All You Need To Know Going Into Trade On October 6
Indian Open
Asian stocks followed their U.S. counterparts higher and the dollar retained gains after a slew of data and comments from Federal Reserve officials helped ratchet up bets that the U.S. economy is strong enough to withstand higher interest rates.
The Singapore-traded SGX Nifty, an early indicator of NSE Nifty 50 Index's performance in India, rose 0.10 percent to 9,930 as of 7:59 a.m.
Here's a quick look at all that could influence equities on Friday.
Global Cues
- The S&P 500 Index capped its longest winning streak since July 2013, with tech shares pacing gains as the prospect for faster economic growth got a lift from better-than-forecast factory orders.
- The CBOE Volatility Index closed at a record low in data going back to 1990.
- U.S. 10-year note yields edged higher, and the dollar pushed its gain in the past month to 2 percent as comments by regional Fed President John Williams reinforced optimism in the economy.
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October 6, 2017In data to watch
- The U.S. September nonfarm payrolls report, likely to be affected by the impact of hurricanes on southern states, comes out on Friday. Read here why a better look at the data will be coming on Oct. 20.
Europe
- The pan-European Stoxx 600 ended the day's trading 0.16 percent higher with sectors pointing in different directions at the close
- Spain's IBEX Index rose more than 2 percent Thursday, but remains down for the week.
Asian Cues
- Japan's Topix index was up 0.3 percent, showing little impact from a proposal by the country's key opposition party in the run-up to this month's general election to consider taxing some retained earnings.
- Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index rose 0.7 percent.
- Hong Kong equity markets will reopen after Thursday's holiday. China and South Korean remain closed for trading.
- Futures on the S&P 500 Index were little changed. The underlying gauge advanced 0.6 percent to 2,552.07 Thursday.
Commodity Cues
- West Texas Intermediate crude was at $50.71 per barrel after gaining 1.6 percent on Thursday. Oil remains on course for its first weekly decline since the start of September.
- Gold was flat at $1,268.39 an ounce.
- ICE sugar ended higher for second day at 14.39 cents a pound, up 1 percent
Indian ADRs
Stocks To Watch
- Future Retail to acquire Hypercity for Rs 655 crore in cash, stock
- Ramky Infra EGM on October 30 to consider convertable warrants to promoters and non promoters (Aadi Financial)
- IDFC Bank and Shriram Group extended exclusivity pact till November 8
- Tata Steel: Second quarter output higher at 3.02 million tonne compared to 2.72 million tonne, a year ago
- Pheonix Mills bought additional 1.8 acres land in Pune for Rs 21.25 crore
- Bank of Baroda cut MCLR by 5 basis points From October 7
- Suzlon said banks are afraid of funding renewable projects with tariff below Rs 3/KwH
- IDBI Bank holders approved Rs 1861 crore share allotment to the Government
- Patel Engineering to issue optionally convertible debentures up to Rs 1,240 crore to lenders of the company under S4A
- KEC International undertakes restructuring of its subsidiaries
Corporate Actions
- Dishman Carbogen Amcis circuit filter revised to 20 percent and shifted to B group
- Graphite India circuit filter revised to 5 percent
IPO
- Godrej Agrovet IPO continues on day 3. The issue subscribed 2.33 times on day 2
- MAS Financial Services IPO opens today with a price band of Rs 456-459
Bulk Deals
Prataap Snacks
- SBI Funds Management Pvt. Ltd. bought 4.40 lakh shares at Rs 1272.68 each
- Smallcap World Fund bought 4.25 lakh shares at Rs 1245.79 each
Worth Peripherals
- HSBC MF bought 99,000 shares at Rs 74.3 each. Had bought 4.98 lakh shares in the company on September 29.
Vadivarhe Speciality Chemicals
- Garnet International Ltd bought 87,000 shares at Rs 128.46 each
Kesar Petroproducts
- Hema Ramesh Ajwani sold her entire 2.07 percent stake of 20 lakh shares at Rs 52.56 apiece
- Principal MF bought 21 lakh shares at Rs 52.5 each
Who's Meeting Whom?
