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Sensex, Nifty Fall Most In Two Weeks Amid Rising U.S.-China Trade Tensions

Sensex, Nifty Fall Most In Two Weeks Amid Rising U.S.-China Trade Tensions
A trader takes a nap at a securities trading firm in Shanghai, China. (Photographer: Kevin Lee/Bloomberg News) 
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The Singapore-traded SGX Nifty, an early indicator of NSE Nifty 50 Index's performance in India rose 0.37 percent or 38 points to 10,314 as of 6:38 a.m.

  • Tata Motors: The Mumbai-based auto maker rose as much as 6 percent, the most in six months, to Rs 363.70 on the back of strong JLR volume growth and new launches.
  • Zensar Technologies: The Pune-based IT firm rose as much as 9.13 percent, the most in five months, to Rs 986.80 after it won a four-year multi-million-dollar contract from the City of San Diego for network services, Zensar said in an exchange filing.
  • Akzo Nobel: The Gurgaon-based paint maker rose as much as 10 percent, the most since March 23, to Rs 1,979, its highest level in nearly three months after it informed exchanges that its board will meet on April 6 to discuss proposal to buy back its own shares.
  • GNA Axles: The Hoshiarpur-based rose as much as 10.47 percent to record high of Rs 504.40 after North America Class 8 Truck orders jumped 103 percent to 46,300 units in March compared with 22,765 units during the same month last year.

Shares of the Delhi-based Royal Enfield bike maker rose as much as 4.5 percent, the most in over two months, to Rs 29,250 after global brokerage houses CLSA and Jefferies maintained their buy call on the stock.

CLSA in a note said:

  • Maintained ‘Buy’ with a price target of Rs 39,300.
  • Announcement of capacity expansion indicates good growth visibility.
  • New capacity to come on-line by H2FY20; Full ramp-up in FY21.
  • Expect 15 percent compounded growth rate in volume through the financial years till March 2021.
  • Expansion indicate strong demand growth outlook for next 2-3 years.

Jefferies said:

  • Maintained ‘Buy’ with a price target of Rs 31,880.
  • Production guidance for the current fiscal raised to 950k units versus 900k.
  • Vallam Phase 2 will take capacity to over 1.2 million units.
  • Reiterates strong demand environment.

Shares of the graphite electrode makers Graphite India and HEG fell as much as 5 percent and 14 percent each respectively after Nomura report suggested that some larger Chinese companies with proper measure in place plan to increase graphite electrode production capacity.

Shares of the Mumbai-based airline operator rose as much as 3.2 percent to Rs 632.55 after it agreed to buy 75 Boeing 737 Max aircraft to help meet growing demand in the world’s fastest growing major aviation market, according to a Bloomberg report.

The order is valued at $7.2 billion to $9.7 billion, the report added.

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Shares of the Pune-based IT firm rose as much as 9.13 percent, the most in five months, to Rs 986.80 after it won a four-year multi-million-dollar contract from the City of San Diego for network services, Zensar said in an exchange filing.

Mishra Dhatu Nigam (MIDHANI) shares were listed at a discount of 3.3 percent at Rs 87 per share on the BSE, compared to its issue price of Rs 90. The stock recovered from its discovery price low and was trading at Rs 89.65 down 0.38 percent from its issue price.

ICICI Securities shares began trading at a discount of 17 percent at Rs 431 per share on the BSE, compared to its issue price of Rs 520. The stock recovered from its discovery price low and was trading at Rs 455, down 12.5 percent from its issue price.

ICICI Securities Rs 3,500 crore initial public offer was subscribed 0.78 times on the final day of bidding.

Shares of Ramkrishna Forgings surged as much as 4 percent to Rs 810.55 and Bharat Forge climbed 2.4 percent to Rs 734.

North America Class 8 Truck orders jumped 103 percent to 46,300 units in March compared with 22,765 units during the same month last year.

Both the companies make auto components for Class 8 trucks.

