Indian benchmark indices ended
nearly one percent higher in the highly volatile session on Thursday, led by
gains in Auto, Consumer Discretionary and IT stocks despite fears of rising
rates and recession across the globe. Indian markets opened on a positive note,
as sentiments got a boost with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that
the government expects the Indian economy to grow by 7.5 per cent this year.
Modi also said the value of the Indian digital economy will reach $1 trillion
by 2025. Traders remained energized with RBI data showing that the country's
foreign exchange reserves in nominal terms, including valuation effects, rose
by $30.3 billion in 2021-22 fiscal against $99.2 billion expansion in
FY2020-21. Traders took note of a private report that sowing of kharif crops
like soyabean, paddy, cotton has picked up in the country amid an advancing
monsoon. However, during the afternoon session markets trimmed all of their
gains to trade with minor cuts, as traders turned cautious with the Reserve
Bank stating that India witnessed a current account deficit of 1.2 per cent of
GDP in 2021-22 against a surplus of 0.9 per cent in FY2020-21 due to a wider
trade deficit. Some pessimism also came with Sebi data showed that Investment
in the Indian capital markets through participatory notes (P-notes) dropped to
Rs 86,706 crore till May-end from the preceding month. But, selling proved
short-lived as key gauges bounced back in afternoon deals to close higher
taking support from a private reports stating that the corporate profit to
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio rebounded to a decade high of 4.3 per cent
and 4.5 per cent for the Nifty-500 universe and listed India companies,
respectively. The recovery was driven by the expansion in the economy, after a
Covid-led contraction in 2021, while corporate profit rose at a faster rate of
48 per cent year-on-year for the Nifty 500 companies. Finally, the BSE Sensex
rose 443.19 points or 0.86% to 52,265.72 and the CNX Nifty was up by 143.35
points or 0.93% to 15,556.65.
The US markets ended higher on
Thursday as traders weighed going bargain hunting following recent weakness
against the possibility of a global recession. Traders kept an eye on Federal
Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's before the House Financial Services Committee,
with the Fed chief reiterating his commitment to moving expeditiously to bring
inflation back down. The Fed's plans to aggressively raise interest rates to
combat inflation has led to concerns tighter monetary policy will tip the
economy into a recession. Powell has acknowledged that achieving a soft landing
will be very challenging due in part to factors outside of the Fed's control
and noted a recession is certainly a possibility. Besides, the yield on the
10-year Treasury note dipped to its lowest level in roughly two weeks. On the
sectoral front, Biotechnology stocks moved sharply higher over the course of
the session, driving the NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index up by 4.4 percent. On
the economic data front, the Labor Department released a report showing
first-time claims for US unemployment benefits edged slightly lower in the week
ended June 18. The report showed initial jobless claims dipped to 229,000, a
decrease of 2,000 from the previous week's revised level of 231,000. Street had
expected jobless claims to slip to 227,000 from the 229,000 originally reported
for the previous week. Substantial strength was also visible among housing
stocks, as reflected by the 3.1 percent spike by the Philadelphia Housing
Sector Index.
Crude oil futures ended lower on
Thursday, magnifying their previous session's losses, on concerns about outlook
for energy demand amid rising possibility of a recession. Federal Reserve Chair
Jerome Powell fanned worries US interest rate hikes would slow economic growth.
Powell said the Fed's focus on curbing inflation was unconditional and the
labor market was unsustainably strong, comments that stoked fears of more rate
hikes. Benchmark crude oil futures for August delivery fell $1.92 or 1.8
percent to settle at $104.27 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Brent crude for August delivery dropped $1.69 or 1.5 percent to settle at
$110.05 a barrel on London's Intercontinental Exchange.
Indian rupee ended flat on
Thursday due to mild dollar demand from banks and importers. Traders took some
solace with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that the government
expects the Indian economy to grow by 7.5 per cent this year. Modi also said the
value of the Indian digital economy will reach $1 trillion by 2025. However,
investors were taking cautious approach with Reserve Bank's statement that
India witnessed a current account deficit of 1.2 per cent of GDP in 2021-22
against a surplus of 0.9 per cent in FY2020-21 due to a wider trade deficit. On
the global front, euro weakened broadly on Thursday as disappointing German and
French PMI data confirmed the euro zone economy is struggling to gain traction,
prompting traders to trim bets on big interest rate hikes from the European
Central Bank. Finally, the rupee ended unchanged from its previous close of
78.32 on Wednesday.
The FIIs as per Thursday's data
were net sellers in equity segment, while net buyers in debt segment. In equity
segment, the gross buying was of Rs 4520.62 crore against gross selling of Rs
7133.54 crore, while in the debt segment, the gross purchase was of Rs 2574.84
crore against gross selling of Rs 126.74 crore. Besides, in the hybrid segment,
the gross buying was of Rs 2.50 crore against gross selling of Rs 4.30 crore.
The US markets ended higher on
Thursday fueled by strong performance from defensive and tech shares that
outweighed declines for economically sensitive groups as worries persisted
about a potential recession. Asian markets are trading in green on Friday
following a strong session in the US overnight. Indian markets ended a volatile
session in green on Thursday with notable gains led by financial, IT and auto
counters. Today, markets are likely to get optimistic start on firm global
cues. Traders will be taking encouragement with a private report that the
Indian economy can grow by 7-7.8 per cent this fiscal on the back of better
agriculture production and a revitalised rural economy amid global headwinds
mainly due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. some support will come as India
reported engineering exports at $9.79 billion in May 2022, recording a growth
of 13.5 percent over the $8.62 billion reported in the same month a year ago,
while the country saw its cumulative engineering exports growing by 16.84
percent at $19.39billion ($16.6 billion) during April-May 2022 period. Traders
may take note of report that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed to
exporters and the industry to fix long-term export targets for themselves and
suggest ways to the government to achieve those figures. However, there may be
some cautiousness as investment in the Indian capital markets through
participatory notes (P-notes) dropped to Rs 86,706 crore until end-May from the
preceding month. According to the Securities and Exchange Board of India data,
the value of P-note investments in Indian markets - equity, debt, and hybrid
securities - stood at Rs 86,706 crore end-May, compared with Rs 90,580 crore
end-April. Continued selling in FIIs likely to weight on sentiments in markets.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) net sold Rs 2,319.06 crore worth of
shares on June 23. Besides, the GST Council is likely to consider making an
e-way bill mandatory for intra-state movement of gold or precious stones worth
Rs 2 lakh and above and also e-invoicing mandatory for certain B2B
transactions. Meanwhile, World Bank has approved three loans totalling $562
million (about Rs 4,393.70 crore) to fund an education project in Gujarat, a
social protection programme in Tamil Nadu and a project to help recovery in the
fisheries sector post the pandemic.
Support and
Resistance: NSE (Nifty) and BSE (Sensex)
Index
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Previous close
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Support
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Resistance
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NSE
Nifty
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15,556.65
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15,406.61
|
15,667.56
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BSE
Sensex
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52,265.72
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51,760.11
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52,644.05
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Nifty Top volumes
Stock
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Volume
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Previous close (Rs)
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Support (Rs)
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Resistance (Rs)
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(in Lacs)
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Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
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268.29
|
135.40
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132.94
|
137.14
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Tata Motors
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265.14
|
407.15
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397.84
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413.19
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Hindalco Industries
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187.56
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318.00
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310.19
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326.74
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ICICI Bank
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149.60
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699.95
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689.30
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708.30
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State Bank of India
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122.29
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451.25
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446.01
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456.46
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