- Chembond Chemical to meet Philip Capital on October 6
- Cupid to meet 7 big funds including likes of GMO, Tata MF, BNP Paribas and others on October 6
- HPL Electric and Power to meet 15-20 fund housed at Philip Capital Investor Conference on October 6
- FIEM Industries to meet SBICAP Securities on October 6th
- Parag Milk to meet Philip capital, IL&FS and ICICI Prudential on October 6
- Veto Switchgear to meet Philip Capital on October 6
- S Chand Meeting investors in London
- Cummins meeting ICICI Securities on October 6
Insider Trades (Reported on October 5)
- JSW Steel: 29.2 lakh shares of promoter released from pledge
- NCC: Promoters bought 50 lakh shares via block deals
- Sintex Industries: Promoter creates pledge for 75 lakh shares
- GOCL: Promoter bought 8 lakh shares from open market
- Vakrangee: Promoter bought 90,467 shares from open market
- Mirza International: Promoter sold 1 lakh shares in open market
Rupee
Rupee ended at 65.14/$ on Thursday from 65.01/$ on Wednesday
Top Gainers And Losers This Month
Index Trends
F&O Cues
- Nifty October Futures closed with a premium of 20 points versus 15.5 points at 9908
- Rollover: Nifty open interest up 4 percent, Bank Nifty open interest down 2 percent
- India VIX closed lower by 0.7 percent at 11.7
- October series highest Call base at 10,000 (open interest at 47.7 lakh, up 11 percent)
- October series highest Put base at shifts to 9800 (open interest at 46.8 lakh, up 4 percent)
- October Call strikes 9900, 10,000, 10,100 sees open interest addition
- October Put strikes 9800 & 9900 see open interest addition
F&O Ban
- In ban: Bharat Earth Movers, DHFL, Indiabulls Real Estate, JP Associates, JSW Energy
- New in ban: Bharat Earth Movers, DHFL
Only intraday positions can be taken in stocks which are in F&O ban. There is a penalty in case of a rollover.
Put-Call Ratio
- Nifty PCR at 1.26 from 1.29
- Nifty Bank PCR at 0.73 from 0.89
Stocks Seeing High Open Interest Change
- Jubilant Food saw open interest addition of 25 percent on long side
- Powergrid saw open interest addition of 15 percent on short side
- NIIT Tech saw open interest addition of 12 percent on long side
- Engineers India saw open interest addition of 10 percent on short side
- Indo Count saw open interest addition of 9 percent on long side
- Just Dial saw open interest addition of 8 percent on long side
- Tata Elxsi saw open interest addition of 7 percent on long side
Fund Flows
Brokerage Radar
Jefferies assuming coverage on consumer staples
- Building improvement in volumes and sales over FY17-20
- Limited scope for margins to expand further
- Sector valuations are a concern; Valuations leave little margin of safety
Jefferies on Colgate
- Assumes coverage on the stock with ‘Hold' rating and rice target of Rs 1,025
- Could continue to lose market share to Patanjali and Dabur
- Expect Volumes, revenue and EPS to grow at CAGR of 4.5 percent, 8 percent and 10 percent respectively over FY17-20
Jefferies on Emami
- Assumes coverage on the stock with ‘Hold' rating and price target of Rs 1,190
- Company needs new growth drivers
- Upside from market share and growth potential of cooling oils and antisepticcream seems limited
- Expect Revenue and EPS to grow at CAGR of 11.5 percent and 15 percent respectively over FY17-20
- Company to turn net cash of Rs 500 crore by FY19 from Rs 300 crore net debt in FY17
Jefferies on Godrej Consumer
- Assumes coverage on the stock with ‘Hold' rating and price target of Rs 970
- Africa business growth would be key over next two to three years
- Further margin expansion might be difficult
- Expect Revenue and EPS to grow at CAGR of 10 percent and 12.5 percent over FY17-20
Jefferies on HUL
- Maintain ‘Buy' with price target of Rs 1,320