Shares of the Mumbai-based car and commercial vehicle maker rose as much as 4.18 percent, the most in nearly five months, to Rs 357.70 after it said that JLR volumes jumped 83 percent (YoY).

Meanwhile, the company's Jaguar Land Rover is planning to launch 10 new products for Indian market in the current financial year.

  • Rupee opens higher at 64.97 per U.S. dollar against yesterday's close of 65.01.

Indian bonds are likely to consolidate after posting strong gains on Tuesday. Bonds rallied after the central bank allowed lenders to spread their bond-trading losses, incurred in the past six months, over four quarters.

The yield on the 10-year bond fell 7 basis points to 7.33 percent. The focus will now turn to the RBI's two-day monetary policy meeting. The RBI's MPC will keep rates unchanged at 6 percent, according to all 26 economists surveyed by Bloomberg.

Traders will also watch out for whether the central bank allows foreigners to up their investments in government bonds, a move which is likely to fuel a further rally in the market.

Meanwhile, the rupee is expected to open at 64.97 per dollar having closed higher at 65.01 on Tuesday when bunched up inflows accumulated over five days hit the market.

BofAML on BHEL

  • Maintained ‘Underperform’; cut price target to Rs 67 from Rs 80.
  • Receivable write-offs remains a possibility.
  • Outlook subdued as L1 pipeline is low.
  • Aggressive pricing to impact margins.
  • Expect 14 percent compounded growth rate in revenue over the fiscal 2018-2020 given higher executable order book.

JPMorgan on Grasim

  • Maintained ‘Overweight’ with a price target of Rs 1,450.
  • Standalone earnings are more resilient now.
  • Strong growth outlook for both VSF/Chemical segments.
  • Expect capacity addition beyond ongoing projects.
  • Capital allocation concerns appear misplaced.
  • Backward integration in VSF & better handling of chlorine are key competitive advantages.

Credit Suisse on Voltas

  • Maintained ‘Outperform’ with a price target of Rs 700.
  • AC prices move up 10 percent; Can hold back demand.
  • Inverter ACs continue to account for majority share in metros.
  • Samsung seem to lose market share, while Blue Star is gaining.
  • Positive on Voltas' upcoming durable products launch in festive season.

Jefferies on Eicher

  • Maintained ‘Buy’ with a price target of Rs 31,880.
  • Production guidance for the current fiscal raised to 950k units versus 900k.
  • Vallam Phase 2 will take capacity to over 1.2 million units.
  • Reiterates strong demand environment.

CLSA on Eicher

  • Maintained ‘Buy’ with a price target of Rs 39,300.
  • Announcement of capacity expansion indicates good growth visibility.
  • New capacity to come on-line by H2FY20; Full ramp-up in FY21.
  • Expect 15 percent compounded growth rate in volume through the financial years till March 2021.
  • Expansion indicate strong demand growth outlook for next 2-3 years.

Macquarie on Info Edge

  • Maintained ‘Neutral’ with a price target of Rs 1,300
  • Zomato reveals surge in food delivery revenues and reduction in cash burn over the financial year-ended March 2017.
  • Expect steady increase in shareholder payout.
  • Effective utilisation of cash is imperative and remains a key monitorable.
  • Any medium-term recovery in both recruitment and real estate appears priced in.

Credit Suisse on Info Edge

  • Maintained ‘Neutral’ with a price target of Rs 1,310.
  • Decent growth in Zomato; Recent momentum has been strong.
  • Business mix continues to shift from advertising to food delivery.
  • Zomato Gold numbers are attractive.
  • Cash burn has increased in the past two months.

Macquarie on Britannia

  • Initiated ‘Underperform’ with a price target of Rs 4,210.
  • Expect higher competition in cookies; GST gains limited.
  • Non-biscuits and international business to not impact earnings.
  • Expect pressure on gross margin and advertising spend.
  • Street ignoring pressure on market share gains and margins due to competition.
  • Expect volume, revenue and net profit to compound at 8.5 percent, 12 percent and 12 percent respectively for the next two years.
  • Expect further dilution of return ratios on sustained high capex.
  • Expect premium valuations to narrow, with a shortfall in earnings delivery.

