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Market Commentary 14 September 2022
Markets likely to get gap-down opening amid global sell-off

 

Indian equity benchmarks extended their winning streak to the fourth straight session and ended with gains of more than half percent on Tuesday as bulls took control amid the brighter mood in global markets. Equities opened on a strong note and maintained gain throughout the day, as sentiments got a boost with commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal's statement that Indian rupee has shown more resilience than most of the other currencies in recent years and the compounded average growth rate of depreciation is lower as compared to pre-2014. Some optimism also came in as India's agricultural and processed food products exports rose by 30% to $9.6 billion during April-July this fiscal. Besides, foreign fund inflows aided sentiments in markets. As per data available on the NSE, FIIs net bought shares worth Rs 2,049.65 crore on September 12. Key gauges extended gains in late afternoon deals, taking support from the Finance Ministry has attributed the rise in inflation to base effect and increase in food and fuel prices, and stressed that initiatives taken by the government to curb price rise will be felt more significantly in the coming months. Additional support came with country's chief economic adviser, V. Anantha Nageswaran stated that India does not need to defend the rupee because its economic fundamentals are such that the currency can take care of itself. Sentiments remained upbeat even after India's retail inflation rate rose to 7% from 6.7% in the previous month, driven by a surge in food prices. Also, India's industrial production growth decelerated to a four-month low of 2.4% in July, mainly due to poor showing by manufacturing, power and mining sectors. Finally, the BSE Sensex rose 455.95 points or 0.76% to 60,571.08 and the CNX Nifty was up by 133.70 points or 0.75% to 18,070.05.

 

The US markets ended deeply in red on Tuesday following the release of the Labor Department's highly anticipated report on consumer price inflation in the month of August. The report showed an unexpected monthly uptick in consumer prices as well as a smaller than expected slowdown in the annual rate of price growth. The Labor Department said its consumer price index inched up by 0.1 percent in August after coming in unchanged in July. Street had expected consumer prices to edge down by 0.1 percent. The modest increase in consumer prices came as higher prices for shelter, food and medical care offset another steep drop in gasoline prices. Compared to the same month a year ago, consumer prices were up by 8.3 percent in August, reflecting a slowdown from the 8.5 percent spike in July. However, Street had expected the annual rate of growth to slow to 8.1 percent. The report also showed core consumer prices, which exclude food and energy prices, climbed by 0.6 percent in August after rising by 0.3 percent in July. Core prices were expected to increase by another 0.3 percent. Meanwhile, the annual rate of growth by core consumer prices accelerated to 6.3 percent in August from 5.9 percent in July. The annual rate of growth was expected to rise to 6.1 percent. The data led to renewed concerns about the outlook for interest rates ahead of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting next week. On the sectoral front, semiconductor stocks turned in some of the market's worst performances on the day, resulting in a 6.2 percent nosedive by the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index. Interest rate-sensitive housing stocks also saw substantial weakness, as reflected by the 5.9 percent plunge by the Philadelphia Housing Sector Index.

 

Crude oil futures ended lower on Tuesday as a stronger-than-expected reading on U.S. inflation helped strengthen the dollar and raise the likelihood of higher interest rates, which can dull demand for energy. Data showed the consumer-price index edged up by 0.1% in August, while street had forecast a 0.1% drop. The so-called core rate of inflation that omits food and energy prices rose by a sharp 0.6%. The report revealed that inflation has spread more broadly through the economy and is set to spur the Federal Reserve to sharply raise interest rates again. Benchmark crude oil futures for October delivery fell $0.47 or about 0.5 percent to settle at $87.31 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for November delivery dropped $0.83 or about 0.9 percent to settle at $93.17 a barrel on London's Intercontinental Exchange.    

 

Indian rupee ended substantially stronger on Tuesday on fresh selling of American currency by banks and exporters. Sentiments were upbeat as India's agricultural and processed food products exports rose by 30% to $9.6 billion during April-July this fiscal. Traders remain energized with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's statement that many countries have evinced interest for bilateral trade in the rupee after the RBI announced a mechanism recently. Strong gains in domestic equity markets also provided support to the domestic currency. On the global front, dollar eased further on Tuesday ahead of U.S. inflation data that could show some signs of softening. Finally, the rupee ended at 79.17 (Provisional), stronger by 36 paisa from its previous close of 79.53 on Monday.

 

The FIIs as per Tuesday's data were net buyers in equity segment, while net sellers in debt segment. In equity segment, the gross buying was of Rs 6594.83 crore against gross selling of Rs 4898.43 crore, while in the debt segment, the gross purchase was of Rs 562.08 crore against gross selling of Rs 850.12 crore. Besides, in the hybrid segment, the gross buying was of Rs 3.66 crore against gross selling of Rs 5.84 crore.

 

The US markets ended sharply lower on Tuesday after the latest inflation data in the world's largest economy showed a less-than-expected moderation in the price-rise index that's at a multi-decade high. Asian markets are trading in red on Wednesday as a white-hot US inflation report dashed hopes for a peak in inflation and fuelled interest rate hike bets. Indian markets ended higher on Tuesday thanks to sustained inflows from foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) and positive global cues. Today, markets are likely to make gap-down opening tracking sell-off in global markets. Investors will closely track the WPI inflation reading for August. There will be some cautiousness with a private report that investments by private equity and venture capital funds plummeted 80 per cent to $2.2 billion in August, a 19-month low. Traders will be concerned as OECD said India's gross domestic product (GDP) in the June quarter contracted 1.4 per cent quarter-on-quarter, when adjusted for seasonality, and was the second worst performance among the G20 countries - the first being China. However, some support may come later in the day as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said many countries have evinced interest for bilateral trade in the rupee after the RBI announced a mechanism recently. She said this along with other steps taken by the government is towards full capital account convertibility. Traders may take note of report that Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said India is not defending the rupee and the Reserve Bank of India is taking necessary steps to ensure that the movement of the rupee is gradual and in line with market trends. Besides, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) net bought Indian equities worth Rs 1,956.98 crore on September 13, as per data available on the NSE. Meanwhile, the borrowing cost for the states fell for the fourth consecutive week as the weighted average cut-off eased 6 basis points (bps) to 7.46 per cent at the weekly auctions on Tuesday. Fertilizer industry stocks will be in focus as Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said there is no shortage of crop nutrients in the country and asserted that there will be no hike in the prices of non-urea products. The minister also said that Nutrient Based Policy (NBS) for Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) fertilisers for the Rabi season (October 2022 to March 2023) will be announced shortly. There will be some reaction in insurance companies stocks as easing compliance burden for insurers, regulator Irdai rationalised health insurance business returns reporting norm by reducing the number of returns that need to be filed in a year. Besides, the initial public offering (IPO) of Harsha Engineers International, opens today. The precision bearing cages manufacturer has set a price band of Rs 314-330 per share for its maiden public issue which will remain open for subscription till Friday, September 16. The company plans to raise Rs 755 crore through this IPO.

 

Support and Resistance: NSE (Nifty) and BSE (Sensex)

 

Index

Previous close

Support

Resistance

NSE Nifty

18,070.05

18,027.56

18,100.41

BSE Sensex

60,571.08

60,422.98

60,677.24

 

Nifty Top volumes

 

Stock

Volume

Previous close (Rs)

Support  (Rs)

Resistance (Rs)

(in Lacs)

Tata Steel

441.79

107.85

107.36

108.51

State Bank of India

167.07

557.10

553.90

560.15

NTPC

156.44

167.35

165.69

168.99

Oil & Natural Gas Corporation

108.46

133.85

133.19

134.84

Tata Motors

106.61

456.90

453.99

459.39

 

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