Closing Bell
Indian shares snapped their four-day winning streak as investors take cover ahead of Wednesday policy decisions by the Bank of Japan and the U.S. Federal Reserve.
The S&P BSE Sensex declined 0.4 percent to 28,523; while the NSE Nifty dropped 0.4 percent as well to 8,775. The market breadth was discouraging at 922 declines, 548 advances and 262 stocks remaining unchanged.
G Chokkalingam, Founder, Equinomics Research & Advisory does not expect the any rate hike on Wednesday. “Although its economy is improving, U.S. is more concerned about the rest of the world where the deflationary trends are quite visible,” he told BloombergQuint by phone.
Despite that, he expects our market to remain range-bound for a week or so. “Investors will be closely watching India’s reply to the Uri attack and whether there is any sort of an escalation in the region,” he said.
Two-wheeler makers Hero Motocorp (-2.4 percent) and Bajaj Auto (-1.9 percent) fell for a second straight session making them the worst performing Sensex stocks.
“Increased competition from Honda, which has managed to capture around 25 percent of market share, led to profit booking in the bikemakers,” Chokkalingam said.
The S&P BSE Metal and Oil & Gas indexes managed to edge higher, while the S&P BSE Realty Index was the worst performing sectoral gauge. ONGC (+1.5 percent), the country’s largest oil and gas explorer, climbed for a third straight session.
Closing Bell
Indian shares snapped their four-day winning streak as investors take cover ahead of Wednesday policy decisions by the Bank of Japan and the U.S. Federal Reserve.
The S&P BSE Sensex declined 0.4 percent to 28,523; while the NSE Nifty dropped 0.4 percent as well to 8,775. The market breadth was discouraging at 922 declines, 548 advances and 262 stocks remaining unchanged.
G Chokkalingam, Founder, Equinomics Research & Advisory does not expect the any rate hike on Wednesday. “Although its economy is improving, U.S. is more concerned about the rest of the world where the deflationary trends are quite visible,” he told BloombergQuint by phone.
Despite that, he expects our market to remain range-bound for a week or so. “Investors will be closely watching India’s reply to the Uri attack and whether there is any sort of an escalation in the region,” he said.
Two-wheeler makers Hero Motocorp (-2.4 percent) and Bajaj Auto (-1.9 percent) fell for a second straight session making them the worst performing Sensex stocks.
“Increased competition from Honda, which has managed to capture around 25 percent of market share, led to profit booking in the bikemakers,” Chokkalingam said.
The S&P BSE Metal and Oil & Gas indexes managed to edge higher, while the S&P BSE Realty Index was the worst performing sectoral gauge. ONGC (+1.5 percent), the country’s largest oil and gas explorer, climbed for a third straight session.