A pedestrian holding an umbrella walks past an electronic ticker board displaying stock figures at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
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Jun 11, 2021
The S&P BSE Sensex added 0.3% to 52,474.76, taking the week's advance to 0.7%. The NSE Nifty 50 Index rose 0.4% to 15,799.35, with both gauges clocking record highs after four weeks of gains. Eleven of the 19 sector sub-indices compiled by BSE Ltd. advanced, led by a measure of metal stocks.
Shares of the road builder jumped as much as 4.4% after it announced it has emerged as the lowest bidder for the National Highways Authority of India Project.
The project is for the development of Memmadpur (Ambala) - Banur (IT City Chowk) — Kharar (Chandigarh) Corridor under Bharatmala Pariyojana - Package-II - 6 laning of IT City Chowk to Kurali Chandigarh Road (Design length: 31.23 Km) in the state of Punjab on EPC mode.
The company said it has emerged as the Lowest Bidder (L-1) after it quoted a bid price of Rs 726 crore.
Sales of passenger vehicles, which include cars and utility vehicles, were 88,045 units in May, compared with 33,546 units a year ago, according to data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.
May passenger car sales at 41,536 units vs 14,460 units YoY
Two-wheeler sales at 352,717 units vs 279,682 units YoY
Three-wheeler sales at 1,251 units vs 2,437 units YoY
Most part of May was under lockdown in many states, impacting overall sales and production, SIAM says
A block of 17.4 million shares in Reliance Power Ltd., equivalent to 0.8% of float, traded at a market value of Rs 21.74 crore.
The price was Rs 12.50 per share, a discount of 1.9% from the open; Reliance Power rose 4.6% today and is up 268% this year
The block represents 18% of the 20-day average volume
Total trading reached 61.5 million shares, compared with the 20-day average of 39.4 million for this time of day; Bloomberg model estimates volume will reach 120 million by end of day
The outlook for economic activity is brightening as pandemic restrictions ease and vaccinations increase. Government and central bank stimulus will continue to help. Because of central bank purchases of government debt, the RBI now holds more than half of the 10-year bond.
Record-high stocks in the U.S. and falling Treasury yields may be leading investors to look for more risk and potentially better returns in emerging markets.
India equities have drawn the biggest inflows in Asia this month. Global investors have bought Indian shares worth $1.1 billion this month through Tuesday, compared with nearly $749 million for all of last month, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The country’s equities have received inflows of more than $7.7 billion this year.
Indian sovereign bonds, which are part of the central bank’s purchase plan due next week, are likely to advance. Traders will await the results of a weekly auction later Friday to see at what cutoffs the RBI offers the benchmark 10-year bond.
India’s central bank will buy Rs 40,000 crore of bonds under its govt securities acquisition program on June 17, including Rs 10,000 crore of state debt: statement.
RBI to buy 6.97% 2026, 6.79% 2027, 7.17% 2028, 7.59% 2029, 5.85% 2030 and 6.64% 2035 bonds under GSAP programme
USD/INR rose 0.1% to 73.0537 on Thursday
Implied opening from forwards suggest spot may start trading around 73.08