a time when the country
plans high penetration of such vehicles by 2030. Besides, The Economic Advisory
Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has rejected the claims of former CEA
Arvind Subramanian regarding over-estimation of GDP growth after 2011, saying
his analysis ignores data on services and agriculture and shows blind trust in
a private firm CMIE. However, there may be some cautiousness with report that
India's monsoon has progressed more slowly than usual after hitting Kerala
nearly a week late. Monsoon rains have been 44% lower-than-average so far in
June, delaying the sowing of summer-sown crops and raising concerns that parts
of the country could face a worsening drought. Traders may took note of
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal's statement that the government
will not allow foreign companies to operate in multi-brand segment and
necessary action will be taken against people indulging in predatory pricing.
Meanwhile, markets regulator SEBI has set various grounds on the basis of which
an applicant can be assured confidentiality while filing a plea under the
settlement mechanism. For the confidentiality, the regulator will assess
whether the co-operation was provided before the applicant had knowledge of any
pending proceedings. There will be some buzz in the aviation stocks with report
that Crisil Research expects the domestic passenger traffic growth for the
industry to be low single digit, a tad above 2% in fiscal 2020. There will be
some reaction in NBFCs stocks with a private report indicating that facing a
record amount of debt that's about to mature, India's non-bank financing
companies are finding their troubles worsening as a crisis of credibility
starts to bite.
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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11,691.45
|
11,610.20
|
11,787.60
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BSE
Sensex
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39,112.74
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38,850.59
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39,405.34
|
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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1,264.58
|
103.20
|
99.18
|
109.33
|
Indiabulls Housing
Finance
|
669.03
|
555.50
|
483.63
|
631.58
|
Tata Motors
|
252.57
|
154.65
|
150.18
|
161.43
|
Tata Steel
|
188.38
|
494.10
|
484.67
|
500.97
|
Power Grid
|
184.06
|
200.30
|
198.37
|
201.87
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