Marking the
second straight day of gains, Indian equity benchmarks ended with gains of over
half percent on Monday amid strong gains in realty, Metal and Banking stocks.
Domestic indices witnessed a gap-up opening and maintained the levels in
morning deals, as sentiments got a boost as India recorded the highest-ever
exports of $95 billion during April-June, up 85 per cent Y-o-Y and 18 per cent
higher than the first quarter of the fiscal year 2019-20. The merchandise
exports grew 47 per cent Y-o-Y to $32.46 billion in June, driven by a robust
demand of engineering goods, petroleum products, and gems and jewellery in the
external markets. Some optimism also came with Union Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman's statement that the government has been proactive in responding to
the challenges caused by COVID-19 and is also taking up substantial reforms
despite the pandemic. Besides, in reversal of a two-month selling trend,
foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in June turned out to be net buyers by
investing Rs 13,269 crore in Indian markets. Headline indices added some gains
in late afternoon session, taking support from Commerce and Industry Minister
Piyush Goyal's statement that India has set a target of $400 billion
merchandise exports for 2021-22 (FY22).
He mentioned in collaboration with private industry, MSME sector,
engineering, agriculture, automobile, steel sector, we have set an export
target of $400 billion. We all will work together to achieve this target.
Further, he said India's economy is growing and exports are also growing.
Market participants paid no heed towards a private survey showed activity in
India's dominant services sector contracted sharply in June as tighter
restrictions to contain a resurgence of coronavirus cases hammered demand and
forced firms to shed jobs at a rapid clip. IHS Markit's Services Purchasing
Managers' Index plunged to 41.2 last month from an already depressed 46.4 in
May. That was its lowest reading since July 2020 and well below the 50-level
separating growth from contraction. Finally, the BSE Sensex rose 395.33 points
or 0.75% to 52,880.00, while the CNX Nifty was up by 112.15 points or 0.71% to
15,834.35.
The US markets were closed on
Monday on account of Independence Day.
Reversing previous session
losses, Indian rupee ended significantly higher against dollar on Monday, owing
to dollar sale by exporters and banks and positive domestic equities. Sentiments
were upbeat as India recorded the highest-ever exports of $95 billion during
April-June, up 85 per cent Y-o-Y and 18 per cent higher than the first quarter
of the fiscal year 2019-20. The merchandise exports grew 47 per cent Y-o-Y to
$32.46 billion in June, driven by a robust demand of engineering goods,
petroleum products, and gems and jewellery in the external markets. Investors'
overlooked report that India's services sector activities contracted further in
June as the intensification of the COVID-19 crisis and reintroduction of
containment measures restricted demand. The seasonally adjusted India Services
Business Activity Index fell from 46.4 in May to 41.2 in June. On the global
front, sterling nudged higher on Monday with the British government expected to
announce it will proceed with plans to fully reopen the economy later this
month despite a surge in COVID-19 cases. Finally, the rupee ended 74.31,
stronger by 43 paise from its previous close of 74.74 on Friday.
The FIIs as per Monday's data
were net seller in equity segment, while net buyer in debt segment. In equity
segment, the gross buying was of Rs 3238.77 crore against gross selling of Rs
5748.34 crore, while in the debt segment, the gross purchase was of Rs 226.25
crore with gross sales of Rs 149.30 crore. Besides, in the hybrid segment, the
gross buying was of Rs 23.89 crore against gross selling of Rs 43.31 crore.
The US markets were closed on
Monday for the Independence Day holiday. Asian markets are trading mostly
higher on Tuesday as investors look ahead to the Australian central bank's
interest rate decision. Indian markets ended near record close on Monday,
boosted by metals and financials, as investors hoped for a strong corporate
earnings season. Today, the markets are likely to make flat-to-negative start
despite broadly positive cues from Asian peers. Fear of inflationary pressures
due to higher energy costs might keep the indices under pressure after OPEC+
nations called off talks on output levels. However, some respite may come later
in the day as India recorded 34,067 new infections, lowest since March 18. The
total caseload has surged to 30,618,939, while 29,744,831 have recovered. some
support will come as data from the Reserve Bank of India showed the government's
Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) significantly boosted credit
growth for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the financial
year ending March 2021 even as concerns about asset quality of this segment
grew. Traders may take note of SBI research report stating that household debt
has sharply jumped to 37.3 per cent of the GDP in the pandemic year from 32.5
per cent in FY20, confirming the deeper financial impact of COVID-19. It also
warned that the ratio may rise further this fiscal due to the second wave of
the pandemic. Oil marketing companies (OMCs) will be in the spotlight in amid
the oil price surge. There will be some buzz in Aviation stocks as the
government increased the seating capacity of domestic airlines to 65 percent
from the current 50 percent. Cement and logistics companies stocks will be in
focus as the spread of the second wave of Covid-19 infections to rural regions
in the country, coupled with subsequent lockdown restrictions by several
states, has affected domestic cement production in the first quarter of FY22.
Noting this demand hit, Icra ratings revised cement volumetric growth estimates
for FY22 to 10-12 per cent from 15 per cent earlier. There will be some
reaction in FMCG companies stocks with a report stating that leading FMCG
companies in the country are expecting their sales growth numbers in high
double digit in the April-June quarter, a period when the broader market was
severely impacted by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the much-awaited
initial public offering (IPO) of Zomato could hit Dalal Street soon after
capital markets regulator SEBI approved the offer as proposed in the DRHP.
Zomato plans Rs 8,250 crore public issue which will be an amalgamation of fresh
issue of equity shares and an offer for sale (OFS).
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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15,834.35
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15,782.29
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15,866.19
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BSE
Sensex
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52,880.00
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52,683.17
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52,997.99
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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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Tata Motors Coal India
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183.99
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346.10
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343.36
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349.46
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State Bank of India
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164.83
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432.65
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426.44
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436.69
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NTPC
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164.09
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118.60
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117.54
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119.39
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Hindalco Industries
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128.36
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389.55
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381.04
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394.54
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Oil & Natural Gas Corporation
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120.50
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120.95
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119.41
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121.96
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Tata Steel has transferred 26 percent stake in HSMS to Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services for an undisclosed amount.
HDFC Bank's advances aggregated to around Rs 11,475 billion as of Q1FY22, a growth of around 14.4% over Rs 10,033 billion as of June 30, 2020.
Bharti Airtel's subsidiary -- Airtel Payments Bank has seen a surge in business volumes in FY21.
ONGC is planning to procure equipment and services worth over Rs 30,000 crore to support its oil and gas exploration and production operations.