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Sensex Ends Over 200 Points Lower; Nifty Halts Four-Day Rally

 Sensex Ends Over 200 Points Lower; Nifty Halts Four-Day Rally
The Bombay Stock Exchange building in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Anirudh Saligrama/BloombergQuint)
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Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.’s board today approved increasing ceiling limit on the total shareholding of Foreign Institutional Investors and Foreign Portfolio Investors to 45 percent from the current limit of 43 percent with immediate effect, it said in a statement on the exchange.

Varun Beverages Ltd.’s board approved raising up to Rs 1,500 crore through Qualified Institutions Placement subject to shareholders’ approval, according to its statement on the exchanges.

About 12.4 lakh shares of Federal Bank changed hands in a block deal, according to Bloomberg data. Buyers and sellers were not known immediately.

Shares of the food processing company rose as much as 8.6 percent, the most in nearly a month, to Rs 344.

KRBL traded at 16 times its estimated earnings per share for the coming year, Bloomberg data showed.

Nifty Rejig: Britannia Industries Will Replace HPCL In Nifty 50

Shares of the Royal-Enfield parent halted its two-day rally and fell nearly 1.4 percent intraday to Rs 20,427.

The company said the labour strike at its Oragadam facility in Tamil Nadu impacted output of 3,200 motorcycles, according to its statement on the exchanges. The entire workforce reported to work from Feb. 23, the filing said.

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

Premium on the contract jumped 435.71 percent to Rs 63.75. Over 6.9 lakh shares were removed from the open interest which stood at over 28.5 lakh shares.

Shares of DHFL fell for the second consecutive trading session and declined as much as 7.4 percent to Rs 126.60.

ICRA downgraded the company’s commercial papers worth Rs 8,000 crore to ‘A2+’ from ‘A1+’. That company responded by saying that the rating action by ICRA is not merit based at all and that it has not taken cognizance of DHFL’s intent to extinguish CPs by end of March and the fact that it is in advanced stages of fund-raising transactions.

The stock had declined 77.8 percent over the past year compared to a 5.4 percent advance in the Sensex.

Key highlights from the conversation:

  • The markets were very clear that this is going to happen.
  • We rode a global rally on stop of this uncertainty.
  • As far as market participant is concerned, it's not good for us.
  • It's coming at a time when we were just about getting into the emerging market rally and it will just stall us for the day at this point of time.
  • If we ever catch the emerging market rally again, you will see more domestic selling coming through.
  • The reaction is not only on this episode, the economic issue is also playing on the domestic investors mind.

Catch all the live updates here.

F&O Cues
  • Nifty February futures closed trading at 10,887, premium of 7 points.
  • Max open interest for Feb. 28 series at 11,000 Call (open interest at 38.4 lakh shares).
  • Max open interest for Feb. 28 series at 10,700 Put (open interest at 35.4 lakh shares).

Stocks In F&O Ban

  • In ban: Adani Enterprises, Adani Power, Allahabad Bank, IDBI, Jet Airways, Reliance Power
  • Out of ban: PC Jeweller

Put-Call Ratio

  • Nifty PCR at 1.46 versus 1.37.
  • Bank Nifty PCR at 1.37 versus 1.08.

UBS on Eicher Motors

  • Maintained ‘Sell’ with a price target of Rs 19,000.
  • Dealers optimism fading; growth lagging industry in most states.
  • Dealers’ outlook more mixed; financing lever continues to support demand.
  • Royal Enfield growing slower than industry in almost all regions.

Credit Suisse on IIFL Holdings

  • Maintained ‘Underperform’; cut price target to Rs 315 from Rs 400.
  • Wealth management yields could be volatile with changing revenue model.
  • Regulatory issues could be a distraction on stock.
  • EPS estimates fall up to 25 percent on slower growth estimates in lending.

Goldman Sachs on Reliance Industries

  • Maintained ‘Buy’; hiked price target to Rs 1,455 from Rs 1,380.
  • Retail business key earnings growth pillar; see significant growth potential.
  • Market share gains for organized retail players to aid growth.
  • Raise price target to capture higher retail value.

HSBC on Coal India

  • Maintained ‘Buy’; cut price target to Rs 320 from Rs 360.
  • Cut price target to factor in lower valuation multiple and lower Ebitda growth.
  • Cheap stock with improving coal deliveries over past three months.
  • Volume growth is the key.

