Stock Market Today: Sensex Slumps Over 2,000 Points, Nifty Settles Nearly 3% Lower Amid Global Selloff

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Stock Market Today: Sensex Slumps Over 2,000 Points, Nifty Settles Nearly 3% Lower Amid Global Selloff
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Stock market crash today: The India VIX, which gauges volatility in the Indian markets, jumped 20.50% to 17.21, the highest level since June 5. It was trading 15.82% higher at 16.59 as of 09:48 a.m. Shares of State Bank of India declined 3.58% to Rs 817.50, the lowest level in nearly two months. Benchmark opened sharply lower on Monday as tracking losses in heavyweight Reliance Industries Ltd., and HDFC Bank Ltd.
Aug 05, 2024 15:43 (IST)

Aug 05, 2024 15:42 (IST)

  • The NSE Nifty 50 ended 662.10 points or 2.68% lower at 24,055.60, the lowest level since June 28.

  • The BSE Sensex ended 2.74% or 2,222.55 points lower at 78,759.40, the lowest level since June 26.

  • All 12 sectors ended in negative note on NSE, with the the NSE Nifty Metal emerging as the worst performing sector.

  • Intraday, both the benchmarks logged worst decline since June 4.

  • Reliance Indfoustries Ltd., HDFC Bank Ltd. were top losers in the Nifty 50 index.

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Aug 05, 2024 15:32 (IST)

Market breadth was skewed in the favour of sellers. Around 3,408 stocks fell, 670 rose, and 111 remained unchanged on the BSE.

Aug 05, 2024 15:27 (IST)

  • Net profit rose 20.4% at Rs 40.5 crore vs Rs 33.7 crore

  • Revenue rose 33.5% at Rs 513 crore vs Rs 385 crore

  • Ebitda rose 32.3% at Rs 64.2 crore vs Rs 48.5 crore

  • Margin fell at 12.5% vs 12.6%

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Aug 05, 2024 15:24 (IST)

  • Revenue up 3% at Rs 960 crore vs Rs 932 crore

  • EBITDA up 27% at Rs 153 crore vs Rs 121 crore

  • EBITDA margin at 15.9% vs 12.9%

  • Net profit up 33% at Rs 137 crore vs Rs 103 crore

Aug 05, 2024 15:10 (IST)

  • Revenue up 72.95% at Rs 83.57 crore vs Rs 48.32 crore

  • Ebitda up 122.71% at Rs 24.12 crore vs Rs 10.83 crore

  • Margin up 644 bps at 28.86% vs 22.41%

  • Net profit up 142.85% at Rs 14.11 crore vs Rs 5.81 crore

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Aug 05, 2024 14:22 (IST)

  • Net profit rose 19.4% at Rs 31.5 crore vs Rs 26.4 crore

  • Revenue rose 28.9% at Rs 156 crore vs Rs 121 crore

  • Ebitda rose 26.9% at Rs 61 crore vs Rs 48 crore

  • Margin fell at 39.1% vs 39.7%

Aug 05, 2024 14:20 (IST)

  • Revenue rose 12.3% at Rs 1,014 crore vs Rs 903 crore

  • Ebitda fell 17.2% at Rs 120 crore vs Rs 145 crore

  • Margin at 11.8% vs 16.1%

  • Net profit fell 60.9% at Rs 34 crore vs Rs 87 crore

Aug 05, 2024 14:10 (IST)

Aug 05, 2024 14:01 (IST)

  • Net profit rose 8.7% at Rs 474 crore vs Rs 436 crore

  • Revenue rose 6.7% at Rs 2,643 crore vs Rs 2,477 crore

  • Ebitda rose 9.1% at Rs 626 crore vs Rs 574 crore

  • Margin at 23.7% vs 23.2%

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Aug 05, 2024 13:55 (IST)

Aug 05, 2024 13:53 (IST)

  • Net profit fell 0.8% at Rs 36.7 crore vs Rs 37 crore

  • Revenue fell 15.6% at Rs 696 crore vs Rs 825 crore

  • Ebitda fell 3.2% at Rs 96 crore vs Rs 99 crore

  • Margin at 13.8% vs 12%

Aug 05, 2024 13:50 (IST)

  • JLR UK sales up 11% at 6,121 units

  • Jaguar UK sales up 1% at 1,058 units

  • Land Rover UK sales up 13% at 5,063 units

  • Source: SMMT

Aug 05, 2024 12:54 (IST)

  • Cera Sanitaryware's board approved buyback of shares up to Rs 130 crore

  • The company is to buy back 0.83% equity at Rs 12,000 per share.

  • Source: Exchange filing

Aug 05, 2024 12:51 (IST)

  • Sobha Ltd.'s IT infrastructure was targeted by ransomware attack yesterday.

  • The company's management initiated necessary precautions to mitigate impact of cyber security incident.

  • Technical team took necessary precautions to retrieve & restore the systems.

