Indian equity
benchmarks ended a lacklustre trading session marginally lower on Monday
dragged by losses in Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Hindustan Unilever among
others. Benchmark indices started the week on a choppy note amid weak global
cues. Traders were concerned as a periodic labour force survey by the National
Statistical Office (NSO) showed that unemployment rate for all ages in urban
areas rose to 10.3 per cent in October-December 2020 as compared to 7.9 per
cent in the corresponding months a year ago. Some cautiousness also came in as
India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) said that salaried and wages earners will
be a drag on overall economic recovery in medium term due to tepid recovery of
household consumption. Indian indices extended its early losses in a volatile
session, ahead of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data scheduled to be released
later today. However, buying around lower levels helped benchmarks recover most
of their intraday losses in noon deals. Traders also found some solace with
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das' statement that central
bank is quite optimistic about its 9.5 percent GDP growth estimate coming true
for FY22, and will take steps to gradually move for a cool off in headline
inflation to its 4 per cent target. He said the growth will keep rising from a
sequential perspective with every quarter, and expected the September quarter
to be better than June. Some support also came with data showing that
Industrial production surged 11.5 per cent in July mainly due to a low-base
effect and good performance by manufacturing, mining and power sectors but the
output remained slightly below the pre-pandemic level. Meanwhile, the commerce
ministry's investigation arm DGTR has recommended the imposition of
anti-dumping duty on certain aluminium products from China to guard domestic
manufacturers from cheap imports. Finally, the BSE Sensex fell 127.31 points or
0.22% to 58,177.76 and the CNX Nifty was down by 13.95 points or 0.08% to
17,355.30.
The US markets ended mostly
higher on Monday as traders went bargain hunting following the downward move
seen over the past several sessions. However, the looming Federal Reserve
meeting made traders reluctant to make significant moves, with the central bank
potentially providing an update on the outlook for its asset purchase program.
The Fed's two-day monetary policy meeting is scheduled for next Tuesday and
Wednesday, but recent signs of slowing economic momentum could lead the central
bank to hold off on discussing tapering. A lack of major US economic also kept
some traders on the sidelines ahead of the release of reports on consumer
prices, industrial production and retail sales in the coming days. On the
sectoral front, Energy stocks saw substantial strength on the day, benefiting
from a notable increase by the price of crude oil. Crude for October delivery
climbed $0.73 to $70.45 a barrel, its highest closing level in well over a
month. Reflecting the strength in the energy sector, the Philadelphia Oil
Service Index soared by 4.2 percent, the NYSE Arca Oil Index spiked by 3.4
percent and the NYSE Arca Natural Gas Index surged up by 2.5 percent.
Significant strength was also visible among airline stocks, as reflected by the
2.5 percent jump by the NYSE Arca Airline Index. Gold, banking and telecom stocks
also saw notable strength on the day, while tobacco stocks extended a recent
sell-off.
Crude oil futures ended higher on
Monday supported by concerns over shut output in the United States because of
damage from Hurricane Ida, with market participants expecting prices to remain
rangebound in a stable market over the coming months. Meanwhile, the
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) trimmed its world oil
demand forecast for the last quarter of 2021, citing the Delta coronavirus
variant and saying a further recovery would be partially delayed until next
year. Crude oil futures for October rose 73 cents or 1 percent to settle $70.45
barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. November Brent crude surged 59
cents or 0.8 percent to settle at $73.51 a barrel on London's Intercontinental
Exchange.