  • GVK Power & Infrastructure and Cantabil Retail India to move into short term ASM framework.
  • GVK Power & Infrastructure and Cantabil Retail India price band revised to 10 percent

  • Avadh Sugar & Energy: LIC sold 58,300 shares or 0.58 percent equity at Rs 475.83 each.
  • National Aluminum Company: ICICI Prudential MF sold 1.24 crore shares or 0.67 percent equity at Rs 48.03 each.
  • Astra Microwave Products

    • Ratnabali Capital Markets acquired 7.62 lakh shares or 0.88 percent equity at Rs 78 each.
    • HDFC MF sold 9.81 lakh shares or 1.13 percent equity at Rs 78 each.

    CESC Ventures

    • Canara Robeco MF acquired 1.81 lakh shares at Rs 434.2 each
    • Canequity Diversified sold 1.81 lakh shares at Rs 434.2 each

  • Britannia Industries Ltd. will replace state-run oil retailer Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. to enter the Nifty 50 Index from March 29. The replacement will also be applicable to Nifty 50 Equal Weight Index.
  • Lupin received U.S. FDA approval for Methylprednisolone tablet. The company will be able to market generic version of Pharmacia and Upjhon Company’s Medrol Tablets. These tablets are used to treat neurological and endocrine disorders.
  • Bharti Airtel to deploy Ciena’s platform network pan India. The telecom company says that the new backbone network will work with data rates of 400Gbps and higher to create a scalable network. Board to consider raising funds on Feb. 28.
  • DHFL: ICRA downgrades the company’s commercial papers worth Rs 8,000 crore to ‘A2+’ from ‘A1+’.
  • Adani Enterprises clarified on the news of its defense arm winning contract worth $2 billion that there no such developments as of now. Adani was also the highest Bidder to manage five Indian airports, the Airports Authority of India said.
  • Tejas Networks launched broadband product. The company says the product can deliver wireline as well as wireless services
  • Jet Airways clarified that is in talks with stakeholders and to ensure that the company becomes current on its salary dues. The airline company also clarified that news of SBI is mulling insolvency via NCLT to recover loan is speculative in nature.
  • ADF Foods: SEBI imposed penalty of Rs 1.02 crore on company’s promoter Bhavesh Thakkar, Priyanka Thakkar and for others in an insider trading case.
  • Sharda Motor Industries entered into JV agreement with Eberspaecher Exhaust Technology. The company says that in order to comply with Bharat Stage VI norms, the JV will develop, produce and sell exhaust after-treatment systems for Indian commercial vehicle manufacturers. The products will be utilised in trucks and buses from 2020 onwards.
  • UFO Moviez filed an appeal before NCLT, challenging the tribunal’s decision on merger plan with Qube Cinemas.
  • Thermax to acquire shareholding of its two German partners in joint venture Thermax SPX Energy Technologies.
  • Bliss GVS Pharma: Board approved increasing FPI limit from 24 percent to 74 percent in the company.
  • Sun Pharma: Raksha Valia releases pledge on 1.17 crore equity shares.
  • DHFL: Company said that the rating action by ICRA is not merit based at all. It has not taken cognizance of DHFL’s intent to extinguish CPs by end of March and the fact that it is in advanced stages of fund-raising transactions.

  • Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivers semiannual testimony on monetary policy and the state of the economy over two days to House and Senate committees.
  • U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May updates the House of Commons on Brexit talks as the March 29 deadline nears for Britain to leave the EU. Lawmakers will vote on Feb. 27.
  • President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un are expected to meet for a second summit beginning on Tuesday.
  • Thursday brings fourth quarter U.S. GDP.

London Metal Exchange
  • Nickel ended 0.12 percent lower.
  • Copper ended a little changed.
  • Aluminium halted a three-day rally, ended 0.37 percent lower.
  • Lead ended higher for the fourth day, up 0.58 percent.
  • Tin ended higher for the fifth day, up 1.14 percent.
  • Zinc ended 0.18 percent lower.

Good Morning!

The Singapore-traded SGX Nifty, an early indicator of NSE Nifty 50 Index’s performance in India, extended losses and fell as much as 0.9 percent to 10,794.50 as of 8:10 a.m., after a Pakistan army spokesperson alleged that Indian fighter jets violated an agreed border between the two countries.

Asian stocks were mixed on Tuesday, with several markets slipping as the rush of optimism on U.S.-China trade talks from early Monday faded some.

Shares fell in Hong Kong and Australia and were little changed in Japan and China.

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