  • The company did not find any material impact on the operations due to cyber security incident.

  • Source: Exchange filing

Aug 05, 2024 12:37 (IST)

  • Insolation Energy Ltd.'s arm signed a memorandum of understanding with Ganesh Decor India for development of solar power project worth Rs 118 crore

  • The company received a Letter of Award worth Rs 24.4 crore by Jaipur Vidyut Vitaran Nigam for development of solar power project.

  • Source: Exchange filing

Aug 05, 2024 12:12 (IST)

Aug 05, 2024 12:10 (IST)

  • The S&P 500 Futures declined 3.26% to a low of 5,201.00 on Monday. It was trading 2.79% to 5,266.00 as of 12:09 p.m.

  • Source: Bloomberg

Aug 05, 2024 12:01 (IST)

Aug 05, 2024 11:50 (IST)

  • Orissa Bengal Carrier is in pact with Vedanta for transportation of around 15,000 metric tons of materials.

  • Source: Exchange filing

Aug 05, 2024 11:33 (IST)

  • Jash Engineering Ltd.'s July consolidated order stands at Rs 107 crore.

  • Source: Exchange filing

Aug 05, 2024 11:12 (IST)

  • Equity markets are reacting to economic weakness, highlighted by disappointing earnings from a few U.S. consumer-focused companies. It's crucial to monitor these developments closely in the coming months.

  • Source: Trideep Bhattacharya, president and chief investment officer, Equities, Edelweiss Asset Management Limited

Aug 05, 2024 11:05 (IST)

Aug 05, 2024 10:53 (IST)

  • TIL Ltd. has signed a pact with Snorkel Europe to become official sales and service partner for multiple locations.

  • Source: Exchange filing

Aug 05, 2024 10:34 (IST)

  • Volume and value growth has been same around 6-6.5%

  • Rural demand picking up; 28.2 lakh direct distribution touch points

  • Expanded to 30,000 rural distribution points

  • Rural outperformed urban performance by 1.25 times

  • We are not interested in B2B business

  • Nepal business is doing well now closely at 170 crore

  • Continues to target 2% cost efficiencies every year

Aug 05, 2024 10:33 (IST)

  • Amid high trading volumes, Zerodha users reported glitches on platform

  • This is the third time the app faced glitches in last 3 months

  • Many took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to express their concern

  • In response, Zerodha's official handle stated that their systems were functioning properly

  • They suggested that the issues might be related to users' connectivity.

  • They meanwhile asked the users to message them about the details of the issue

Aug 05, 2024 10:23 (IST)

  • The rupee weakened 7 paise to 83.82 against the US dollar on Monday.

  • It closed at 83.75 a dollar on Friday.

  • Source: Bloomberg

Aug 05, 2024 10:21 (IST)

Aug 05, 2024 10:02 (IST)

  • Companies borrowed in yen to take currency depreciation advantage and interest advantage

  • Advantage could be to the tune of 400-500 bps

  • Some of these loans were not hedged or hedges through partial options.

  • Unhedged positions could take significant hit

  • Impact could be worse off for companies with imports from Japan.

  • Source: Forex traders

Aug 05, 2024 09:59 (IST)

  • Manappuram Finance Ltd. is to consider fund raising via non-convertible debentures on Aug 8.

  • Source: Exchange filing

Aug 05, 2024 09:48 (IST)

Aug 05, 2024 09:44 (IST)

Aug 05, 2024 09:16 (IST)

Market breadth was skewed in favour of sellers. Around 2,872 stocks declined, 385 stocks advanced, and 132 stocks remained unchanged on BSE.

Aug 05, 2024 09:09 (IST)

The NSE Nifty 50 was trading 1.68% lower at 24,302.85, and the BSE Sensex fell 2.96% to 78,588.19.

Aug 05, 2024 09:05 (IST)

  • The yield on the 10-year bond declined 3 bps lower to 6.86%.

  • It closed at 6.89% on Friday.

  • Source: Bloomberg

Aug 05, 2024 09:05 (IST)

Rupee Opens At Record Low Amid Unwinding Of Yen Carry Trades

Aug 05, 2024 09:01 (IST)

Profit Explains: Here's How Yen's Appreciation Is Affecting Carry Trade

Aug 05, 2024 08:58 (IST)

July total cargo up 9.5% at 37.3 MMT YoY

Source: Exchange Filing

Aug 05, 2024 08:52 (IST)

  • We have unambiguous evidence of a weakening in the US labour market

  • This is at a time when inflation is above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target

  • Money markets are discounting 116 bps of easing by the end of this year

  • Versus expectation of 86 bps before the payroll data

  • The headline increase of 114,000 in July was the second lowest since December 2020

  • Government and healthcare and social assistance sectors increased by 81,000 which accounted for 71%

