Indian benchmark indices failed
to hold on to their early upsurge and simply lost track to end marginally lower
on Monday, dragged by heavy losses in Metal, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas
stocks. After making cautious start markets soon traded higher, as traders
found some solace with the commerce and industry ministry stating that total
foreign direct investment into India rose 2 per cent to the highest ever $83.57
billion in 2021-22 on account of various measures like policy reforms and ease
of doing business taken by the government. Sentiments got up-beat with private
report stated that India Inc seems to be optimistic about opening of new
vacancies amid steady hiring trends during the current financial year as the
country's economy is on a growth trajectory. It said at least 72 per cent organisations
which participated in a survey believed that there will be more hiring's for
new positions during this fiscal. Some support also came as retirement fund
body EPFO has added 15.32 lakh subscribers in March 2022, over 19 percent more
than 12.85 lakh enrolled in February this year. Domestic sentiments remained
optimistic in afternoon deals, amid a private report stating that the Union
government's move to cut excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 8 and Rs 6 a
litre, respectively, is likely to ease the retail inflation rate by up to 25
basis points (bps) from June onwards. If the move's indirect impact on other
items, including food prices, is also considered, the average inflation rate
may reduce by 40 basis points during the current fiscal year. However, key
gauges erased all of their gains to end lower as traders tuned cautious with
report that the outflow of funds from domestic markets has continued as Foreign
Portfolio Investors (FPI) remain net sellers. So far in the month of May, FPIs
have pulled out Rs 37,216 crore as headwinds such as tighter monetary policy
and rising inflation force investors towards safer havens. Some concern also
came as RBI data showed the country's foreign exchange reserves declined by
$2.676 billion to stand at $593.279 billion in the week ended May 13, 2022.
Finally, the BSE Sensex fell 37.78 points or 0.07% to 54,288.61 and the CNX
Nifty was down by 51.45 points or 0.32% to 16,214.70.
The US markets ended higher on
Monday as traders continued to pick up stocks at reduced levels. Further,
buying interest have also been generated in reaction to news the financial hub
of Shanghai has lifted some of its COVID-19 restrictions and US President Joe
Biden said he was weighing cutting tariffs on Chinese goods. Biden said I am
considering it. We did not impose any of those tariffs. They were imposed by
the last administration and they're under consideration. Besides, banking
stocks helped to lead the rebound on Wall Street, with the KBW Bank Index
spiking by 4.1 percent on the day. Substantial strength was also visible among
oil service stocks, as reflected by the 4.8 percent jump by the Philadelphia
Oil Service Index. The rally by oil service stocks comes even though the price
of crude oil ended the day flat. Steel stocks also turned in a strong
performance on the day, driving the NYSE Arca Steel Index up by 2.6 percent.
Brokerage, telecom and natural gas stocks also saw significant strength, moving
higher along with most of the other major sectors. Among individual stocks,
shares of VMWare moved sharply higher
following reports the cloud computing company is in advanced talks to be
acquired by chipmaker Broadcom.
Crude oil futures ended
marginally higher on Monday on hopes of increased demand from China as Shanghai
lifted some of its restrictions after a two-month lockdown. Further, a weaker
dollar too aided oil's uptick. Meanwhile, the US Administration is considering
the potential release of diesel from a rarely used emergency stockpile as President
Biden scrambles to tame soaring fuel prices amid low inventory levels ahead of
the summer driving season. Benchmark crude oil futures for July delivery added
1 cent or 0.01% percent to settle at $110.29 a barrel on the New York
Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for July delivery surged 87 cents or 0.7
percent to settle at $113.42 a barrel on London's Intercontinental Exchange.
