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

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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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%

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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%

  • 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

  • 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%

  • 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%

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

  • Source: Exchange filing

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

  • Source: Exchange filing

  • 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

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

  • Source: Exchange filing

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

  • Source: Exchange filing

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

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

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

  • It closed at 6.89% on Friday.

  • Source: Bloomberg

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July total cargo up 9.5% at 37.3 MMT YoY

Source: Exchange Filing

  • 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

  • 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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

Source: Exchange Filing

Titan Q1 Results: Profit Falls 5%, Misses Estimates

  • 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).

  • 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.

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

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