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Sensex, Nifty Halt Longest Losing Streak In A Month

Sensex, Nifty Halt Longest Losing Streak In A Month
A trader works at the BFAM Partners Ltd. office in Hong Kong, China. (Photographer: Justin Chin/Bloomberg)
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The Singapore-traded SGX Nifty, an early indicator of NSE Nifty 50 Index's performance in India, rose 0.3 percent to 10,210 as of 8:05 a.m.Asian stocks advanced as worries surrounding a trade war dissipated and U.S. equities recouped losses.

  • Dabur India: About 29 lakh shares changed hands in a separate block deal.
  • Buyers and sellers were not known immediately.

    Source: Bloomberg.

The Indian rupee slid further from the morning lows. The currency declined by 20 paise to at 64.91 against U.S. dollar as of 2:50 p.m.

  • Dabur India: About 17 lakh shares changed hands in a block deal.
  • Buyers and sellers were not known immediately.

    Source: Bloomberg.

  • Already getting 25 percent hike on sugarcane price than earlier.
  • Farmers producing sugarcane are assured of fair price, making it a lucrative crop.
  • Government doesn't compensate with the subsidy if company fails to pay fair remunerative price.
  • Saw higher sugarcane yields from Maharashtra, Karnataka this season.
  • Sugarcane cost in India is the highest in the world making exports difficult.
  • Sugarcane production in coming season will decide the future of industry.
  • Individual quota allotment to every sugar company will help the industry.

Shares of the construction company swung between gains and losses and traded at Rs 266.90. The company won three road projects in Karnataka worth Rs.2,991.70 crore.

Ashoka Buildcon trades at 90 times its earnings per share for the coming year. The stock is 21 percent below the Bloomberg consensus one-year price target.

Shares of the power transmitter snapped two-day decline and rose as much as 3.3 percent to Rs 418.70. The company won orders worth Rs. 1,378 crore, according to its stock exchange notification.

KEC International trades at 34.5 times its trailing 12-month earnings per share and 25 times its estimates for the coming year, Bloomberg data showed. The stock returned 151 percent in the last 12 months.

Mehul Choksi wrote to the Enforcement Directorate on Feb. 26 that he has been communicating with passport authorities to have the passport restored. BloombergQuint obtained a copy of the letter he sent in response to ED’s summons. (More details here.)

Uniphos Enterprises

  • Stock rose as much as 4.6 percent to Rs 84.50.
  • Trading volume was 13.9 times its 20-day average.

Fertilisers & Chemicals Travancore

  • Stock rose as much as 5 percent to Rs 54.60.
  • Trading volume was 9.5 times its 20-day average.

PTC India

  • Stock fell as much as 6.5 percent to Rs 92.15.
  • Trading volume was 7.2 times its 20-day average.

NCLT Kolkata directs Binani Cement's Resolution Professional to file a reply on UltraTech's application.

  • Delta Corp: About 10 lakh shares changed hands in a block deal.
  • Navin Fluorine: About 12.8 lakh shares changed hands in a block deal.
  • Buyers and sellers were not known immediately.

    Source: Bloomberg.

Key highlights from the conversation:

  • Will see a lot of pressure mostly because of high cane prices.
  • We are sending signals that sugarcane prices need to be reduced. Otherwise, this problem cannot be solved.
  • The central government feels an increase in MSP will solve all the farmers’ problems, which is not true.
  • Rs 5000 crore arrears were already announced.
  • Seeing record arrears on the back of good production.
  • Don't see prices will slip too much lower.
  • Expect that the ethanol offtake will also rise.
  • Debt currently on books stands at Rs 700 crore.
  • Have restructured some debt through ARCs.

Shares of the pharmaceutical company parred early losses and rose as much as 0.8 percent to Rs 768.

The drugmaker today entered into an agreement with CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune and Department of Science and Technology, Delhi for researching a continuous purification process development of a biosimilar monoclonal antibody therapeutic, according to its stock exchange notification.

The stock trades at 19.3 times its estimated forward earnings per share and 20.6 times for its two-year historical average, Bloomberg data showed.

Shares of the Gurugram-based auto parts maker rose as much as 5.3 percent to Rs 23.8. The stock rose after falling for five consecutive sessions.

The U.K.-based Liberty House says it is a preferred bidder for Amtek Auto Ltd., according to Bloomberg. Amtek Auto is among the distressed companies that the Indian government has put for sale.

The stock has fallen more than 20 percent this year.

  • Wipro: About 13.3 lakh shares changed hands in a single block deal.
  • Buyers and sellers were not known immediately.

    Source: Bloomberg.

  • Dabur India: About 43.2 lakh shares changed hands in two block deals.
  • Buyers and sellers were not known immediately

    Source: Bloomberg

Shares of the Noida-based industrial conglomerate firm fell as much as 6.8 percent to Rs 13.75, dropping for the sixth straight day.

The coal ministry ordered for the termination of a development pact for a coal mine in Madhya Pradesh for violating contract terms by Jaypee Cement, according to Bloomberg.

The stock fell almost 47 percent so far this year compared to the benchmark index, Sensex’s 2.7 percent decline.