Snapping previous day's gaining
streak, Indian rupee ended weaker against dollar on Monday with fresh dollar
demand by banks and importers. Traders were worried as India Ratings and
Research (Ind-Ra) said that salaried and wages earners will be a drag on
overall economic recovery in medium term due to tepid recovery of household
consumption. It said that an environment of pandemic-led uncertainty and
elevated inflation can impact the level of spending, and hence the overall
demand. Market participants shrugged off report that Industrial production
surged 11.5 per cent in July mainly due to a low-base effect and good
performance by manufacturing, mining and power sectors but the output remained
slightly below the pre-pandemic level. On the global front, sterling slipped on
Monday, pulling back further from a one-week high against the dollar hit on
Friday as investors wait for more data to assess the pace of the post-lockdown
economic recovery and how soon interest rates could be hiked. Finally, the
rupee ended 73.68, weaker by 18 paise from its previous close of 73.50 on
Thursday.
The FIIs as per Monday's data were
net buyer in both equity and debt segment. In equity segment, the gross buying
was of Rs 10728.01 crore against gross selling of Rs 9538.49 crore, while in
the debt segment, the gross purchase was of Rs 2011.61 crore with gross sales
of Rs 849.26 crore. Besides, in the hybrid segment, the gross buying was of Rs
17.78 crore against gross selling of Rs 9.14 crore.
The US markets ended mostly
higher on Monday with energy companies leading the gains as crude oil extended
a rally to a six-week high. Asian markets are trading mixed on Tuesday as
investors look ahead to the release of US consumer inflation data for August.
Indian markets -- Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Monday amid selling in
banking and financial stocks. Today, the markets are likely to make slightly
positive start after lower inflation (CPI) numbers amid mixed global cues.
Investors will be eyeing the wholesale inflation numbers to be out later in the
day. Traders will be taking encouragement with the government data showing that
India's retail inflation in August marginally eased to 5.3%, staying within
Reserve Bank of India's comfort zone for a second month. Inflation in the food
basket was 3.11% in August compared to 3.96% in the preceding month. Traders
may take note of report that the oil marketing companies (OMCs) kept petrol,
diesel prices unchanged on Tuesday for the ninth day in a row. Accordingly, the
price of petrol and diesel was static at Rs 101.19 and Rs 88.62 per litre in
Delhi, as per Indian Oil Corporation, the country's largest fuel retailer.
Meanwhile, Indian Space research Organisation Chairman K. Sivan said India will
soon come out with a new foreign direct investment (FDI) policy for the space
sector. There will be some reaction in insurance industry stocks as Regulator
IRDAI allowed insurers to continue selling and renewing short-term Covid
specific health insurance policies till March 2022. Amid rising number of
coronavirus cases in the country, the Insurance Regulatory and Development
Authority of India (IRDAI) had last year asked all insurance companies to come
out with Corona Kavach policies (standard indemnity based health policy) and
Corona Rakshak policies (standard benefit-based health policy). Besides, two
new companies - Ami Organics and Vijaya Diagnostic Centre are scheduled to make
their stock market debut on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. The Rs 570-crore Ami
Organics IPO was subscribed by 64.54 times and the Rs 1,895-crore IPO of Vijaya
Diagnostic received 4.54 times subscription. Apart from this, Auto component
maker Sansera Engineering's Rs 1,283-crore IPO will open for subscription
today. The company has mopped up Rs 382 crore from anchor investors ahead of
its IPO.
Support and
Resistance: NSE (Nifty) and BSE (Sensex)
Index
|
Previous close
|
Support
|
Resistance
|
NSE
Nifty
|
17,355.30
|
17,290.19
|
17,399.39
|
BSE
Sensex
|
58,177.76
|
57,976.72
|
58,346.73
|
Nifty Top volumes
Stock
|
Volume
|
Previous close (Rs)
|
Support (Rs)
|
Resistance (Rs)
|
(in Lacs)
|
Coal India
|
356.72
|
154.60
|
150.64
|
157.24
|
Bharti Airtel
|
193.41
|
693.30
|
687.10
|
698.25
|
Hindalco Industries
|
166.32
|
478.35
|
471.10
|
483.05
|
Tata Motors
|
163.39
|
301.20
|
297.14
|
303.64
|
ITC
|
160.43
|
214.15
|
212.25
|
215.60
|
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