A security officer stands guard next to a bronze bull statue at the entrance to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai. (Photographer: Adeel Halim/Bloomberg)
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Jul 10, 2018
Reliance Industries was among the top Nifty 50 gainers after Credit Suisse initiated coverage on the stock.
Shares of the Ahmedabad-based PVC plumbing system maker rose as much as 3.2 percent to Rs 1,034 after it acquired 51 percent stake in Rex Polyextrusion for Rs 75.22 crore.
Truck and bus sales rose 42 percent on a year-on-year basis to 80,624 units in June compared with 56,890 units during the same month last year, data compiled by Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturing Association showed.
Key highlights of June sales data:
Domestic car sales up 34 percent at 183,885 units
Passenger vehicle sales up 37 percent at Rs 273,759 units
Two-wheeler sales up 22.3 percent at 1,867,884 units
Shares of the Chandigarh-based steel wheel rim maker rose as much as 4.3 percent to Rs 1,310.60 after it won its biggest steel truck wheel order from U.S.
The company will supply of 110,000 truck wheels to U.S. and expects revenue of $5 million from the order, Steel Strips Wheels said in an exchange filing.
Shares of the Mukesh Ambani-led oil-to-telecom conglomerate rose as much as 1.76 percent to Rs 1,014.60.
International brokerage firm Credit Suisse has initiated coverage on the stock with an 'outperform' for target price of Rs 1,180, indicating a potential upside of 18 percent from yesterday's close.
Credit Suisse in a note said:
Reliance Jio Infocomm may be worth $10.4 billion.
Jio’s revenue can double in three years and contribute 10-40 percent of operating income by March 2025.
New refining and petrochemical projects will drive over 20 percent earnings per share growth in 2018-19.
Current softness in gross refining margins may subside in medium term.
Petcoke gasification can add $2.4 per barrel to refining margin.
Chinese trade data due at the end of the week will probably show slightly slower export growth, after early indicators pointed to softer overseas demand and weaker export orders, Bloomberg Economics said.
The most noteworthy U.S. data is the June inflation report on Thursday, which consensus expects will show both headline and core price growth picking up. There’s another deluge of Treasury debt sales too, with a total $156 billion of notes and bills offered.
Earnings season gets going with JPMorgan and Citigroup among the largest companies due to give results, as well as India’s Infosys Ltd.