Shares of the LPG distributor halted six-day decline and rose as much as 9.1 percent to Rs 249.20.

Homegrown brokerage Motilal Oswal expects its shares to reach Rs 342 in the next 12 months in best case scenario, according to its research report, the price target implies a potential upside of 50 percent form the last regular trade.

This is the highest price target that Aegis Logistics has received so far, among the analysts tracked by Bloomberg.

Key highlights from the research report:

  • Attractive play on India’s rising LPG consumption.
  • Continue to believe in Aegis’ structural growth story.
  • Aegis to be the biggest beneficiary of rising LPG imports.
  • Ramp-up of Haldia and Pipavav terminals to drive throughput.
  • Gas sourcing and retail & distribution segment to grow at steady pace.
  • Liquids division remains a cash cow.
  • Expect LPG throughput, operating income and earnings per share to compound at 51 percent, 42 percent and 51 percent respectively over fiscal 2017-2020.
  • Expect strong free cash flow as major capex behind.
  • Expect return on equity and return on capital employed to improve to 35 percent and 31 percent respectively by March 2020.
  • Management expected to announce new gas terminal in coming days.
  • Further capacity expansion by March 2019 will pose an upside risk.

Key highlights from the conversation:

  • Recorded highest collection in 18 quarters.
  • Prices have been stable for last 6-8 quarters.
  • Price discount applicable to only certain periods of time like festivals.
  • Realisation impacted due to GST.
  • Will close the year with around 2.2 million square feet in sales.
  • Have around 12-14 redevelopment projects in Mumbai.
  • Expect Mumbai and Bangalore to contribute 25 percent by 2020 and 45 percent by 2022.
  • Working with 14 percent ROCE and 13 percent ROE.
  • Expect ROCE to expand to 18-20 percent by 2020.

Key highlights from the conversation:

  • Impact of imposing tariffs will be significant.
  • More interesting to see what other trade partners do if the tariff is imposed.
  • Difficult to differentiate reality from a bluff.
  • Equity markets are not concerned about a potential trade war.
  • Volatility continues to be at elevated levels.
  • Volatility is keeping investors at bay.
  • A break below the start of the year levels for the U.S. market would result in further liquidation.
  • Seeing currency and bond markets weakening in India and Philippines.

Shares of the debt-ridden steelmaker rose as much as 20 percent to Rs 48.70 after Tata steel emerged as its highest bidder

The steelmaker is currently in discussions with the resolution professional and advisors to the Committee of Creditors on the resolution plan it had submitted, it said in an exchange filing today.

Tata Steel is currently in discussions with the resolution professional and advisors to the Committee of Creditors on the resolution plan it had submitted, according to its stock exchange notification. (more details here).

Bhushan Steel’s trading volume was 7.3 times its 20-day average. The stock declined 14 percent since the beginning of the year.

Traders got some relief yesterday with sovereign bonds gaining by the most in nearly two months as buying interest returned. Gains were bolstered after the government made a pitch for a ratings upgrade to Fitch Ratings.

The benchmark 10-year yield fell 10 basis points to 7.68 percent. Sustainability of bond gains is the key question as has been the case with such recent rallies, Edelweiss Securities said in a note late Wednesday

“Bonds are still very much susceptible to global and domestic triggers, and so the rally needs to be backed by continued position-building momentum via the large investors,” Edelweiss said. “The market's focus will turn today to global factors like U.S. yields and crude oil prices.”

Concern on both these fronts has helped drive yield gains for seven straight months.

The rupee gained 0.1 percent Wednesday to 64.89 against the dollar for the fourth day of losses. Forward imply the currency will start trading around 64.94.

Bandhan Bank Ltd. has set the price range for its initial public offering in India, which could raise as much as Rs 4,473 crore, according to terms for the deal obtained by Bloomberg.

  • Company to offers shares at Rs 370-375 apiece
  • Anchor books open/close on March 14
  • Bid/issue opening date is March 15, closing date March 19

According to the terms, company aims to finalize basis of allotment around March 22, start trading around March 27. The proceeds will be used to augment bank’s Tier 1 capital base.

JPMorgan, Kotak Mahindra Capital, Axis Capital, Goldman Sachs, JM Financial are book-running lead managers

F&O Ban
  • In ban: Dewan Housing, HDIL, IDBI, Oriental Bank
  • Out of ban: Fortis Healthcare

Only intraday positions can be taken in stocks which are in F&O ban. There is a penalty in case of a rollover of these intraday positions.

Put-Call Ratio

  • Nifty PCR at 1.08 versus 1.13.
  • Nifty Bank PCR at 0.59 versus 0.66.

  • Heineken looks to buy ED seized Mallya shares in United Breweries to up stake to 58.2 percent from 44 percent now (Economic Times).
  • Dalmia Bharat Cement acquisition of Binani Cement approved (Mint).
  • India is said likely to cut Monsanto GM Cotton Seed Royalty (Economic Times).

Currencies

  • The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index was up less than 0.1 percent.
  • The Japanese yen fell less 0.1 percent to 106.17 per dollar.
  • The euro lost 0.1 percent to $1.2399.
  • The British pound rose less than 0.1 percent to $1.3904.

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