Indian equity markets ended
higher for the fourth straight session with gains of over one and half percent
each, on the back of a broad-based buying interest amid a strong trend in the
global markets. The benchmarks staged a gap up opening and traded in fine
fettle throughout the day, as traders were taking encouragement with the
finance ministry's statement that the economy has been recovering at a fast
pace and would likely to reach pre-Covid-19 levels by the end of the current
fiscal year. Some support also came in with Director General of Foreign Trade
-- Amit Yadav stating that while October data looked promising for exports, the
situation will improve further in the coming months due to collaborative
efforts of all the stakeholders. Key indices extended their upside in second
half of the session, taking support from union minister Prakash Javadekar's
statement that the pandemic-hit economy is coming back on rails at more speed
than expected. He also said that an increase in rail freight collection, higher
goods and services tax mop-up, rise in power demand and improved FDI inflows
indicate that the economy was doing better in the second quarter of the current
financial year. Domestic sentiments were positive, as banks have started
refunding borrowers the compound interest charged on specified loan accounts
during the moratorium period. Last week, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had
asked all lending institutions, including non-banking financial companies, to
ensure that the scheme of waiver of interest on interest for loans up to Rs 2
crore for the six-month moratorium period is implemented by November 5.
Finally, the BSE Sensex rose 724.02 points or 1.78% to 41,340.16, while the CNX
Nifty was up by 211.80 points or 1.78% to 12,120.30.
The US markets ended higher on
Thursday, extending the rally seen over the previous sessions, as traders kept
an eye on the latest reports regarding the presidential election. With
projected wins in Michigan and Wisconsin, Democratic nominee Joe Biden
currently sits at 253 electoral college votes, just shy of the 270 needed to
win the White House. Votes continue to be counted in a number of key states,
including Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Georgia. While Biden currently
seems poised to unseat President Donald Trump, Democrats are not expected to
take control of the Senate. On the economic data front, the Labor Department
released a report showing a modest decrease in first-time claims for US
unemployment benefits in the week ended October 31st. The report said initial
jobless claims edged down to 751,000, a decrease of 7,000 from the previous
week's revised level of 758,000. Street had expected jobless claims to drop to
732,000 from the 758,000 originally reported for the previous week. Meanwhile,
members of the Federal Reserve still announced their latest monetary policy
decision. The members of the Fed announced that they decided to keep the target
range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent, as widely expected.
Crude oil futures ended lower on
Thursday, snapping a three-day winning streak, as rising coronavirus cases and
the delay in outcome of the US Presidential election weighed on the commodity.
With coronavirus cases continuing to see a surge and several countries across
Europe imposing tougher lockdown measures, contributing to a drop in crude oil
prices. The continued uncertainty about election results in the US and likely
legal battles over results, could delay a stimulus plan and result in
additional pressure on oil prices. Crude oil futures for December lost $0.36 or
0.9% percent to settle at $ 38.79a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
January Brent crude declined 0.40 or 0.9 percent to settle at $ 40.83 a barrel
on London's Intercontinental Exchange.
Erasing previous session
drubbing, Indian Rupee strengthened substantially against dollar on Thursday,
owing to dollar sale by exporters and banks. Sentiments were upbeat with
Director General of Foreign Trade -- Amit Yadav stating that while October data
looked promising for exports, the situation will improve further in the coming
months due to collaborative efforts of all the stakeholders. Since April, when
there was a huge downfall in exports, it has made good progress and is going to
rise in the coming months. Traders also got respite with finance ministry's
statement that economy has been recovering at a fast pace and would likely to
reach pre-Covid-19 levels by the end of the current fiscal year. Besides,
strong gains in domestic equity markets also provided support to the rupee. On
the global front, Pound erased early losses to break above $1.30 on Thursday on
broad-based dollar weakness, though gains were limited by Bank of England plans
to ramp up bond purchases after cutting economic growth forecasts. Finally, the
rupee ended at 74.36, 40 paise stronger from its previous close of 74.76 on
Wednesday.
The FIIs as per Thursday's data
were net buyer in equity segment and net seller in debt segment. In equity
segment, the gross buying was of Rs 6194.77 crore against gross selling of Rs
6027.32 crore, while in the debt segment, the gross purchase was of Rs 513.13
crore with gross sales of Rs 1589.81 crore. Besides, in the hybrid segment, the
gross buying was of Rs 117.69 crore against gross selling of Rs 135.05 crore.
The US markets ended higher on
Thursday as investors bet Republicans would hold onto the Senate and prevent
changes under a possible Joe Biden White House that would crimp corporate
profits. Asian markets are trading mixed on Friday as investors await the
results of the US elections. Indian markets ended higher Thursday led by gains
in broad-based buying in metal, energy, and banking stocks amid positive global
cues. Today, the markets are likely to get cautious start tracking mixed Asian
cues. There will be some cautiousness with report that India has reported
nearly 50,000 fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. The total caseload now
stands at 8,411,034. The country's death toll has mounted to 124,354. Besides,
the RBI has urged the Supreme Court to lift its interim order, which held that
accounts not declared as non-performing assets till August 31 this year are not
to be declared NPAs till further orders, saying it is facing difficulty due to
the directive. However, some encouragement may come later in the day as the RBI
said it will continue to conduct open market operation (OMO) purchase auctions
of Rs 20,000 crore, as well as OMOs in State Development Loans (SDLs) to
support market sentiment and assure adequate liquidity. Some support may also
come as calling global investors to invest in India, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi said the government has an ambitious plan to invest $1.5 trillion under
the National Infrastructure Pipeline. Traders may take note of report that
markets regulator SEBI has enhanced the foreign investment limit for individual
fund houses to $600 million from $300 million at present. Meanwhile, the
government has announced simplified guidelines for Business Process Outsourcing
(BPO) and IT Enabled Services (ITES) players to reduce the compliance burden
for the industry and facilitate Work from Home and Work from Anywhere. There
will be some buzz in aviation stocks with the Ministry of Civil Aviation's
(MOCA) statement that the cap on the number of domestic flights Indian airlines
are permitted to operate would be increased to 70-75 per cent of their
pre-Covid levels as the passenger traffic surges. Financial stocks will be in
focus after the RBI allowed banks to co-lend with all registered NBFCs, which
include housing finance companies. There will be some reaction in real estate
industry stocks with ICRA's report that housing sales may fall by 35-40 per
cent in the ongoing fiscal year even as demand improved during the September
quarter. There will be lots of important earnings announcements too, to keep
the markets in action.
Support and
Resistance: NSE (Nifty) and BSE (Sensex)
Index
|
Previous
close
|
Support
|
Resistance
|
NSE
Nifty
|
12,120.30
|
12,054.90
|
12,158.40
|
BSE
Sensex
|
41,340.16
|
41,123.25
|
41,463.99
|
Nifty Top volumes
Stock
|
Volume
|
Previous
close (Rs)
|
Support (Rs)
|
Resistance
(Rs)
|
(in
Lacs)
|
State
Bank of India
|
1,380.24
|
218.65
|
215.26
|
221.51
|
NTPC
|
412.68
|
86.80
|
85.94
|
87.34
|
Tata
Motors
|
389.29
|
137.65
|
136.44
|
138.44
|
ICICI
Bank
|
301.30
|
438.50
|
433.99
|
444.64
|
ITC
|
269.98
|
174.75
|
174.84
|
174.84
|
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