Petting the stock market bull (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
5 years ago
Apr 29, 2021
Biocon, SIS may react as the companies reported quarterly results after the market closed Wednesday. Bajaj Auto, Hindustan Unilever, Titan, Ambuja Cements, Exide are among the companies scheduled to report earnings Thursday. Foreign investors sold net Rs 1,110 crore of stocks on Tuesday, according to the NSDL website.
Twelve out of the 19 sector sub-indices compiled by BSE Ltd. declined, led by a gauge of automobile makers. On the flip side, the S&P BSE Metal index was the star of the trading day, up 5.2%. (read more about it here)
Investors were buoyed by plans for another round of stimulus in the U.S. and the Fed’s pledge to keep interest rates lower, raised the prospect of more inflows into emerging markets. Sentiment toward local companies also improved as the nation’s biggest conglomerate to global giants stepped in to help ease India’s coronavirus crisis.
“No news is good news as far as the market is concerned because it means the Fed will remain accommodative for the near future,” says Kunal Sodhani, assistant vice president, global trading center at Shinhan Bank
Sentiment toward local companies also improved as the nation’s biggest conglomerate to global giants stepped in to help ease India’s coronavirus crisis.
The market breadth was firmly tilted in favour of the bulls. About 1,592 stocks advanced, 563 declined while 105 remained unchanged on the BSE Ltd.