Indian equity
benchmarks managed to end the Friday's session marginally in green with
frontline gauges ending above their crucial 48,800 (Sensex) and 14,600 (Nifty)
levels. Markets soon after making a cautious start gained traction as traders
took support with government data showing that the country's exports jumped by
60.29 per cent to $34.45 billion in March even as the outbound shipments
contracted by 7.26 per cent during the full 2020-21 fiscal to $290.63 billion.
Imports too grew by 53.74 per cent to $48.38 billion in March, but dipped by 18
per cent to $389.18 billion during April-March 2020-21. Traders also took note
of report that as Reserve Bank of India (RBI) concluded the first security
acquisition programme (G-SAP) auction buying of Rs 25,000 crore in government
bonds. As part of this, the government is scheduled to buy bonds worth 1 lakh
crore from the secondary market in the three months to June 30 (Q1 of the
current financial year). However, markets cut most of their gains in late trade
as traders opted to book their profit in riskier assets. Key gauges somehow
managed to end above water as traders took some relief report that the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) has set up the second Regulatory Review Authority (RRA 2.0)
with a view to streamlining regulations and reducing compliance burden of
regulated entities. The RRA would be set up for a period of one year from May
1, 2021, unless its tenure is extended by the Reserve Bank. Traders also took
support with Union minister Nitin Gadkari's statement that India tackled the
first wave of the pandemic with great resilience and came out with strong
growth projections, exuding confidence that the MSME sector will battle the
second wave with same conviction and lead India to a growth trajectory.
Finally, the BSE Sensex gained 28.35 points or 0.06% to 48,832.03, while the
CNX Nifty was up by 36.20 points or 0.25% to 14,617.85.
Extending
previous session's gains, the US markets ended higher on Friday with the Dow
and the S&P 500 once again setting new record closing highs. Stocks
continued to benefit from yesterday's strong US economic data, with upbeat
economic data from China adding to optimism about a global economic recovery. A
report from the National Bureau of Statistics showed the Chinese economy saw
record growth in the first quarter, as GDP spiked 18.3 percent year-over-year.
Upbeat earnings news also generated continued buying interest, as Morgan
Stanley (MS) joined other financial giants in reporting better than expected
first quarter earnings. On the economic front, the Commerce Department released
a report showing a substantial rebound in new residential construction in the
month of March. The Commerce Department said housing starts skyrocketed by 19.4
percent to an annual rate of 1.739 million in March after plunging by 11.3
percent to a revised rate of 1.457 million in February. Street had expected
housing starts to spike by 13.5 percent to a rate of 1.613 million from the 1.421
million originally reported for the previous month. With the bigger than
expected increase, housing starts reached their highest level since hitting an
annual rate of 1.802 million in June of 2006. Meanwhile, the University of
Michigan released a report showing sentiment has continued to improve in April
but by much less than anticipated. The preliminary report showed the consumer
sentiment index rose to 86.5 in April after soaring to 84.9 in March. Street
had expected the index to jump to 89.6. Despite the much smaller than expected
increase, the consumer sentiment index still reached its highest level since
hitting 89.1 in March of 2020.
Snapping four session winning
streak, crude oil futures ended lower on Friday. Support from a strong economic
report from China helped to offset pressure from concerns that rising cases of
COVID in parts of the world threaten a fitful recovery from the demand-sapping
pandemic. The energy markets have so far been buttressed by monthly reports
that point to a healthy recovery from the pandemic, as well as tensions between
the US and Iran and Russia, which could have some impact on crude markets.
Meanwhile, a report from Baker Hughes said US energy firms added oil and
natural gas rigs for a fifth week in a row for the first time since February.
The US drilling rig count rose by seven to 439 this week. Oil rigs increased by
seven to 344 and natural gas rigs rose by one to 94. Crude oil futures for May
declined 33 cents or 0.5 percent to settle at $63.13 barrel on the New York
Mercantile Exchange. June Brent crude fell 17 cents or 0.30 percent to settle
at $66.77 a barrel on London's Intercontinental Exchange.
Continuing previous session's
gain, Indian Rupee ended fairly higher against US dollar on Friday, on the back
of selling of the American currency by exporters. Sentiments were upbeat as
continuing growth momentum for fourth straight month, the country's exports
jumped 60.29% to $34.45 billion in March even as the outbound shipments
contracted by 7.26 per cent during the full 2020-21 fiscal to $290.63 billion.
