Indian equity markets started the
New Year 2020 on muted note, with benchmark indices Sensex & Nifty logging
marginal gains. The day started on a fabulous note, after Reserve Bank of India
said India's current account deficit, a difference between foreign exchange
inflows and outflows, narrowed to 0.9 per cent of gross domestic product, or
$6.3 billion, in second quarter of current financial year, on account of lower
trade deficit. Sentiments also remained positive, as the PHD Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) expects India's economy to rebound in 2020 and
inflation to remain benign on account of reforms such as reduction in corporate
tax. In noon deals, volatility hit over the street, as the country's fiscal
deficit hit 114.8 per cent of 2019-20 budget estimate at Rs 8.07 lakh crore at
the end of November, while the growth of eight core infrastructure industries
contracted for the fourth consecutive month in November 2019 by 1.5 percent, as
compared to same period of last year. However, bourses managed to keep their
heads above neutral lines throughout the day, aided with a survey report that
with bullish hiring sentiments, private sector players are likely to create
seven lakh jobs and the overall increase in salaries is projected to be around
8 percent in the New Year. Finally, the BSE Sensex gained 52.28 points or 0.13%
to 41306.02, while the CNX Nifty was up by 14.05 points or 0.12% to 12182.50.
The US markets remained closed on
Wednesday on account of New Year's Day holiday.
Erasing
all of its initial losses, Indian rupee ended higher against dollar on the
first day of Calendar Year 2020, on selling of dollars by banks and exporters.
Traders took some support with report that India's current account deficit
(CAD) narrowed to 0.9 per cent of GDP, or $6.3 billion, in the September 2019
quarter, on account of lower trade deficit. It had stood at 2.9 per cent of
gross domestic product (GDP), or $19 billion, in the corresponding quarter of
2018-19. On a sequential basis, CAD had printed 2 per cent of GDP, or $14.2
billion, in the June 2019 quarter. Some support also came as the PHD Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) expects India's economy to rebound in 2020 and
inflation to remain benign on account of reforms such as reduction in corporate
tax. However, gains remain capped with Controller General of Accounts in its
latest data showing that Fiscal deficit of the Union government rose to 114.8
per cent of the target in the first eight months of the fiscal year. Finally,
the rupee ended at 71.22, 14 paise stronger from its previous close of 71.36 on
Tuesday.
The
FIIs as per Wednesday's data were net sellers in both equity and debt segments.
In equity segment, the gross buying was of Rs 1496.50 crore against gross
selling of Rs 3468.68 crore, while in the debt segment, the gross purchase was
of Rs 1291.07 crore with gross sales of Rs 1834.45 crore. Besides in the hybrid
segment, the gross buying was of Rs 0.03 crore against gross selling of Rs 8.66
crore.
The US markets remained closed on
Wednesday for the New Year's Day holiday. Asian markets are trading mostly in
green on Thursday buoyed by Chinese markets after Beijing eased monetary policy
to support slowing growth. Indian markets ended slightly higher on Wednesday
amid lack of cues from other global markets. Today, the start of session is
likely to be flat-to-positive tracking positive leads from Asian peers.
Investors will also eyeing the release of Markit Manufacturing PMI for December
which will be released later in the day. Traders will be taking encouragement
with government data showing that Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue
collection remained above Rs 1 lakh crore mark for the second month in a row
with December mop-up rising to Rs 1.03 lakh crore as compared to the year-ago
period. Some support will also come with the commerce and industry ministry
data showing that foreign direct investment (FDI) into India grew 15% to $26
billion during the first half of the current financial year. Inflow of FDI
during April-September of 2018-19 stood at $22.66 billion. However, there may
be some cautiousness with a private report that India will struggle to achieve
5% GDP growth in 2020 as the significant deceleration in past few quarters was
largely owing to credit squeeze which is a cyclical problem. Also, traders may
be concerned with report that as many as 388 infrastructure projects, each
worth Rs 150 crore or more, have been hit by cost overruns of more than Rs 4
lakh crore owing to delays and other reasons. There will be some buzz in the
NBFCs stocks as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended, for another six
months, existing relaxations for securitization of assets by non-banking
financial companies (NBFCs). The move is expected to provide NBFCs with some
more breathing space to repair their broken balance-sheets by selling assets
and improving liquidity. There will be some reaction in jewellery stocks with
ICRA's report that Jewellery demand is expected to decline by 6-8% in terms of
volume following high gold prices and weak consumer demand in 2019-20. Auto
stocks will be in focus reaction to their monthly sales numbers. Also, there
will be some buzz in the aviation stocks with report that Aviation Turbine Fuel
(ATF) prices were increased by 2.6% on January 01 to Rs 64,323.76 per kilolitre
from Rs 62,686.51 per kiloliter.
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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12,182.50
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12,157.80
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12,214.70
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BSE
Sensex
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41,306.02
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41,223.63
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41,415.97
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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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1,022.92
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46.65
|
46.27
|
47.27
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Tata
Motors
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259.68
|
184.45
|
183.13
|
186.23
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SBI
|
173.79
|
334.45
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332.42
|
336.22
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Vedanta
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142.67
|
154.60
|
152.32
|
156.02
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Tata
Steel
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121.01
|
467.75
|
462.87
|
474.57
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