Erasing previous session losses,
Indian rupee ended substantially stronger on fresh selling of American currency
by banks and exporters. Sentiments were upbeat as commerce and industry
ministry said that total foreign direct investment (FDI) into India rose 2 per
cent to the highest ever $83.57 billion in 2021-22 on account of various
measures like policy reforms and ease of doing business taken by the
government. Total FDI comprises equity inflows, reinvested earnings and other
capital. In 2020-21, the inflow stood at $81.97 billion. It was $74.39 billion
in 2019-20 and $62 billion in 2018-19. However, unabated foreign fund outflows
and firm crude oil prices weighed on the rupee and limit the gains. On the
global front, euro rallied on Monday after the European Central Bank president
said policymakers would likely to lift interest rates out of the negative
territory by September. Finally, the rupee ended at 77.55 (Provisional),
stronger by 15 paise from its previous close of 77.70 on Friday.
The FIIs as per Monday's data
were net buyers in equity and debt segment both. In equity segment, the gross
buying was of Rs 11207.37 crore against gross selling of Rs 9751.60 crore,
while in the debt segment, the gross purchase was of Rs 141.21 crore with gross
sales of Rs 54.97 crore. Besides, in the hybrid segment, the gross buying was
of Rs 3.46 crore against gross selling of Rs 7.75 crore.
The US markets ended higher on
Monday as gains from banks and a rebound in market-leading tech shares
supported a broad-based rally. Asian markets are trading mostly in red on
Tuesday as relief at a rally on Wall Street was quickly soured by a slide in
U.S. stock futures. Indian markets erased all intraday gains on Monday and
ended flat with a negative bias on Monday amid selling in index heavyweights
like Tata Steel, HDFC twins, and ITC. Today, domestic indices are likely to get
flat-to-positive start tracking overnight gains on Wall Street. Traders will be
taking encouragement with Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant's statement that India is
in the midst of a major transformation in the digital space, and a strong
political leadership and the commitment to continue with radical reforms would
play a key role in taking the country to a leadership role in the global
economy. He added a slew of radical reforms has been carried out by India in
the recent years that have put India on a growth trajectory for many decades to
come. Some support may come with a private report that the government's cut in
the fuel tax and measures to cool prices of iron, steel, coal, plastics and
cement may drive down retail inflation in the short term. However, traders may
be concerned as the data from the Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade (DPIIT) showed that FDI equity inflows into India contracted
marginally by 1 per cent to $58.77 billion during 2021-22, as compared to
equity inflows of $59.63 billion during 2020-21. There may be some cautiousness
as ICRA Ratings said the economic growth may have slowed to 3.5 per cent in
fourth quarter of 2021-22 from 5.4 per cent in the previous three-month period
due to the impact of higher commodity prices on margins, decline in wheat
yields and on higher base. The agency said the hiccups in the recovery of the
contact-intensive services attributable to the third wave of COVID-19 in the
country may have also affected the economic growth in the quarter. Metal stocks
will be in focus as Icra reacting to the duty-related measures taken by the
government said the domestic steel sector has been hit by a moving train. The
government had hiked the duty on exports of iron ore by up to 50 per cent and a
few steel intermediaries to 15 per cent. Meanwhile, market debut of logistics
giant Delhivery will be in focus. The company had raised Rs 5,235 crore through
its IPO. The issue was subscribed 1.63 times and the issue price has been fixed
at Rs 487 per share. Venus Pipes & Tubes will also be making its debut
today. The small sized (Rs 165.42 crore) IPO was subscribed 16.3 times.
Support and
Resistance: NSE (Nifty) and BSE (Sensex)
Index
|
Previous close
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Support
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Resistance
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NSE
Nifty
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16,214.70
|
16,128.74
|
16,357.69
|
BSE
Sensex
|
54,288.61
|
54,009.68
|
54,749.43
|
Nifty Top volumes
Stock
|
Volume
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Previous close (Rs)
|
Support (Rs)
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Resistance (Rs)
|
(in Lacs)
|
Tata Steel
|
273.88
|
1026.35
|
986.26
|
1,081.71
|
NTPC
|
260.55
|
149.75
|
146.99
|
153.94
|
ITC
|
217.00
|
273.60
|
270.95
|
278.35
|
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation
|
180.29
|
155.10
|
151.76
|
161.31
|
JSW Steel
|
175.54
|
547.75
|
525.50
|
582.00
|
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