  • The unemployment level is highest level since October 2021

  • Risk of US economic downturn has risen materially,

  • The excess savings from pandemic has been finally spent

  • Interest rate cuts are not necessarily positive for US equities

  • The Indian stock market is much more resilient in the face of a US downturn

  • Because India’s stock market has been driven by domestic money, whereas the opposite is in Japan

Aug 05, 2024 08:50 (IST)

  • Maintains 'reduce' on Hindustan Zinc at Rs 339 target implying 47% downside

  • Growth in Q1FY25 EBITDA on higher zinc, lead and silver prices

  • Benefit from higher prices partially offset by lower volumes

  • Cut FY25/26 EBITDA by 4% to factor lower zinc prices in FY25

  • Expect FY25/26 zinc prices at Rs $2700/2750 per tonne

  • Expect approval to transfer general reserves to retained earnings to result in additional dividend by company

  • Expect total dividend per share of Rs 40 per share

Aug 05, 2024 08:48 (IST)

July traded volume up 56% YoY at 13.3 bn units

July renewable energy certificates up 405% YoY at 3,150 mn units

July green electricity volume up 259% YoY at 1 bn units

Source: Exchange Filing

Aug 05, 2024 08:41 (IST)

  • Upgrades to 'buy' from reduce with target price of Rs 5,740; upside 15.4%

  • Reported mixed Q1FY25 results with revenue beating consensus estimates

  • Multi-year levers of growth such a capex-led growth from Kakinada P-I, opportunity in FY27E due to Rs 700 crore project for undisclosed client, sustained opportunity in Sacubitril/Valsartan beyond FY26, and opportunity in contrast media and peptide/GLP1 fragments

  • Expect continued ramp-up in Sacubitril/ Valsartan and contrast media business.

  • Expects revenue/PAT CAGR Of 20%/31% over FY24–27E.

Aug 05, 2024 08:37 (IST)

Nuvama

  • Upgrading Titan to BUY with target of Rs 3,955 (upside 15%)

  • Next levers of growth would come from the scale up of international segment, Mia, and CaratLane

  • Titan had outlined a 15% CAGR target for the jewellery segment till FY27

  • Building in a revenue CAGR of 16.6% in jewellery segment till FY27

  • Factoring in margins of 12% as guided by management in jewellery

Aug 05, 2024 08:36 (IST)

Emkay

  • Retains buy; target Rs 1,025 vs 950 earlier implying 21% upside

  • Broadly healthy and in-line PAT

  • Lower opex with the adhoc wage revision provisions largely behind

  • Expect the bank to deliver 1.1% RoA/17-19% RoE

  • Valuing standalone bank at 1.5x Jun-26E ABV and subsidiary/inv at Rs260/share

Aug 05, 2024 08:33 (IST)

Gets GST order worth Rs 3.08 crore including interest & penalty from Gujarat State Tax Officer

Source: Exchange Filing

Aug 05, 2024 08:17 (IST)

Aug 05, 2024 07:45 (IST)

Titan Q1 Results: Profit Falls 5%, Misses Estimates

Aug 05, 2024 07:45 (IST)

  • Ceigall India: The public issue was subscribed to 1.23 times on day 2. The bids were led by qualified institutional investors (0.01 times), non-institutional investors (1.75 times), retail investors (1.65 times) and reserved for employees (5.47 times).

  • Ola Electric Mobility: The public issue was subscribed to 0.35 times on day 1. The bids were led retail investors (1.57 times) and reserved for employees (4.88 times), non-institutional investors (0.2 times).

Aug 05, 2024 07:45 (IST)

  • Netweb Tech India: Navin Lodha sold 4.1 lakh shares (0.72%) at Rs 2,232.1 apiece, Niraj Lodha sold 4.1 lakh shares (0.72%) at Rs 2,232.1 apiece and Sanjay Lodha sold 8.21 lakh shares (1.45%) at Rs 2,232.1 apiece. Vivek Lodha also offloaded 4.1 lakh shares (0.72%) at Rs 2,232.1 apiece. On the other hand, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund bought 10.75 lakh shares (1.9%) at Rs 2,232.1 apiece, Citigroup Global Markets Mauritius Pvt. - Odi bought 4.48 lakh shares (0.79%) at Rs 2,232.1 apiece and Societe Generale bought 2.73 lakh shares (0.48%) and among others at Rs 2,232.1 apiece.

Aug 05, 2024 07:45 (IST)

Netweb Tech: Citigroup, Societe Generale Among Buyers After Promoters Pare Stake

Aug 05, 2024 07:45 (IST)

Cabinet Approves Rs 5,792-Crore Investment In SJVN's Nepal Hydro Project

Aug 05, 2024 07:45 (IST)

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Aug 05, 2024 07:45 (IST)

Britannia Industries Q1 Results: Profit Rises 11%, Meets Estimates

Aug 05, 2024 07:45 (IST)

Trade Setup Aug. 5: Nifty 50 Pauses Record Run, Analysts See Short-Term Consolidation

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