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Sensex, Nifty Fall For Second Day After RBI Holds Rates

Sensex, Nifty Fall For Second Day After RBI Holds Rates
NSE Building stands in Mumbai. (Photographer: Rajendra Giri/BloombergQuint)
7 years ago
Indian equity benchmarks extended decline to second day after the Reserve Bank of India maintained its hawkish stance on inflation while maintaining status quo on rates.

  • Dish TV has 30 lakh shares change hands in two blocks. Stock down 3.95 percent at Rs 35.45.
  • Buyers and sellers were not immediately known

    Source: Bloomberg

Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee took a unanimous decision and kept repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent.

Key highlights from RBI's policy decision:

  • MPC keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent
  • MPC keeps stance at 'calibrated tightening'
  • MPC votes 6-0 to keep repo rate on hold
  • MPC voted 5-1 to keep stance at 'calibrated tightening'; Dholakia voted for neutral stance
  • MPC cuts H2 FY19 inflation forecast to 2.7-3.2 percent from 3.9-4.5 percent earlier
  • MPC pegs H1 FY20 inflation at 3.8-4.2 percent
  • MPC retains FY19 GDP growth projection at 7.4 percent
  • RBI approves linking floating rate loans to external benchmark
  • MPC maintains status quo on rates; cuts inflation forecast

Interest rate sensitive banking, auto and real ty shares were trading with a negative bias ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy decision.

The Reserve Bank of India will probably keep interest rates unchanged on Wednesday. After raising interest rates twice this year, the RBI will probably keep its repurchase rate unchanged at 6.5 percent, according to 48 of 52 economists surveyed by Bloomberg.

  • Nifty Bank traded 0.54 percent lower.
  • Nifty PSU Bank fell 0.39 percent.
  • Nifty Private Bank traded 0.74 percent lower.
  • Nifty Realty traded 0.49 percent lower.
  • Nifty Auto fell 1.86 percent.

The country's largest carmaker will raise prices of its vehicles across models from January citing higher commodity prices and foreign exchange rates, Maruti Suzuki said in an exchange notification.

Shares of the Mumbai-based drugmaker extended losses and fell as much as 4.47 percent to Rs 848 after the U.S. drug regulator completed inspection of its Mandideep facility with 10 observations.

The observations are largely procedural in nature with some gaps identified in the aseptic processing areas of the Cephalosporin API block and the company is confident of addressing them satisfactorily, Lupin said in an exchange notification.

Shares of the Vadodara-based drugmaker rose as much as 3.09 percent to Rs 635 after it received U.S drug regulator nod for hypertension drug.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) Candesartan Cilexetil Tablets USP, 4 mg, 8 mg, and 16 mg, the company said in an exchange filing.

Candesartan Cilexetil Tablets USP, 4 mg, 8 mg, and 16 mg, have an estimated market size of $22 million for twelve months ending December 2017 according to IQVIA, the filing added.

Shares of the country's largest carmaker extended decline and fell as much as 1.32 percent to Rs 7,620 after its total production declined 12.6 percent to 1,35,946 units (YoY) in November, Maruti Suzuki said in an exchange filing.

Segment-wise production figures:

  • Alto, WagonR production declined 23 percent to 31,147 units
  • Dzire, Baleno, Swift, Celerio and Ignis production fell 11.5 percent to 65,736 units
  • S-Cross, Vitara Brezza, Ertiga and Gypsy production rose 0.5 percent to 23,038 units

Shares of the Mumbai-based steel products maker rose as much as 10.40 percent, the most in over two weeks, to Rs 52 after its arm won contract worth Rs 105 crore.

Vijay Nirman Company, Kridhan Infra's associate company has been awarded contract for construction of major and minor bridges on Mumbai-Nagpur Super Communication Expressway, the company said in an exchange notification.

Shares of the Kolkata-based maker of tyres, cement and iron pipes fell as much as 7.87 percent, the most in two months, to Rs 89.60.

The company's board has decided to demerge its tyre business into a separate entity — Birla Tyres. Birla Tyres will remain listed and Jan. 1, 2019 has been fixed as appointment date for the business spin-off. Birla Tyres will issue 1:1 equity share to Kesoram Industries at nominal value of Rs 10 per share, Kesoram Industries said in an exchange filing.

