Indian equity
benchmarks ended the Monday's trade with significant gains with frontline gages
settled above their crucial 48,300 (Sensex) and 14,450 (Nifty) levels. Markets
started the session with a gap up opening as investors reacted optimistically
to positive earnings updates and the US announcement that it would remove
bottlenecks in the export of raw materials essential for the production of
vaccines in India. Traders also took some support with Union Minister Nitin
Gadkari's statement that the pandemic has caused a slowdown in India but the
country's inherent resilience and capability will help it transform into a new
India with a faster growth path fuelled by infrastructure. Traders took note of
report that the centre has allowed state governments to borrow 75% of their
annual market borrowing limit of 4% of their respective Gross State Domestic
Product (GSDP) in the first nine months of the current fiscal year. Markets
pare some of their initial gains but traded comfortably throughout the session
as traders remained optimistic, as the Finance Ministry has relaxed the
spending guidelines to enable ministries and departments to undertake capital
expenditure totalling Rs 44,000 crore envisaged in the budget for 2021-22, to
boost the economy grappling with the fresh COVID-19 wave. According to an
office memorandum (OM) issued by the Finance Ministry, the monthly/quarterly
expenditure plan (MEP/QEP) ceilings and restrictions will not apply for expenditure
under the capital heads under the budget. Traders also got some support with
RBI's data stating that the foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.193 billion to
reach $582.406 billion in the week ended April 16. In the previous week ended
April 9, the forex kitty had surged by $4.344 billion to $581.213 billion.
Finally, the BSE Sensex surged 508.06 points or 1.06% to 48,386.51, while the
CNX Nifty was up by 143.65 points or 1.00% to 14,485.00.
The US markets
ended mostly higher on Monday with Nasdaq and the S&P 500 reaching new
record closing highs. The strength among tech stocks came as traders expressed
optimism ahead of the release of quarterly results from a number of big-name
companies. Google parent Alphabet, Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon are all
scheduled to report their quarterly results this week. However, overall buying
interest was somewhat subdued as traders looked ahead to the Federal Reserve's
monetary policy announcement on Wednesday. The Fed is widely expected to
maintain its ultra-easy monetary policy, but traders will be paying close
attention to any changes to the accompanying statement that may signal a shift
in the near future. On the economic data front, a report released by the
Commerce Department showed new orders for US manufactured durable goods
increased by much less than expected in the month of March. The Commerce
Department said durable goods orders rose by 0.5 percent in March after falling
by a revised 0.9 percent in February. Street had expected durable goods orders
to spike by 2.5 percent compared to the 1.2 percent slump that had been
reported for the previous month. The much weaker than expected durable goods
orders growth was partly due to a continued decrease in orders for
transportation equipment.
Crude oil futures ended lower on
Monday amid continues worries about outlook for energy demand due to rising
coronavirus cases in India. India reported a record number of Covid-19 cases
for the fifth straight day on Monday and the official death toll also jumped,
plunging the country into a humanitarian crisis. Meanwhile, in Japan, a third
state of emergency for Tokyo and three western prefectures began on Sunday,
affecting nearly a quarter of the population. However, the downside was limited
on reports the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its
allies are likely to delay their plans to any significantly increase crude
output for now. Crude oil futures for June fell $0.23 or 0.4 percent to settle
at $61.91 barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. June Brent crude declined
$0.46 or 0.7 percent to settle at $ 65.65 a barrel on London's Intercontinental
Exchange.
Snapping its four-day losing
streak, Indian rupee appreciated against dollar on Monday owing to dollar sale
by exporters and banks. The rupee also derived its strength from strong gains
in the local equity markets as well as dollar's weakness against some
currencies overseas. Traders were taking support as RBI's data stated that the
foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.193 billion to reach $582.406 billion in
the week ended April 16. In the previous week ended April 9, the forex kitty
had surged by $4.344 billion to $581.213 billion. Investors shrugged off report
that overseas investors withdrew a net Rs 7,622 crore from Indian markets in
April so far as a surge in COVID-19 cases and the consequent restrictions
imposed by various states dent investors' sentiment. On the global, sterling
gained against the dollar and the euro on Monday, ignoring political noise
stemming from allegations against Britain's Conservative government as
positioning data showed investors still bullish on the currency. Finally, the
rupee ended 74.73, stronger by 27 paise from its previous close of 75.01 on
Friday.
The FIIs as per Monday's data
were net seller in both equity and debt segment. In equity segment, the gross
buying was of Rs 6676.85 crore against gross selling of Rs 7852.74 crore, while
in the debt segment, the gross purchase was of Rs 815.82 crore with gross sales
of Rs 1240.40 crore. Besides, in the hybrid segment, the gross buying was of Rs
293.59 crore against gross selling of Rs 15.20 crore.
The US markets ended mostly
higher on Monday as investors brace for a deluge of earnings reports from big
US companies. Asian markets are trading mostly in red on Tuesday as investors
await the Bank of Japan's interest rate decision. Indian markets ended over 1
percent higher on Monday led by gains in metals, banks and financial stocks
amid positive global cues. Today, the markets are likely to make cautious start
amid mixed global cues. Slight fall in daily coronavirus cases is likely to
support the market sentiments. India reported a slight dip in the number of
fresh Covid infections and fatalities on Tuesday with 319,435 cases and 2,764
deaths, Worldometer showed. Traders may take note of report that the commerce
ministry said it has started a COVID-19 helpdesk to help resolve issues of
exporters and importers pertaining to international trade such as customs
clearance delays and banking matters. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade
(DGFT), an arm of the ministry, took this initiative to monitor the status of
exports and imports, and difficulties being faced by trade stakeholders in view
of the surge in COVID-19 cases. However, there may be some cautiousness as
global forecasting firm Oxford Economics revised downwards its India GDP growth
forecast for 2021 to 10.2 percent from 11.8 percent previously, citing the
country's escalating health burden, faltering vaccination rate and lack of a
convincing government strategy to contain the pandemic. Traders may be
concerned as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) warned that the resurgence of the
Covid-19 pandemic could bring back inflationary pressures in the country. RBI
in its state of the economy report said the resurgence in Covid-19, if not
contained in time, risks protracted restrictions and disruptions in supply
chains with consequent inflationary pressures. Also, Former Finance Secretary S
C Garg said the fresh COVID-19 wave and consequent local lockdowns may bring
down the economic growth to less than 10 per cent in the current fiscal. There
will be some reaction in aviation stocks as the Directorate General of Civil
Aviation (DGCA) announced that the fare cap on domestic flights would be
extended till May 31 and the flights would operate with 80 percent of pre-COVID
level passenger capacity. There will be lots of important earnings
announcements too, to keep the markets in action.
Support and
Resistance: NSE (Nifty) and BSE (Sensex)
Index
|
Previous close
|
Support
|
Resistance
|
NSE
Nifty
|
14,485.00
|
14,418.36
|
14,554.56
|
BSE
Sensex
|
48,386.51
|
48,136.50
|
48,652.24
|
Nifty Top volumes
Stock
|
Volume
|
Previous close (Rs)
|
Support (Rs)
|
Resistance (Rs)
|
(in Lacs)
|
ICICI
Bank
|
625.84
|
591.10
|
584.24
|
601.74
|
State
Bank of India
|
492.34
|
344.30
|
339.89
|
348.09
|
Tata
Motors
|
305.83
|
295.40
|
293.66
|
298.06
|
NTPC
|
243.69
|
102.40
|
100.85
|
103.95
|
Axis
Bank
|
216.46
|
700.45
|
688.70
|
708.00
|
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