Mar 02

Daily Market Commentary – 2 March 2015

Indian stock market pared all its early trading gains in the  afternoon trading session but recoup some of the gain in the last hour trading session. Front line indes Nifty ended above 8,950 by surging 54.60 points to end the day at 8,956.75 while BSE’s 30 stock index Sensex ended at 29,459.14, up by 97.64 points.

The HSBC Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index, compiled by Markit, fell for the second consecutive month, to 51.2 in February from 52.9 in January.

Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s does not expect an upgrade to India’s sovereign debt rating in the next year in the absence of substantial, quality reforms,  after the government’s Budget slowed the pace of fiscal consolidation.

Capital goods stocks rose after the proposal to reduce corporate tax rate in Budget helped spur gains in capital goods companies. However, shares in ITC plunged after the Budget raised excise duty on cigarettes by 25 per cent for cigarettes of length not exceeding 65 mm, and by 15 per cent for cigarettes of other lengths.

Meanwhile USDINR pair ended at 61.8650, up by 3 paisa.

Among the sectorial indices of NSE CNX Pharma (1.91%), Bank Nifty (1.61%) and CNX Finance (1.49%) were the top performer while CNX FMCG (-2.15%), CNX Realty (-0.33%) and CNX Auto (-0.18%) were the worst performer.

Out of 50 stocks of Nifty 28 stocks ended in green and 22 ended in red.

Top 5 Nifty Gainers: Ultra Cement (7.70%), Ambuja Cement (6.73%), Axis Bank (6.11%), Grasim (5.99%) and CIPLA (5.92%).

Top 5 Nifty Losers: ITC (-5.04%), Jindal Steel (-4.11%), Bajaj Auto (-3.50%), Hero Motorcorp (-2.11%) and Bharti Airtel (-2.11%)

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Feb 27

Daily Market Commentary – 27 February 2015

Indian equity market surged post economic survey report which pegged the economy to grow at over 8% in FY16 indicatig announcement of  big bang reforms tomorrow. Sensex zooms over 470 points to recliams its important level of 29,000, and ended the day at 29,220.12 while Nifty ended over 8,800 up by 160 points at 8,844.60.

The survey see space for policy easing on the basis of lower inflation. Growth in 2014-15 which could be in and around 8% next year will be largely driven by domestic demand.

Survey emphasised on revitalising the PPP model, which has so far seen poor response from the private players on account of higher risks involved in the initial stage of projects.

Government expects fiscal deficit target of 4.1% for FY15 and CAD to be 1% of the GDP.

Meanwhile USDINR pair ended the day at 61.89 up by 14 paisa.

Among the Sectorial indices of NSE CNX Realty (4.46%), CNX PSU Bank  (4.09%) and CNX Metal (3.03%) were the top performer. On the other side CNX FMCG was the only loser of the day, plunging -0.03%.

Out of the 50 stocks of Nifty 47 stocks were advanced while 3 were declined.

Top 5 Nifty gainers: BOB (5.98%), Tata Power (5.32%), L&T (5.04%), Ultra Cement (4.96%) and Grasim (4.87%).

Top 5 Nifty losers: Gail (-0.88%), ITC (-0.67%) and BPCL (-0.24%).

Feb 23

Daily market Commentary – 23 February 2015

Indian equity market extended its fall for second straight on the first day of the week, led by losses in oil & gas, metals and banks ahead of February series expiry and Union Budget this week. Nifty falls below its crucial level of 8,800 and ended the day at 8,754.95, plunged 78.65 points, while Sensex ended the day at 28,975.11 down by 256.30 points.

Meanwhile, the Budget session of the Indian government started today with the President Pranab Mukherjee addressing both the houses of the Parliament.

President Pranab Mukherjee said that inclusive growth was the government’s top priority and it was committed to expand the job market.

Shares of Jindal Steel Power and DLF fell after the National Stock Exchange decided to exclude both stocks from CNX Nifty 50. The exchange, however, will add telecom operator Idea Cellular and private sector lender YES Bank in the Nifty at the end of next month.

The rupee weakened by 6 paise to 62.2850 against the US dollar in the trade.

Among the sectorial indices of NSE all the major indices ended in negative zone. CNX Media was the wrost performer of the day by plunging -2.16% followed by CNX PSU Bank (-1.78%) and CNX Realty (-1.66%).

Out of the 50 stocks of Nifty 9 stocks ended in green while other 41 ended in red.

Top 5 Nifty Gainers: Powergrid (1.79%), Kotak Bank (1.37%), M&M (1.04%), TCS (0.91%) and Sesa Sterlite (0.64%).

Top 5 Nifty Losers: ZEEL (-4.47%), NMDC (-3.79%), Jindal Steel (-3.37%), DLF (-3.27%) and Reliance (-2.86%).

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