In an extremely volatile trading
session, Indian equity benchmarks staged a recovery, recouping previous losses,
to end the day higher on Thursday, led by robust gains in Metal, Basic
Materials, Finance and Telecom stocks amid largely positive cues from global
markets. The benchmarks staged a positive opening but soon slipped into red
terrain in morning deals, owing to expiry of November future and option
contracts. Investors' sentiment remain dented with the Quarterly Statistics on
Deposits and Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs), September 2020 -
released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has indicated that bank credit
growth decelerated to 5.8 percent in Q2 (July- September) of FY21 from 8.9
percent in the year-ago period. It also said aggregate deposits of banks rose
11 percent year-on-year in the July-September period as compared to 10.1
percent growth a year ago. Traders also took a note of report that the Finance
Ministry has asked ministries and departments to restrict their expenditure for
the remaining months of the current fiscal as per the Revised Estimates (RE)
target, amid moderating revenues due to the COVID-19 crisis. However, market
indices reversed trend and closed majorly positive, as some optimism remained
among traders with a private report stating that the Indian economy is likely
to have improved in the second quarter with GDP printing in at -7.8 percent as
against 24 percent contraction in the June quarter. Traders took note of report
that in a bid to push infrastructure creation in the country, the Union Cabinet
has approved Rs.6000 crore capital infusion in National Investment and
Infrastructure Fund's (NIIF) debt platform over the next two years. Separately,
IT industry body Nasscom said that Indian tech start-ups are witnessing a
gradual recovery with revenue acceleration and funding improving their cash
availability and giving them longer runway to operate. Nasscom had conducted a
'Start-up Pulse Survey II' to understand what has changed and what the next six
months look like for the tech start-up ecosystem in the country. The first
survey was conducted in April-May this year. Finally, the BSE Sensex rose
431.64 points or 0.98% to 44,259.74, while the CNX Nifty was up by 128.60
points or 1.00% to 12,987.00.
The US markets were closed on
Thursday on account of Thanksgiving Day.
Indian rupee ended tad higher
against dollar on Thursday as banks and exporters continued to sell the US
currency amid persistent capital inflows. This is the fifth consecutive session
when the rupee is traded higher against dollar. Traders took some support with
private report stating that the Indian economy is likely to have improved in
the second quarter with GDP printing in at -7.8 percent as against 24 percent
contraction in the June quarter. However, upside remain capped with the Reserve
Bank of India's (RBI) report Quarterly Statistics on Deposits and Credit of
Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs), September 2020 - indicating that bank credit
growth decelerated to 5.8 percent in Q2 (July- September) of FY21 from 8.9
percent in the year-ago period. On the global front; dollar was on the
defensive on Thursday as downbeat U.S. economic data and optimism about
coronavirus vaccines prompted investors to seek out riskier assets tied to
global commodities and emerging markets. Finally, the rupee ended at 73.88, 3
paise stronger from its previous close of 73.91 on Wednesday.
The FIIs as per Thursday's data
were net seller in both equity and debt segment. In equity segment, the gross
buying was of Rs 5388.11 crore against gross selling of Rs 6725.63 crore, while
in the debt segment, the gross purchase was of Rs 513.92 crore with gross sales
of Rs 1731.83 crore. Besides, in the hybrid segment, the gross buying was of Rs
6.49 crore against gross selling of Rs 11.89 crore.
The US markets remained closed on
Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday. Asian markets are trading mostly lower
on Friday pulling back from a record high hit earlier this week, amid renewed
doubts about a highly-anticipated coronavirus vaccine and concern about the
economic impact from the pandemic. Indian markets ended higher on Thursday led
by a sharp surge in metals, banking and financial stocks. Today, the markets
are likely to make slightly positive start ahead of GDP figures for the second
quarter which is scheduled to be released today post market hours. The union
ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI) on November 27 will
announce the gross domestic product (GDP) numbers for the second quarter
(July-September 2020) of current financial year (FY 2020-21). SBI Research in
its latest report said India's GDP likely contracted 10.7% in the second
quarter, with a further recovery likely in the third quarter, citing
improvements in economic indicators over October and November. Traders will be
taking encouragement with Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant's statement that digital
infrastructure has become indispensable to the functioning of society and India
can create $1 trillion of economic value using digital technology by 2025. Some
support will come as the government said it has extended the Emergency Credit
Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) to the health sector and 26 other sectors
identified by the Kamath Committee. Traders may take note of Reserve Bank of
India Governor Shaktikanta Das' statement that the Indian economy has exhibited
stronger pick up in momentum of recovery than expected. However, there may be
some cautiousness as on Thursday, India reported 43,174 fresh Covid-19 cases,
taking its tally to 9,309,871. The country's death toll mounted to 135,752. At
1,802,365, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by
Karnataka 879,560, Andhra Pradesh 865,000, Tamil Nadu 776,174 and Kerala
583,000. FMCG stocks may come under the spotlight after market research agency
Nielsen said that India's FMCG market will contract by 1-3 per cent in the 2020
calendar year, as headwinds such as commodity inflation outweigh tailwinds.
Meanwhile, India has slashed import tax on crude palm oil to 27.5 percent from
37.5 percent.
Support and
Resistance: NSE (Nifty) and BSE (Sensex)
Index
|
Previous close
|
Support
|
Resistance
|
NSE
Nifty
|
12,987.00
|
12,845.60
|
13,073.20
|
BSE
Sensex
|
44,259.74
|
43,774.16
|
44,553.54
|
Nifty Top volumes
Stock
|
Volume
|
Previous close (Rs)
|
Support (Rs)
|
Resistance (Rs)
|
(in Lacs)
|
State
Bank of India
|
642.48
|
245.45
|
241.65
|
247.75
|
Tata
Motors
|
390.95
|
173.75
|
171.54
|
175.49
|
Axis
Bank
|
354.76
|
612.55
|
598.34
|
622.49
|
NTPC
|
308.25
|
94.10
|
93.40
|
94.80
|
Oil
& Natural Gas Corporation
|
304.69
|
80.20
|
79.26
|
81.31
|
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Reliance Industries' telecom arm -- Reliance Jio Infocomm has added maximum number of telephone subscribers (90.95 million net addition) during the year 2019.