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Market Commentary 05 August 2016
Markets to see some recovery with a good start

 

The Indian markets were unable to make any significant recovery after plunging in last session and witnessed a cautious day of trade, finally closing in green with marginal gains. The key indices oscillated in an extremely tight range through the session as market participants remained on the sidelines lacking conviction ahead of the Bank of England's (BOE) monetary policy meeting later in the day. In early trade sentiments remained up-beat with Finance Ministry stating that all efforts are being made to roll out GST from April 1, 2017, and allayed fears that it will have an impact on inflation even if the rate is kept at 20 per cent. Also, the US India Business Council (USIBC) termed the passage of GST bill by the Indian Parliament as a game-changer, saying it is a significant milestone in efforts to improve the country's ranking in World Bank's ease of doing business index. USIBC believes that the GST will boost economic growth by streamlining domestic supply chains and removing the compliance burden of contradictory state tax regimes. Meanwhile, Auto counters gained traction as GST will have a significantly positive impact on the automotive sector. Today all passenger vehicles' are taxed in four slabs of excise duty of 12 percent, 24 percent, 27 percent and 30 percent depending on the length of vehicle, engine displacement and ground clearance. Apart from excise duty, there is value added tax (VAT) ranging from 12.5 percent to 14.5 percent and central sales tax (CST) of 2 percent (for vehicles sold outside the manufacturing state). Post GST, all these taxes are going to be subsumed into a single tax and all passenger vehicles are likely to fall in only two slabs of 18 percent /20 percent and 40 percent. Some buying was also observed in Oil exploration counters after Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan asked Finance Ministry to cut cess on domestically produced crude oil to 10-12 percent from current 20 percent to provide relief to producers hit by slump in prices. On the other hand, IT counters came under selling pressure as industry body Nasscom enlightened that margins of Indian IT companies are under pressure due to reasons like global economic turbulence, while there may be a marginal decline in hiring because of increased automation and efficiency. Finally, the BSE Sensex surged by 16.86 points or 0.06% to 27714.37, while the CNX Nifty rose by 6.25 points or 0.07% to 8,551.10.

 

The US markets made a flat closing on Thursday, as investors awaited the closely watched jobs report due Friday, which is likely to command more attention given the surprising readings from the two previous labor data. On the economy front, the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week rose by 3,000 to 269,000, marking the highest level since the end of June. Despite the rise, claims remained well below their recent peak of 277,000 in mid-June. The claims have been below the key 300,000 benchmark of a healthy labor market for 74 weeks and counting - a feat last duplicated in the early 1970s. The nation's official unemployment is also a tick below 5%. The average of new jobless claims over the past month rose by 3,750 to 2,60,250. Continuing jobless claims decreased to 2.138 million in the week ended July 23 from 2.144 million in the prior week. Separately, factory orders fell 1.5% in June, which is the second-consecutive sharp decline. May's factory orders fell a revised 1.2%, compared with the prior estimate of a 1% drop. The Nasdaq gained 6.51 points or 0.13 percent to 5,166.25, S&P 500 was up by 0.46 points or 0.02 percent to 2,164.25, while Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 2.95 points or 0.02 percent to 18,352.05.

 

Crude oil futures made a smart bounce back on Thursday, with traders going for short covering on UK economic stimulus and expectations for a solid US jobs report Friday. Investors turn their attention to Friday's weekly rig count from Baker Hughes for clearer indications on the rate of drilling activity throughout the US Last week. Benchmark crude oil futures for September delivery gained $1.01 or 2.47 percent to close at $41.84 a barrel after trading in a range of $40.45 and $42.08 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, Brent oil futures for October delivery was up by $1.12 or 2.60 percent to $44.23 a barrel on the ICE.

