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Sensex Halts Worst Losing Streak Since 2011

Sensex Halts Worst Losing Streak Since 2011
Traders react on the trading floor of the Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. office in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Vivek Prakash/Bloomberg)
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About 10 lakh shares of SBI Life changed hands in a block deal on National Stock Exchange, Bloomberg data showed. Buyers and sellers were not known immediately.

Shares of the company fluctuated between gains and losses to trade 0.1 percent lower at Rs 562 on NSE after the block deal.

Metal stocks have been reeling with the gauge losing 12.6 percent of its market value so far this year.

Why Page Industries’ Shares Fell Despite Beating Earnings Estimates 

  • Remain positive and confident about refinery project in India.
  • Can catch up in case the location change delays the refinery project.
  • India is an investment priority for Saudi Aramco.
  • India’s petro-chemicals segment will likely see significant growth.
  • Source: Bloomberg

Nasscom Won’t Provide FY20 Guidance, Releases CEO Survey Instead  

Shares of the Vadodara-based specialty pharma company erased the day's losses and rose nearly a percent to Rs 544.50 apiece.

The company received U.S. drug regulator’s approval for Acetazolamide capsule, which is used to treat altitude sickness.

The stock declined 5 percent in the past 12 months compared with a 5.5 percent gain in the BSE Sensex Index. The scrip traded 18 times estimated earnings per share for the coming year, according to Bloomberg data.

Nifty’s 10,700 option contract was among the most active Nifty option contracts on National Stock Exchange.

Premium on the contract jumped 84.01 percent to Rs 33.95. Over 2.05 lakh shares were added to the open interest which stood at over 16.87 lakh shares.

Shares of the Pune-based IT firm snapped its three-day blip and rose as much as 7.7 percent, the most since Jan. 24, to Rs 107.50 per share.

The stock traded 6.8 times its estimated earnings per share for the coming year, according to Bloomberg data. The scrip was trading 59 percent below the Bloomberg consensus one-year target price.

Shares of the Anand Mahindra-led company fluctuated between gains and losses to trade little changed at Rs 663.10.

Brokerage and research firm JPMorgan downgraded the stock to ‘Neutral’ from ‘Overweight’ and cut its price target to Rs 700 from Rs 900, implying a potential upside of 10.7 percent from the last regular trade.

Here’s what JPMorgan had to say about M&M:

  • Downgraded the stock due to moderating growth trends and a lack of catalysts.
  • Valuations are cheap but unlikely to improve in a hurry.
  • Concerns: tractor volume growth peaking, demand slowdown and margin pressure.

F&O Cues
  • Nifty February futures closed trading at 10617, premium of 13 points.
  • Max open interest for Feb. 28 series at 11,000 Call (open interest at 41.5 lakh shares).
  • Max open interest for Feb. 28 series at 10,400 Put (open interest at 31.1 lakh shares).

Stocks In F&O Ban

In Ban

  • Adani Enterprises
  • IDBI
  • Jet Airways
  • Reliance Power
  • PC Jeweller
  • Reliance Infrastructure

Out of Ban

  • CG Power
  • Jain Irrigation

Put-Call Ratio

  • Nifty PCR at 1.12 versus 1.13.
  • Bank Nifty PCR at 0.96 versus 0.94.

JPMorgan on M&M

  • Downgraded to ‘Neutral’ from ‘Overweight’; cut price target to Rs 700 from Rs 900.
  • Downgraded the stock due to moderating growth trends and lack of catalysts.
  • Valuations are cheap but unlikely to improve in a hurry.
  • Concerns: Tractor volume growth peaking, demand slowdown and margin pressure.

Edelweiss on CRISIL

  • Downgraded to ‘Reduce’ from ‘Hold’ with a price target at Rs 1,331.
  • December quarter’s research segment remained subdued due to maturing the U.S. regulations.
  • Rating segment is likely to remain subdued over the short term.
  • Management has guided for overall mid-single-digit sales growth for 2019.

On Indian Hotels

JPMorgan

  • Maintained ‘Overweight’ with a price target at Rs 160.
  • Company reiterated its focus on balance sheet optimisation, profitable growth.
  • Company was confident of achieving its stated margin target of 25 percent by March 2023.
  • Path to achieving cost optimisation to be driven by incremental improvements.

Motilal Oswal

  • Maintained ‘Buy’ with a price target at Rs 189.
  • Company confident of 2022 goal of being an iconic and profitable hospitality company.
  • Industry tailwinds and cost reduction will aid margin expansion.
  • Focusing on monetising existing landbank and employing asset-light model.

  • Music Broadcast ex-date for share split from Rs 10 to Rs 2 per share.

  • Engineers India: ICICI Prudential MF acquired 33.08 lakh shares or 0.52 percent equity at Rs 107.63 each.
  • National Aluminium Company: ICICI Prudential MF acquired 94.45 lakh shares or 0.51 percent equity at Rs 50.09 each.

GST Council To Consider Reducing Tax On Under-Construction Properties

London Metal Exchange
  • Aluminium ended flat.
  • Nickel ended higher for the third day, up 1.65 percent.
  • Copper ended higher for the fifth day, up 0.7 percent.
  • Lead ended lower for the second day, down 0.4 percent.
  • Tin ended 0.12 percent higher.
  • Zinc ended 0.7 percent higher.

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