Imports too grew by 53.74% to $48.38 billion in March, but dipped by 18 per
cent to $389.18 billion during April-March 2020-21. On the global front, dollar
headed for its worst back-to-back weekly drop this year amid an extended
retreat in Treasury yields as investors increasingly bought into the Federal
Reserve's insistence of keeping an accommodative policy stance for a while
longer. Finally, the rupee ended 74.35, stronger by 58 paise from its previous
close of 74.93 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 74.76 and
74.28 respectively.
The FIIs as per Friday's data
were net seller in equity segment, while net buyer in debt segment. In equity
segment, the gross buying was of Rs 11641.53 crore against gross selling of Rs
12454.18 crore, while in the debt segment, the gross purchase was of Rs 2145.58
crore with gross sales of Rs 1711.23 crore. Besides, in the hybrid segment, the
gross buying was of Rs 10.20 crore against gross selling of Rs 23.56 crore.
The US markets ended higher on
Friday as investors took strong economic data and bank earnings as signs of
momentum in the US pandemic recovery. Asian markets are trading in green on
Monday helped by expectations monetary policy will remain accommodative the
world over, while COVID-19 vaccine rollouts help ease fears of another
dangerous wave of coronavirus infections. Indian markets ended Friday's
volatile session marginally higher amid gains in pharma, IT, metals, auto and
FMCG indices. Today, the start of new week is likely to be pessimistic on
concerns over economic growth amid continue rising COVID-19 cases in the
country and stricter restrictions imposed in various states. Traders will be
concerned as India reported 275,306 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases on
Monday, the highest single-day spike so far since the pandemic broke out,
Worldometer showed. With this, India's Covid tally has shot up to 15,057,767
cases. There will be cautiousness as a private report stated that leading
brokerages have downgraded India's GDP growth projections for the current
fiscal year to as low as 10 per cent on local lockdowns threatening fragile
recovery, with the resurgence of COVID-19 cases posing risks to economic
recovery. Also, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have pulled out a net Rs
4,615 crore from Indian markets in April so far amid sharp escalation in COVID-19
cases and the consequent restrictions imposed by various states, unnerving
overseas investors. However, some support may come later in the day with Chief
Economic Adviser K V Subramanian's statement that the Indian economy is in
better shape to address the challenge of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic
compared to last year as vaccines have been developed and vaccination drives
are taking place. Meanwhile, non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) have
requested the Reserve Bank to extend the one-time restructuring scheme of MSME
advances till March 31, 2022, as these players are unable to revive their
businesses. There will be some buzz in power stocks as power ministry data
showed power consumption in the country grew nearly 45 per cent in the first half
of April to 60.62 billion units (BU) over the corresponding period a year ago,
showing robust recovery in industrial and commercial demand of electricity.
Pharma stocks will be in focus as Pharmexcil said pharma exports from India
witnessed over 18% growth to $24.44 billion during the last financial year
against $20.58 billion in FY20. There will be some reaction in aviation stocks
as Jet fuel price was cut by 1 per cent, the second reduction in rates this
month following softening international crude oil prices. Auto stocks will be
in limelight as SIMA data showed that Passenger vehicle exports from India
declined by 39 per cent in the last fiscal as disruptions caused by COVID-19
pandemic put brakes on the overseas shipments. Besides, Macrotech Developers
will list its equity shares on exchanges today. The IPO that ran between April
7-9 was subscribed 1.36 times. The issue price has been fixed at Rs 486 per
share. There will be some important earnings announcements too to keep the
markets buzzing.
Support and
Resistance: NSE (Nifty) and BSE (Sensex)
Index
|
Previous close
|
Support
|
Resistance
|
NSE
Nifty
|
14,617.85
|
14,552.00
|
14,690.70
|
BSE
Sensex
|
48,832.03
|
48,654.49
|
49,049.55
|
Nifty Top volumes
Stock
|
Volume
|
Previous close (Rs)
|
Support (Rs)
|
Resistance (Rs)
|
(in Lacs)
|
Wipro
|
1,093.61
|
469.20
|
445.59
|
483.24
|
Tata
Motors
|
753.30
|
310.00
|
301.76
|
316.61
|
Adani
Ports And Special Economic Zone
|
417.91
|
755.50
|
734.05
|
785.90
|
State
Bank of India
|
377.66
|
339.90
|
337.20
|
344.05
|
Hindalco
Industries
|
284.38
|
370.00
|
356.30
|
380.10
|
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