 

Indian rupee ended marginally stronger against dollar on Thursday due to increased selling of American currency by exporters and banks. Besides, some gains in local equity markets after the Rajya Sabha passed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Constitutional Amendment Bill, which aims to do away with multiple rates of taxation at each state's level and to replace those with a uniform rate nationwide, also supported the domestic currency. The US India Business Council (USIBC) termed the passage of GST bill by the Indian Parliament as a game-changer, saying it is a significant milestone in efforts to improve the country's ranking in World Bank's ease of doing business index.  On the global front, dollar was under pressure on Thursday as upbeat jobs data did little to boost hopes for a US interest rate rise, while traders also eyed a Bank of England meeting. Finally, the rupee ended at 66.92, 7 paise stronger from its previous close at 66.99 on Wednesday

 

The FIIs as per Thursday'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 4701.61 crore against gross selling of Rs 4072.51 crore. While in the debt segment, the gross purchase was of Rs 942.84 crore with gross sales of Rs 1421.49 crore. Thus, FIIs stood as net sellers of Rs 478.65 crore in debt.

 

The US markets once again showed a lackluster trade and made a mixed closing in the last session, following the Bank of England's announcement of its decision to reduce interest rates following Britain's vote to leave the European Union. Traders also awaited the Labor Department's monthly jobs report due to be released on Friday for further cues. The Asian markets have made mostly a positive start, with BoE's policy easing soothing concern over the impact of the Brexit votes, on the same time oil held steady after a good surge. The Indian markets coming off their early euphoria of Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill passage in Rajya Sabha made a flat closing in the last session. Today, the start is likely to be in green on supportive regional cues. Traders will also be getting some advantage with the government setting a target of April 1, 2017 for rollout of the Goods and Services Tax and unveiling a detailed roadmap for its implementation. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the tax rate will be 'optimum' even as there were indications that it may be higher than 18 percent. However, there will be some cautiousness too, as the Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia has listed seven challenges which need to be dealt with for smooth implementation of the Goods and Services Tax. He said that fixing the GST rate, deciding on exempt items and ensuring no dual control by the Centre and states are among the seven key challenges which have to be overcome before GST can be rolled out by April 1, 2017. There will be buzz in the steel sector, as the government has decided to extend the Minimum Import Price (MIP) regime on 66 items for a period of two months. Following this, the MIP regime introduced for a six-month period in February 2016 and was due to end on August 5, will now be applicable on these items till October 4, 2016. The textile sector will be under pressure on reports that India's handloom export has declined by 30% within a year after a gradual rise for several years. There will lots of earnings related action as many important companies will be reporting their numbers.

 

 

                                Support and Resistance: CNX Nifty and BSE Sensex

Index

Previous close

Support

Resistance

CNX Nifty

8551.10

8512.37

8595.62

BSE Sensex

27714.37

27587.59

27881.53

 

 

Nifty Top volumes

Stock

Volume

(in Lacs)

Previous close (Rs)

Support  (Rs)

Resistance (Rs)

ICICI Bank

272.10

240.35

236.32

244.72

State Bank of India

178.11

225.65

223.00

228.50

Bank of Baroda

119.39

155.75

149.08

159.88

Tata Steel

96.39

373.80

362.50

380.00

Tata Motors

94.76

500.00

491.92

504.77

 

 

  • Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has successfully completed the previously announced acquisition of eight Abbreviated New Drug Applications in the US from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and an affiliate of Allergan plc.
  • Tata Power has raised Rs 3,500 crore through an issuance of unsecured, taxable, redeemable, non-cumulative, listed, rated and non-convertible debentures worth Rs 3,500 crore on a private placement basis.
  • Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology, outsourcing and next-generation services, has made an investment of $4 million in Cloudyn, a company that provides SaaS solutions for the management and optimization of hybrid, multi-cloud deployments.
  • ICICI Bank, the largest private sector lender in the country has organized four Coin Exchange Melas in Jammu to offer a free facility of exchanging currency notes with coins to the general public.
  • State-owned Coal India is looking at entering into a pact with a South African government miner to jointly acquire coal mines in that country.
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