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Market Commentary 14 September 2021
Markets to open marginally in green amid mixed global cues; WPI eyed

 

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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