Shares of the Mumbai-based cash-strapped airline operator rose as much as 2.8 percent to Rs 311.75 apiece.

Jet Airways would bring on board a new investor in two-three months to help fund the cash-strapped airline, the company’s CEO Vinay Dube told its pilots, Mint reported citing unnamed sources.

The stock declined has 63 percent so far this year compared with 6.6 percent gain in the BSE Sensex Index, according to Bloomberg data.

Shares of the Delhi-based steel maker fell as much as 10.31 percent, the most in over two months, to Rs 83.10.

The Enforcement Directorate has attached its properties worth Rs 117 crore in an ongoing investigation related to coal block allotment case.

  • Axis Bank has 27 lakh shares change hands in a block deal. Stock down 0.6 percent at Rs 619.
  • Buyers and sellers were not immediately known

    Source: Bloomberg

Shares of the Mumbai-based parent of luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover fell as much as 3.21 percent to Rs 170 after S&P Global Ratings cut Tata Motors’s long-term rating deeper into junk.

Tata Motor’s leverage may deteriorate over the next 12 to 18 months due to the weaker-than-expected performance of Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc, S&P said in a statement on Tuesday. The automaker’s rating remains on credit watch with negative implications given uncertainties around Brexit and will be revisited once the outcome for the U.K. is clearer, it said.

Rupee opened lower at 70.66 per dollar against yesterday's close of 70.50 ahead of Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy decision.

The local unit fell as much as 0.34 percent or 24 paise to 70.74 against the greenback.

ICICI Direct on Phoenix Mills

  • Initiated ‘Buy’ with a price target of Rs 775.
  • Phoenix to double retail portfolio over next 4-5 years.
  • Well-funded for current expansion plans through CPPIB alliance and strong internal accruals.
  • Current valuation does not value its expanded portfolio.

UBS on Arvind

  • Maintained ‘Buy’ with a price target of Rs 130.
  • Demerger offers opportunity to ride on garmenting capacity ramp-up.
  • Success of textile lies in project execution and efficient capital allocation.
  • Advanced materials and water business can drive a rerating.

CLSA on ICICI Securities

  • Maintained ‘Buy’ with a price target of Rs 380
  • Management to focus on customer growth and engagement; Target to double customer base in 3-4 years.
  • See near-term pressure from lower mutual fund fees and competition.
  • Expect earnings to be under pressure in FY19 due to weaker markets/lower cash-broking volumes.

CLSA on ONGC

  • Maintained ‘Buy’ with a price target of Rs 225.
  • Worries on subsidy burden may not play out.
  • ONGC may be exempt from any subsidy burden in 2018-19; expect clarity on within two months.
  • Mouth-watering valuations and near-term triggers suggest ONGC is a no-brainer BUY.

CLSA on Cadila Healthcare

  • Upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Outperform’; hiked price target to Rs 430 from Rs 410.
  • Complex product approval cycle remains strong.
  • Monetisation of vaccines and biosimilars in India/EMs to benefit.
  • Upgrade to Buy as risk-reward favourable.

  • Nifty December futures closed trading at 10,908, premium of 38 points.
  • Max open interest for December series at 11,000 call option, (open interest at 27.3 lakh shares)
  • Max open interest for December series at 10,000 put option, (open interest at 39.8 lakh shares)

Insider Trading
  • Alembic promoter group Nirayu acquired 1.54 lakh shares between Nov. 30 and Dec. 3.
  • Confidence Petroleum India promoters acquired 1.07 lakh shares on Dec. 3.
  • Axis Bank promoter United India Insurance sold 60,000 shares between Nov. 28-30.
  • Skipper promoters acquired 41,000 shares between Nov. 30 and Dec. 3.
  • MEP Infra Developers promoter group AJ Tolls acquired 6 lakh shares between Nov. 30-Dec. 3.

(As reported on Dec. 4)

Trading Tweaks

  • Hotel Leela Venture price band revised to 5 percent.

Who’s Meeting Whom
  • Mahindra Lifepsace Developers to meet Wellington Management on Dec. 5.
  • Tata Steel to meet Abu Dhabi Investment Authority on Dec.11.
  • Astral Poly Technik to meet Edelweiss AMC, Tata AMC and other investors on Dec. 5.
  • Tata Global Beverages to meet Habrok Capital Managment, Jupiter AMC and other investors from Dec. 5-6.

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