All You Need To Know Going Into Trade On August 1
Asian equities kicked off August on a high note as the continued advance in commodities lifted shares of raw-material producers. The Singapore traded SGX Nifty, an early indicator of NSE Nifty 50 index's performance in India, fell 0.13 percent to 10,092 as of 6:30 a.m.
Here's a quick look at all that could influence equities on Tuesday.
Global Cues
- The S&P 500 Index swung between gains and losses on light volume, but the gauge still posted its fourth straight monthly gain.
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a fresh record high.
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August 1, 2017
- European shares retreated for July.
Asian Cues
- Japan's Topix index added 0.4 percent. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index was up 0.2 percent. South Korea's Kospi index added 0.1 percent. Hang Seng Index futures were 0.1 percent lower.
- SGX Nifty indicates a muted start to trade for Indian equities (down 0.13 percent)
Commodity Cues
- West Texas Intermediate crude was flat at $50.17 a barrel, following six days of gains. Brent down 0.1 percent to $52.66 a barrel.
- Crude supplies forecast to fall 3.3 million barrels last week
- U.S. imports from OPEC slid 2.6 percent in May from April
- Copper capped its biggest monthly advance since January as demand held up in China and labor disputes and declining ore grades crimped supply.
Indian ADRs
- ICICI Bank: Up 0.43 percent
- Infosys: Up 0.57 percent
- Tata Motors: Down 0.46 percent
- Wipro: Up 0.82 percent
- Vedanta: Up 1.21 percent
- HDFC Bank: Down 0.06 percent
- Dr Reddy's Labs: Down -0.54 percent
Nifty Results Today
- Power Grid Corporation
Other Results Today
- JSW Steel
- GTPL Hathway
- Marico
- Piramal Enterprises
- Shriram City Union Finance
- Torrent Power
- Century Plyboards
- DCM Shriram
- Den Networks
- EIH
- Filatex
- Opto Circuits
- Orient Paper
- PC Jeweller
- Reliance Defence
- Taj GVK
- Tata Investment
- TCI Developers
- TCI Express
- TCI Industries
- Westlife Development
Results Announced
InterGlobe Aviation (Q1FY18, YoY)
- Revenue up 25.6 percent at Rs 5753 crore
- EBITDAR up 27.7 percent at Rs 1951 crore
- EBITDAR margin expanded to 33.91 percent from 33.37 percent
- PAT up 37 percent at Rs 811 crore
Tech Mahindra (Q1FY18, QoQ)
- Revenue down 2.1 percent to Rs 7336 crore
- EBITDA up 4.1 percent to Rs 935 crore
- EBITDA margin expanded to 12.7 percent from 12 percent
- PAT up 36 percent to Rs 799 crore
Bharat Electronics (Q1FY18, YoY)
- Revenue up 94 percent to Rs 1803.1 crore
- EBITDA at 163.3 crore
- EBITDA margin expanded to 9.5 percent from - 4.4 percent
- PAT up 247 percent at Rs 125.3 crore
Music Broadcast (Q1FY18, YoY)
- Revenue up 12 percent at Rs 70.3 crore
- EBITDA up 16.2 percent at Rs 22.2 crore
- EBITDA margin expanded to 31.6 percent from 30.4 percent
- PAT up 42 percent to Rs 10.8 crore
Jaiprakash Power Ventures (Q1FY18, YoY)
- Revenue up 32 percent to Rs 996 crore
- EBITDA up 15 percent to Rs 351 crore
- EBITDA margin narrowed to 35.3 percent from 40.6 percent
- Net loss of Rs 19 crore versus net loss of Rs 196 crore
Stocks To Watch
- Indian auto companies to report monthly sales number starting today
- Hexaware raises 2017 revenue guidance to 14-15 percent
- Biocon: U.S. FDA issues Form 483 observations after an inspection of its Bengaluru plant. Pharma major also in focus after Amgen and Teva filed the application for Herceptin
- Glenmark reports Positive Data in a Phase 2a Study of GBR 830
- Vascon Engineers receives Rs 80.4 crore work order
- Sobha board to consider buyback of Rs 62 crore on August 4
- TV Today Network CEO Ashish Kumar Bagga resigns
Bulk Deals
- Religare Enterprises: Dilipkumar Lakhi bought 28.8 lakh shares (1.6 percent) at Rs 97 each. He had bought 10.32 lakh shares (0.6 percent) in the company on July 27 as well
- Shakti Pumps: Old Bridge Capital Mgmt (Kenneth Andrade) buys 1.48 lakh shares (0.8 percent) at Rs 476.02 each
- CDSL: Abu Dhabi Investment Authority sold 8.10 lakh shares at Rs 345.29 each
Initial Public Offers
- Cohin Shipyard IPO opens today and ends on August 3, price band fixed at Rs 424-432 per share
- Second day of SIS' IPO. The issue was subscribed 0.38 times by end of first day
Index Play
Top Performers On NSE 500 In July
- Himachal Futurist Communications: Up 52.5%
- GVK Power & Infrastructure: Up 49.4%
- Unitech: Up 46.2%
- Shree Renuka Sugars: Up 44.6%
- Sterlite Tech: Up 44.3%
Worst Performers On NSE 500 In July
- Religare Enterprises: Down 41%
- Nitin Fire: Down 29.6%
- JMT Auto: Down 26.7%
- JBF Industries: Down 24.5%
- BASF India: Down 17%
F&O Cues
- Nifty futures premium shrinks to 27 points from 28 earlier
- Long build up seen on both Nifty and Nifty Bank as open interest addition seen
- Nifty support moves to 10,000 from 9800, resistance at 10,500
- Maximum open interest on put side shifts to 10,000 levels from 9,800 at 43.5 lakh shares
- Maximum open interest on call side currently at 10,500 levels; open interest at 33.1 lakh shares
- Put writing seen at 9,900 and 10,000 levels
- Call unwinding seen at 10,100 and 10,200 levels
F&O Ban
- In Ban: Indiabulls Real Estate, Infibeam, JSW Energy
- New in ban: Infibeam
- No fresh positions can be taken stocks under F&O ban
Put-Call Ratio
- Nifty PCR moves to 1.28 from 1.22
- Nifty Bank PCR rises to 1.10 from 1.07
- A higher PCR indicates a bullish trend
Stocks Seeing High Open Interest Change
- Power Grid sees open interest addition of 25% on long side
- Shriram Transport sees open interest addition of 14% on long side
- SBI sees open interest addition of 7% on long side
- LIC Housing sees open interest addition of 37% on short side
- Dr Reddy's sees open interest addition of 17% on short side
- Lupin sees open interest addition of 16% on the short side
Fund Flows
- FIIs net sold Rs 1,197 crore in the cash market on Monday, according to provisional data on NSE
- DIIs net bought Rs 1,768 crore in the cash market
- FIIs net bought Rs 1,397 crore in the F&O segment
- FIIs net sold Rs 11 crore in the cash market on Friday, according to NSDL data
- FIIs net bought Rs 4,787 crore so far this month
- DIIs net bought Rs 2,508 crore so far this month
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