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Sensex, Nifty Register Best Weekly Gains In Over Two Months

Sensex, Nifty Register Best Weekly Gains In Over Two Months
A pedestrian walks besides Bombay Stock Exchange building at Dalal Street, Mumbai. (Photographer: Anirudh Saligrama/BloombergQuint)
8 years ago
Asian equities were mixed, while U.S. stock futures slid and the yen rose after President Donald Trump ordered his administration to consider tariffs on an additional $100 billion worth of Chinese imports, dashing investor optimism that trade tensions could ease with negotiations on the horizon.

  • AIA Engineering: About 30 laskh shares changed hands in a block deal.
  • Buyers and sellers were not known immediately.

    Source: Bloomberg

SKF India

  • Stock fell as much as 2.1 percent to Rs 1,786.75.
  • Trading volume was 11.4 times its 20-day average.

Shriram City union Finance

  • Stock fell as much as 1.5 percent to Rs 2,299.80.
  • Trading volume was 7.6 times its 20-day average.

Mphasis

  • Stock rose as much as 14.4 percent to Rs 944.80.
  • Trading volume was 7.4 times its 20-day average.

  • Bharti Infratel: About 14.4 lakh shares changed hands in a block deal.
  • Buyers and sellers were not known immediately.

  • India’s shrimp export to U.S. rose 21 percent on a yearly basis.
  • India exported 1,33,60,905 kgs of shrimp to U.S. at $130.9 million.
  • Realisations improve marginally to $9.8 per kg from $9.78 per kg last year.
  • India’s market share in U.S. in terms of Volume and Value drops to 28 percent and 29.2 percent in February.
  • Source: NOAA; U.S. Department Of Commerce

  • BEL: About 10 lakh shares changed hands in a block deal.
  • Buyers and sellers were not known immediately.

    Source: Bloomberg

Key highlights from the conversation:

  • Cochin and Chennai market contributed to traction.
  • See rise in sales from Bangalore in near term.
  • To launch new projects in various cities including Chennai.
  • Will be launching products in all categories.
  • Debt to equity ratio remains lowest at 0.8
  • Not a correct time to hike prices, will remain cautious.
  • Expect double digit growth in coming quarters.

Shares of the alcohol manufacturer rose as much as 6.6 percent to Rs 1,200, its highest level in three months.

The board of GM Breweries Ltd. has recommended a dividend at the rate of 30 percent or Rs 3 per share, the company said in an exchange filing. The board has also recommended a bonus issue of shares in the ratio of 1:4.

The stock has risen for four trading sessions this week and has given positive returns of 20.1 percent so far this year as compared to Sensex’s negative returns of 1.5 percent in the same times period.

InterGlobe Aviation Ltd., parent of India’s largest airline IndiGo, remains investors’ preferred stock among peers despite engine troubles grounded its flights in March.

The stock has outperformed Jet Airways Ltd. and Spicejet Ltd. so far this year despite cancelled flights, a weaker rupee and higher fuel prices. (More details here)

Shares of the auto parts maker fell as much as 8.9 percent, most in almost eight months, to Rs 89.4 which was the lowest level achieved in a little over nine months.

An investor in Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd., JTEKT Corporation Ltd., has proposed to sell up to 35 lakh shares to retail and non-retail investors on both the exchanges, according to the company’s exchange filing.

The company is the second smallest amongst its Bloomberg peers with a market cap of around Rs 1,821 crores. Trading volume was 27.3 times the 20-day average. The stock has given negative returns of 15.7 percent so far this year.

Key highlights from the conversation:

  • With Custom duty coming down on open cell, it will increase brand outsourcing to players like Dixon.
  • This will positively impact our margins.
  • Commercial production of mobile circuit board will start in July 2018.
  • Mobile segment will show nominal growth.
  • But there will be margin expansion in mobile segment due to backward integration.
  • Expect margins to improve by 50-60 basis points
  • Revenue growth for mobile segment in December quarter was flat. Current quarter will see a nominal uptick and major growth will come from the next quarter.
  • Confident to deliver above 25 percent revenue growth for the next 3-5 years.
  • Reliance Retail is an important customer to us.
  • In discussion to supply products other than TVs to Reliance Retail.

Shares of the budget carrier snapped its longest winning streak in over a month and fell as much as 2.4 percent, the most since March 19, to Rs 1,413.75.

The airline operator dropped out of the race to acquire the debt-laden Air India, according to its stock exchange notification.

InterGlobe trades at 30.8 times trailing 12-month earnings per share and 21 times its estimates for the coming year.

Shares of the real estate developer rose as much as 10.8 percent, the most in over two months to Rs 564, after the company said that its new sales volume in the fourth quarter rose 40.4 percent at 10.15 lakh square feet, according to its stock exchange notification.

New sales value increased 30 percent, and price realisations declined 7.5 percent, the statement added.

Trading volume was 85.6 times its 20-day average. The stock declined 10 percent so far this year.

Shares of the non-banking financial services provider fell as much as 7.5 percent, the most in two months to Rs 154, after 10 percent equity or about 2.4 crore shares changed hands in block deals, according to Bloomberg data.

Buyers and sellers were not known immediately.

Trading volume was 2,647.3 times its 20-day average. The stock has declined 2.5 percent so far this year, compared to the gain of 29 percent in the past 12 months.

Earnings Reaction To Watch

GM Breweries (Q4, YoY)

  • Revenue up 11 percent at Rs 112 crore.
  • Net profit at Rs 25 crore from Rs 10 crore.
  • EBITDA at Rs 33 crore versus Rs 16.5 crore.
  • Margins at 29.5 percent versus 16.3 percent.

  • West Texas Intermediate crude rose 0.4 percent to $63.63 a barrel.
  • Brent traded lower at $67.97 per barrel; down 0.5 percent.
  • Copper surged 1.8 percent to $306.60 a pound, the biggest jump in almost four weeks.
  • Gold dipped 0.5 percent to $1,326.19 an ounce.
  • Sugar snapped two-day losing streak; ends higher at 12.4 cents per pound; up 0.7 percent.

Here are some key events for the remainder of this week:

  • On Friday, America publishes non-farm payrolls and an employment report; the jobless rate was forecast to have fallen in March after holding at 4.1 percent for five straight months.

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