Jefferies on ICICI Bank

  • Maintained ‘Buy’; cut price target to Rs 370 from Rs 410.
  • Change estimates to factor in new RBI guidelines on stressed assets.
  • ICICI Bank faces allegations of malpractice & conflict of interest.
  • Overhang to continue until a speedy investigation & closure is reached.

Citi on Mindtree

  • Maintained ‘Neutral’; raised price target to Rs 820 from Rs 660.
  • Expect 12 percent compounded growth rate in $ revenues term over the fiscal 2018-2020.
  • Mindtree should be one of the beneficiaries as deal sizes scale up.
  • Client specific issues seems to be behind, as reflected in December quarter.
  • Margins have room to improve.
  • Premium valuations price in good outlook.

Motilal Oswal on BSE

  • Upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Neutral’; raised price target to Rs 1,070 from Rs 950.
  • Monetisation of the Star MF platform underway.
  • Reduced dependency on lagging area of equities.
  • Expect core earnings to grow to Rs 12.3 per share by March 2020.
  • Expect excess cash to be prudently disbursed to shareholders.
  • Risk reward attractive.
  • Potential triggers: Monetisation of INX, Interoperability of clearing corporation and Commodity derivatives.

  • Bharat Forge, RK Forgings: North America Class 8 Truck orders jump 103 percent to 46,300 units in March compared with 22,765 units during the same month last year
  • Jet Airways agrees to buy 75 Boeing 737 Max planes (Bloomberg)
  • I-T dept issues notice to Deepak Kochhar, husband of ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar, in connection with the Videocon bank loan (PTI)
  • Reliance Jio Payments Bank commences operations: RBI
  • JSW Steel buys 26 percent in Numetal’s India arm to facilitate Essar Steel bid
  • Jaguar Land Rover India lines up 10 new products for FY19
  • Akzo Nobel to consider share buyback on April 6
  • Jubilant FoodWorks says passed on full benefit of GST rate cut
  • Zensar Technologies wins multi-year contract with City of San Diego
  • AU Small Finance in pact with Future Generali India to act as corporate agent for life insurance business
  • Bigbloc Construction to issue 8 lakh convertible warrants to promoters
  • Tayo Rolls to issue 2 lakh preference shares to promoter Tata Steel
  • Ferro Alloys says lenders’ panel have rejected the debt resolution plans and decided to liquidate the company
  • Infibeam Corporation enters into agreement with TV18 for advertising products, services and brands in print and non-print media

Infibeam Corporation

  • Smaller Cap World Fund bought 1.07 crore shares or 2 percent equity at Rs 152 each.

Indiabulls Housing Finance

  • TreeTop Convertible SICAV - TreeTop Convertible International bought 75.97 lakh shares or 1.8 percent equity at Rs 1292.5 each.
  • Merrill Lynch Markets Singapore Pte. Ltd sold 75.97 lakh shares or 1.8 percent equity at Rs 1292.5 each.

WPIL

  • Promoter V N Enterprises bought 76,884 shares or 0.8 percent equity at Rs 508.02 each.

RPG Life Sciences

  • Ektara Enterprises LLP bought 20.76 lakh shares or 12.6 percent equity at Rs 394.1 each.
  • Promoter Sudarshan Electronics sold 17.91 lakh shares or 10.8 percent equity at Rs 394.1 each.
  • Promoter Instant Holdings sold 2.84 lakh shares or 1.7 percent equity at Rs 394.1 each.

Corporate Actions

  • Sandhar Technologies Limited added to BSE IPO index.
  • Marathon Nextgen last trading day before stock split from Rs 10 to Rs 5 per share.
  • Adani Enterprises last trading day before de-merger.

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