Extending their gaining streak
into the fifth straight session, Indian equity markets ended over one percent
higher on Friday, led by strong gains in Reliance Industries, Bajaj Finserv,
Indusind Bank, HDFC and Kotak Mahindra Bank. Further, firm global cues too
boosted investor sentiment. The benchmarks made slightly positive start and
stayed in green for whole day, as traders got some support with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi wooed global investors by showcasing the recent agriculture and
labour reforms and faster-than-anticipated reflation of the economy and
asserted that the government will do whatever it takes to make India the engine
of global growth resurgence. Some support also came as the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) said that it would 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. Key
gauges extended gains in second half of the session, taking support from
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's statement that India's expectation is
that the reforms undertaken by it in domains like labour, agriculture and
education, when combined with making it easier to do business, create start-ups
and promote skilling, will lead to much broader pathways for global
collaboration. Jaishankar said given the hit taken by virtually every economy
in the world in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is apparent that recovery
is the primary focus. 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. Finally, the BSE Sensex rose 552.90
points or 1.34% to 41,893.06, while the CNX Nifty was up by 143.25 points or
1.18% to 12,263.55.
The US markets ended mostly lower
on Friday due to profit taking following the strong upward move seen over the
past several sessions. Lingering uncertainty about the outcome of the
presidential election also weighed on the markets as several key states
continue to count votes. Democratic nominee Joe Biden now leads in Pennsylvania
and Georgia, according to the latest numbers, suggesting the former Vice
President is on track to exceed the 270 electoral college votes needed to win
the White House. However, President Donald Trump has claimed the increase in
votes for Biden in a number of key states is proof of widespread voter fraud
and pledged to take legal challenges to the results all the way to the US
Supreme Court. The early selling pressure was partly offset by a closely
watched report from the Labor Department showing stronger than expected job
growth in the month of October. The
report said non-farm payroll employment jumped by 638,000 jobs in October after
surging up by a revised 672,000 jobs in September. Street had expected employment
to increase by 600,000 jobs compared to the addition of 661,000 jobs originally
reported for the previous month. The Labor Department also said the
unemployment rate dropped to 6.9 percent in October from 7.9 percent in
September. The unemployment rate was expected to slip to 7.7 percent.
Crude oil futures ended considerably
lower on Friday, weighed down by rising concerns over outlook for energy demand
due to the continued surge in coronavirus cases across the US and in several
European countries. Higher output from Libya also weighed on oil prices. A
report from Baker Hughes showing another increase in US drilling rigs count
added to oil's woes. The report said total active drilling rigs in the US
increased for the eighth week in a row, rising to 300 (up 4) this week. US oil
rigs added 5 to 226, while gas rigs count fell by 1 to 71. Besides, the
likelihood of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and
allies delaying an earlier proposal of increasing crude output by 2 million
barrels from January helped limit oil's downside. Crude oil futures for
December fell $1.65 or 4.3% percent to settle at $ $37.14 a barrel on the New
York Mercantile Exchange. January Brent crude declined $1.52 or 3.7 percent to
settle at $39.41 a barrel on London's Intercontinental Exchange.
Continuing previous session
gains, Indian rupee ended substantially stronger on Friday on fresh selling of
American currency by banks and exporters. Besides, healthy growth in the
domestic equity markets added to the rupee gains. Sentiments were perked up as
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wooed global investors by showcasing the recent
agriculture and labour reforms and faster-than-anticipated reflation of the
economy and asserted that the government will do whatever it takes to make
India the engine of global growth resurgence. On the global front, dollar
steadied against many currencies on Friday but traders say more losses are likely
as a contentious U.S. presidential election diminished hopes for large stimulus
to support the economy any time soon. Finally, the rupee ended at 74.08, 28
paise stronger from its previous close of 74.36 on Thursday.
The FIIs as per Friday's data were
net buyer in both equity and debt segment. In equity segment, the gross buying
was of Rs 10046.93 crore against gross selling of Rs 4643.82 crore, while in
the debt segment, the gross purchase was of Rs 1167.77 crore with gross sales
of Rs 945.22 crore. Besides, in the hybrid segment, the gross buying was of Rs
7.03 crore against gross selling of Rs 18.60 crore.
The US markets closed mostly in
red on Friday as investors digested Joe Biden's election victory, the market's
weakening upward momentum, and a better-than-expected jobs report. Asian
markets are trading higher on Monday amid optimism about the outlook under a
Joe Biden presidency. Indian markets
ended with robust gains on Friday led by heavy buying in banking and financial
stocks amid positive global cues. Today, the start of session is likely to be
gap-up following firm cues from Asian peers. Market participants will be taking
some encouragement with the RBI's data showing that bank credit grew by 5.06
per cent to Rs 103.39 lakh crore, while deposits rose by 10.12 per cent to Rs
142.92 lakh crore in the fortnight ended October 23. Some support will come
with Dinesh Khara, Chairman, State Bank of India's statement that the Indian
economy is expected to be on normal course by early next fiscal even while the
investment demand from corporate might take some time to pick up. Traders may
take note of report that NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand has hailed the three
recently enacted agriculture-related legislations by the Centre saying if
implemented in the right spirit, they will take Indian agriculture to new
heights and usher in the transformation of the rural economy. Besides, the
country's foreign exchange reserves rose $183 million to touch a record high of
$560.715 billion in the week ended October 30. However, there may be some
cautiousness with report that India has reported 46,661 fresh Covid-19 cases in
the past 24 hours. The total caseload now stands at 8,553,864. The country's
death toll has mounted to 126,653. There will be some buzz in aviation stocks
with the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation's (MOCA) statement that India's
domestic passenger traffic has reached more than half of pre-coronavirus
pandemic level operations with the number of daily air travellers crossing over
two lakh in November. Power stocks will be in focus as power producers' total
dues owed by distribution firms rose over 28 per cent year-on-year to Rs
1,38,479 crore in September 2020, reflecting stress in the sector. There will
be some reaction in auto stocks with rating agency Crisil's note that vehicles
sales' rural market share has declined even as fresh Covid-19 cases have begun
to show up more outside city areas than before. There will be lots of earnings
announcements too, to keep the markets in action.
Support and
Resistance: NSE (Nifty) and BSE (Sensex)
Index
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Previous
close
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Support
|
Resistance
|
NSE
Nifty
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12,263.55
|
12,170.14
|
12,318.69
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BSE
Sensex
|
41,893.06
|
41,532.59
|
42,104.23
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Nifty Top volumes
Stock
|
Volume
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Previous
close (Rs)
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Support (Rs)
|
Resistance
(Rs)
|
(in
Lacs)
|
State
Bank of India
|
731.47
|
218.10
|
216.15
|
220.95
|
Tata
Motors
|
679.67
|
138.70
|
136.80
|
141.45
|
NTPC
|
461.44
|
87.25
|
86.51
|
88.36
|
ITC
|
342.52
|
173.80
|
172.40
|
176.20
|
Reliance
Industries
|
307.70
|
2,025.00
|
1,988.76
|
2,050.61
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