Indian equity indices carried
forward their northbound journey for yet another session on Monday, and ended
at fresh closing highs, while the midcap and smallcap indices snapped
two-session long rally to finish lower. Most of the investors remained on the
sidelines and refrained from any buying activity, keeping a close tab on the
arrival of monsoon rains, which is expected to hit the southern Kerala coast by
the end of the month. The June-September southwest monsoon is critical for the
country's agriculture because a considerable part of the country's farmland is
dependent on the rains for irrigation. On the macro front, the government will
announce data on Q4 March 2017 gross domestic product (GDP) on May 31, 2017.
Sentiments remained optimistic with the Employees Provident Fund Organisation
(EPFO) approving hike in investment limit in exchange traded funds (ETFs) to
15%, from the existing 10%. The decision was taken during the meeting of the
Central Board of Trustees (CBT) here on Saturday. Some support also came with
the report that foreign investors have pumped in nearly $4 billion in the
country's capital market so far this month due to finalization of GST rates for
bulk of the items and stable outlook for the rupee. According to latest
depository data, FPIs invested a net Rs 9,007 crore in equities during May
2-26, while they poured Rs 15,769 crore in the debt markets during the period
under review, translating into a net inflow of Rs 24,776 crore ($3.85 billion).
Meanwhile, banking stocks came under pressure after Arun Jaitley said that poor
performance by private investors and banks still remains a challenge for the
Indian economy. He also said the banks have to recover their bad loans to boost
private investment, as domestic private investment needs to pick up. Further,
Healthcare index (BSE) witnessed a sharp drag, after Sun Pharmaceutical
Industries fell as much as 13.2% to a near four-year low after the company on
Friday reported a 14% fall in March-quarter profit. Finally, the BSE Sensex
gained 81.07 points or 0.26% to 31109.28, while the CNX Nifty was up by 9.80
points or 0.10% to 9,604.90.
The US markets remained closed on
Monday on account of 'Memorial Day' holiday.
Crude oil futures showed further
upmove on Monday in a holiday thinned trade. The market though remained
cautious as increases in U.S. drilling activity have undercut an OPEC-led push
to tighten supply. Traders are uncertain about whether the extension of output
cuts by OPEC and other producing countries will be enough to support prices. Benchmark
crude oil futures for July delivery last traded higher by $0.19 to $49.99 in
electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, Brent crude
for July delivery ended up by $0.14 or 0.2 percent to $52.29 on the ICE.
Snapping
three-day winning streak, Indian rupee ended marginally weaker against dollar
on Monday, on increased month-end demand for the American currency from
importers and banks. Besides, dollar's gain against other currencies overseas
put pressure on the rupee, but some gains in domestic equity market prevented
further losses. Meanwhile, a private poll of economist highlighted that India
remained the fastest growing major economy in the world last quarter, with
growth buoyed by an improved performance in manufacturing and services. On the
global front, pound inched higher against dollar in thin trading on Monday,
after opinion polls showed Labour catching up with the Tories ahead of next
month's election. Finally, the rupee ended at 64.49, 5 paise weaker from its
previous close of 64.44 on Friday.
The
FIIs as per Monday's data were net sellers in equity segment, while they were
net buyers in debt segment. In equity segment, the gross buying was of Rs
4493.86 crore against gross selling of Rs 4809.96 crore, while in the debt
segment, the gross purchase was of Rs 2788.85 crore with gross sales of Rs
861.19 crore.
The US markets remained closed in
last session, unable to give any cues to the other global markets. The Asian
markets have made a mixed start and some of the indices in the region are
trading lower by about half a percent after leaders of the G7 group of rich
nations failed to make progress on narrowing differences on climate change and
North Korea fired another missile off its east coast. Japanese market was down
as the yen strengthened against the dollar. The Indian markets extended their
rally mood in the last session and the benchmarks scaled their fresh record
highs. Today, the start is likely to be a bit cautious tailing the sluggishness
in the regional peers. Traders will be eyeing the monsoon movement, as the
southwest monsoon is most likely to hit the Kerala coast and northeast India
simultaneously on Tuesday, the onset date forecast by the India Meteorological
Department earlier this month. Market will be getting some support with World
Bank's expectation that India, the fastest growing major economy in the world, will
grow at 7.2 per cent in the current fiscal and further up to 7.7 per cent by
2019-20 on strong fundamentals, reform momentum and improving investment
scenario. It noted that demonetisation in November 2016 caused a slight
disruption to India's growth recovery, following a favourable monsoon last
fiscal, but things seem to be bettering. Meanwhile, the Central Board of Excise
and Customs Chairperson Vanaja Sarna has said that decision on revising the tax
rates fixed on various goods and services has been left to the discretion of
the GST Council. There will be lots of earnings and earnings reaction to keep
the markets in action today.
Support and Resistance: NSE
(Nifty) and BSE (Sensex)
Index
|
Previous close
|
Support
|
Resistance
|
NSE Nifty
|
9604.90
|
9555.82
|
9645.87
|
BSE Sensex
|
31109.28
|
30914.66
|
31259.15
|
Nifty Top volumes
Stock
|
Volume
(in Lacs)
|
Previous close
(Rs)
|
Support (Rs)
|
Resistance (Rs)
|
Sun Pharma
|
421.38
|
502.60
|
487.17
|
523.52
|
ITC
|
196.65
|
315.85
|
306.28
|
322.63
|
Tech Mahindra
|
171.36
|
379.45
|
360.73
|
394.08
|
Hindalco
|
125.16
|
201.25
|
197.37
|
205.02
|
SBI
|
106.20
|
284.00
|
281.25
|
288.80
|
Coal India has reported 6% growth in its overall despatch of coal to 45.3 million tonnes in April 2017 as compared to 42.7 mt despatched during April 2016.
Maruti Suzuki India is targeting to sell 3 lakh units of vehicles equipped with different automatic transmission technologies by 2020.
Larsen & Toubro has bagged order worth Rs 1,329 crore from the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority to develop water supply scheme in the megapolis.
NTPC has reported a fall of 25.54% in its net profit at Rs 2079.40 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 as compared to Rs 2792.69 crore for the same quarter in the previous year.