Dalal Street got hit by another
day of steep losses on Tuesday, as Sensex & Nifty settled down by around
2.5% each. Markets started on a cautious note, amid Care Ratings' report that
corporate India is expecting a 0.5% hit on economic growth in FY2020-21 if the
coronavirus pandemic lasts longer, pushing up fiscal deficit and creating more
bad loans for the bank. But, indices soon staged recovery to remain in green
for the most part of the session, aided with RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das'
statement that RBI has many provisions to provide cushion to the sagging
economy, however, that will completely depend on the circumstances. The RBI has
announced two key measures that the central bank will take to improve the
liquidity condition of the Indian economy and financial markets. But, key
benchmarks failed to hold their gains in last hour of the trade and ended in
red terrain, on the back of weak cues from the global markets. Traders remained
worried with Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur's statement that
India's near-term macroeconomic outlook is vulnerable to disruption of trade
with China on account of coronavirus outbreak. The coronavirus outbreak, first
in China and now having being confirmed in more than 100 countries, has emerged
as a key risk to human health as well as global growth outlook through numerous
channels like trade, production and supply chain disruptions as well as decline
in demand. Finally, the BSE Sensex slipped 810.98 points or 2.58% to 30579.09,
while the CNX Nifty was down by 230.35 points or 2.50% to 8,967.05.
The US markets ended higher on
Tuesday on account of bargain hunting, with traders picking up stocks at
reduced levels following the sharp decline seen yesterday. Sentiments got boost
on White House plans that could inject $1 trillion into the US economy to
cushion the blow of the coronavirus. Positive sentiment was also generated in
reaction to President Donald Trump's pledge to support industries that have
been hit particularly hard by the outbreak, such as airlines. He added that the
United States will be powerfully supporting those industries, like Airlines and
others, that are particularly affected by the Chinese Virus. The US will be
stronger than ever before. On the economic data front, a report released by the
Commerce Department showed a modest decrease in business inventories in the US
in the month of January. The Commerce Department said business inventories
edged down by 0.1 percent in January after coming in unchanged in December. The
slight drop in inventories matched Street estimates. The modest decrease in
business inventories was partly due to a continued decline in wholesale
inventories, which fell by 0.4 percent in January after slipping by 0.3 percent
in December. Manufacturing inventories also dipped by 0.1 percent in January
after climbing by 0.4 percent in December, while retail inventories were
unchanged after edging down by 0.1 percent in the previous month.
Crude oil futures ended lower on
Tuesday as traders focused on expectations for a massive hit to demand from the
global spread of COVID-19, and an increase in supply as Russia and Saudi Arabia
engage in a global price war. Meanwhile, Russia and Saudi Arabia show no signs
of backing away from a price war initiated after Moscow rejected calls by the
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries for major producers to
implement deeper production cuts. Crude oil futures for April fell $1.75 or 6.1
percent to settle at $26.95 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. May
Brent crude declined $1.32 or 4.4 percent to settle at $28.73 a barrel on
London's Intercontinental Exchange.
Indian
rupee gave away most of its gains and strengthened a bit against dollar on
Tuesday, driven by weakening of the greenback in overseas markets. Traders took
some support with RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das' statement that RBI has many
provisions to provide cushion to the sagging economy, however, that will
completely depend on the circumstances. The RBI has announced two key measures
that the central bank will take to improve the liquidity condition of the
Indian economy and financial markets. But most of the gains were trimmed as
Moody's Investors Service lowered India's GDP growth forecast for 2020 calendar
year to 5.3 per cent, on coronavirus implications on the economy. Moody's had
in February projected a 5.4 per cent real GDP growth for India in 2020. This
too was a downgrade from 6.6 per cent earlier forecast. On the global front,
dollar's rally gathered steam on Tuesday as nervous traders rushed to buy the
most liquid currency amid fragile sentiment and signs of growing pressure in
offshore dollar funding markets. The last traded price of rupee was 74.23, 2
paise stronger from its previous close of 74.25 on Monday.
The FIIs as per Tuesday's data
were net sellers in both equity and debt segments. In equity segment, the gross
buying was of Rs 6968.78 crore against gross selling of Rs 11668.63 crore,
while in the debt segment, the gross purchase was of Rs 974.36 crore with gross
sales of Rs 12428.95 crore. Besides, in the hybrid segment, the gross buying
was of Rs 43.49 crore against gross selling of Rs 22.44 crore.
The US markets ended higher on
Tuesday as the White House and Federal Reserve unveiled massive stimulus
measures to help the economy deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Asian markets
are trading mostly higher in nearly on Wednesday following positive cues from
Wall Street overnight. Indian markets closed sharply lower on Tuesday amid
worries that the coronavirus pandemic will tip the global economy into
recession. Today, the benchmarks are likely to get flat-to-positive start amid
gains in global markets. Some support will come with the Reserve Bank of
India's (RBI) report that overseas investment by domestic firms stood at $2.37
billion in February 2020. In the year-ago same period, companies in India
invested $2.36 billion. Traders may take note of report that the Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) has reduced the capital requirements for payment aggregators to
Rs 15 crore at the time of application for the license from Rs 100 crore
proposed earlier. Besides, a research report by the State Bank of India stated
that a combination of monetary as well as fiscal policy measures are called for
to salvage the economy from the collateral damage from the fallout of the
spread of coronavirus disease-COVID-19. Though, there may be some cautiousness
amid worries over coronavirus outbreak. According to the health ministry, the
number of novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 139 so far, while one more
person died taking the death toll to three. Also, traders will be concerned as
S&P Global Ratings lowered India's economic growth forecast to 5.2% for
2020, saying the global economy is entering a recession amid the coronavirus
pandemic. Meanwhile, markets regulator Securities & Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) asked merchant bankers to provide to investors an updated copy of the
'General Information Document' for public issues, having information about UPI
mechanism and the reduced timeline for IPOs. Metal stocks will be in focus with
private report that the spread of coronavirus, coupled with rising threats of
cheap imports from China, Japan and South Korea, has kept the lid on domestic
steel prices and forced producers to consider pruning production in the short
term, amid subdued demand. There will be some reaction in e-commerce sector stocks
as the Centre said that it has proposed certain amendments to the Competition
law for greater regulation of e-commerce platforms and ensure that presence of
etailers has no severe impact on local jobs.
Support and
Resistance: NSE (Nifty) and BSE (Sensex)
Index
|
Previous close
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Support
|
Resistance
|
NSE Nifty
|
8,967.05
|
8,787.17
|
9,275.37
|
BSE Sensex
|
30,579.09
|
29,966.69
|
31,619.73
|
Nifty Top volumes
Stock
|
Volume
|
Previous close (Rs)
|
Support (Rs)
|
Resistance (Rs)
|
(in Lacs)
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Yes Bank
|
2,234.63
|
58.65
|
44.67
|
68.77
|
Tata Motors
|
718.49
|
77.95
|
75.23
|
82.83
|
State Bank of India
|
654.15
|
215.15
|
208.17
|
226.02
|
ITC
|
476.58
|
149.15
|
144.87
|
154.62
|
ICICI Bank
|
472.33
|
367.25
|
351.35
|
395.80
|
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