- Expect gradual pick-up in volume growth and 300 basis points rise in EBITDA margin
- Expect Volume, revenue and EPS to grow at CAGR of 6 percent, 10 percent and 16.5 percent respectively over FY17-20
Jefferies on ITC
- Maintain ‘Hold' with price target of Rs 305
- Cigarette business to remain impacted by regulatory pressures
- Other businesses to see gradual uptick in growth and profitability
- Expect Revenue and EPS to grow at CAGR of 10 percent and 11 percent respectively over FY17-20
Jefferies on Marico
- Assumes coverage on the stock with ‘Hold' rating and price target of Rs 295
- Market share gain would slow down and entry into new categories still challenge
- Expect Volume, revenue and EPS to grow at CAGR of 7.5 percent, 11 percent and 12 percent respectively over FY17-20
- Expect flattish margins over FY17-20
Jefferies on Nestle India
- Assumes coverage on the stock with ‘Hold' rating and price target of Rs 7,800
- Sustained period of investments and flawless execution required to regain market share
- Competitive pressures remains high in core business
- Expect Revenue and EPS to grow at CAGR of 12 percent and 13 percent respectively over CY16-19
Jefferies on United Spirits
- Assumes coverage on the stock with ‘Hold' rating and price target of Rs 2,500
- Company to take long time to build scale in premium segment given Pernod's dominance
- Expect Revenue, EBITDA and Net Profit to grow at CAGR of 9 percent, 19 percent and 33 percent over FY17-20
- EBITDA Margins to expand by 350 basis points over FY17-20
- Divestment of non-core assets to reduce debt
CLSA on Wind Tariff Fall
- Tariff-based competitive bidding to force wind turbine generator producers to cut prices and developers to accept lower returns
- Little risk of renegotiation of regulated agreements
- Channel checks suggest feed-in-tariff order book of 1GW has been cancelled
- INOX has announced order cancellations; Even Suzlon sees order cancellations
Motilal Oswal on Shilpa Medicare
- Maintain Buy with price target of Rs 805; Potential Upside of 41 percent
- Company progressing well on ANDA filings, 26 pending approvals
- Sales in U.S. expected to ramp-up, led by its existing products and new approvals
- Expect U.S. revenue of Rs 400 crore in FY20; Earnings to grow at CAGR of 42 percent over FY17-20
- Company is well positioned in the Europe market
Morgan Stanley on Jubilant Foodworks
- Stock upgraded to ‘Overweight' from ‘Equalweight'; hiked price target to Rs 1,780 from Rs 900
- Channel checks show still-favorable demand trends with SSSG to offset cost inflation
- Combination of demand growth, moderate cost inflation, stringent cost control, and favorable base to drive earnings
- Same store sales growth to be 8 percent, 10 percent and 12 percent for FY18, FY19 and FY20 respectively.
- Expect margin to expand by 610 basis points over FY17-F20
- Hiked EPS estimates by 19 percent, 28 percent and 28 percent for FY18, FY19 and FY20 respectively.
- Expect EPS to grow at CAGR of 60 percent over FY17-20
- Bull Case Target of Rs 2,500 on strong Same store sales growth over FY18-20 and revenue CAGR of 30 percent
Emkay on BASF India
- Initiates Buy Rating with price target of Rs 2,212; Potential Upside of 51 percent
- Substantial CAPEX will now reduce reliance on imports
- BASF India poised to demonstrate strong recovery in net profit and return ratios
- Return on capital employed to rise to 22 percent in FY20, compared to 4 percent in FY17
- Manufacturing and new product launches to drive growth
- Expect revenue and EBITDA to grow at CAGR of 14 percent and 39 percent respectively over FY17-20 led by settlement of technical issues and enhanced capacity utilization
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