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Sensex, Nifty Drop As Deficit, Bank Fraud Weigh On Sentiment

Sensex, Nifty Drop As Deficit, Bank Fraud Weigh On Sentiment
A Broker looks a graph depicting the change in sterling on the trading floor at ETX Capital, a broker of contracts-for-difference. (Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg)
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The Singapore traded SGX Nifty, an early indicator of Nifty's performance in India, edged higher by 0.3 percent to 10,588.50 as of 8:30 a.m.Japanese stocks extended a rally in global equities and the yen traded around a 15-month high, with trading muted due to holiday closures across Asia.

Vakrangee: The Mumbai-based e-governance service provider was locked in a five percent upper circuit for fifth day in a row after facing a sharp selloff.

8K Miles Software: Shares of the software developer rose as much as 10 percent to Rs 86.65 after it announced blockchain platform 8K Health Edge.

PC Jeweller: The Delhi-based jeweller rose 7 percent to Rs 381 after company clarified that the company does not use a letter of credit/letter of undertaking in business transactions and buys all diamonds from local markets on a cash basis only.

Indoco Remedies: Shares of the Mumbai-based drug maker rose as much as 6.4 percent to Rs 277.25 after the company received European GMP certification from Regulatory Authority of Hungary for its Goa plant.

  • ICICI Bank has 20 lakh shares change hands in a block.
  • State Bank of India has 13 lakh shares change hands in a block,
  • Buyers and sellers were not immediately known

    Source: Bloomberg

  • Torrent Pharma: The Ahmedabad-based drug maker was trading 0.3 percent higher at Rs 1,422. As many as 5 lakh shares changed hands on the BSE compared with an average of 8,700 shares traded daily in the past two weeks.
  • Motherson Sumi: The Noida-based auto parts maker fell 4.5 percent to Rs 326. As many as 31 lakh shares changed hands on the BSE compared with an average of 1.35 lakh shares traded daily in the past two weeks.
  • Federal Bank: The Kerala-based private sector lender rose 1.8 percent to Rs 96.15. As many as 1.08 crore shares changed hands on the BSE compared with an average of 5.8 lakh shares traded daily in the past two weeks.
  • NTPC: The Delhi-based power producer were trading 0.06 percent lower at Rs 162.8. As many as 34 lakh shares changed hands on the BSE compared with an average of 6.35 lakh shares.

Shares of Praxis Home Retail rose as much as 10 percent to Rs 202.45 after Aadi Financial Advisors LLP (Akash Bhansali) acquired 6.26 lakh shares at Rs 161.81 each.

Shares of the Delhi-based steel maker rose as much as 7 percent to Rs 234.60 after the company announced raising Rs 234 crore by issuing convertible equity warrants.

Shares of the Delhi-based state-run lender fell for third day in a row to hit fresh 52-week low of Rs 121 on fallout of Rs 11,000 crore fraud which was detected at one of its branches in Mumbai.

Shares of the software developer rose as much as 10 percent to Rs 86.65 after it announced blockchain platform 8K Health Edge.

Shares of the Mumbai-based drug maker rose as much as 6.4 percent to Rs 277.25 after the company received European GMP certification from Regulatory Authority of Hungary for its Goa plant.

The EU GMP certification will enable Indoco to continue to export medicinal products to all European countries, Indoco said in an exchange filing.

A move by Indian exchanges to stop all licensing deals with their foreign counterparts is anti-competitive and could jeopardize the country’s standing in indexes tracked by global funds worth trillions of dollars. (click here to read the full story)

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.’s valuations have run so far ahead of its earnings that analysts, for the first time in more than a decade, expect investors betting on the stock will be left poorer. (Click here to read more)

  • To invest Rs 750 crore in expansion and hire 10,000 more people till 2020.
  • Margin growth will come with positive SSS growth going forward.
  • Across the spectrum seeing consumers spending if they find value.
  • As the economy grows, QSR sector is going to grow better.
  • India is still very nascent in QSR, sector is poised for growth.
  • We saw 8.1 percent growth again after the launch of Happy Price menu.
  • Seeing a good trend in consumer spending.
  • Mentioning calorie-count very specifically on products.
  • Introduced a number of new products that are doing quite well.
  • Never resorted to discounting rather re-invested into business.
  • Tailwinds in consumer spending continue; very excited about the current fiscal.
  • Have clocked 10 quarters of positive same-store-sales growth.

Shares of the healthcare provider rose as much as 5.3 percent to Rs 151. The Supreme Court, yesterday said that the status quo should not apply to the shares of Fortis healthcare held by Fortis Healthcare holdings that were encumbered before Aug. 11, Bloomberg reported.

Trading volume was 8.8 times its 30-day average. Fortis Healthcare trades at 15.8 times trailing 12-month earnings per share and 61 times its estimates for the coming year.

Shares of the Mumbai-based jewellery maker was locked in the lower circuit for the second day at Rs 37, after its promoter, Mehul Choksi’s name surfaced in the PNB fraud case. The stock has declined for the third straight day.

Gitanjali Gems had said in a statement that Choksi did not have any current dealings with the firms enlisted in the FIR that PNB had lodged against Nirav Modi and other jewellers.

The stock’s trading volume was 11 times the 30-day average, and its the Relative Strength Index was 24, indicating that the stock may be oversold.

  • Continue to remain optimistic on financial sector; prefer private banks and top PSU banks.
  • Focusing on cement, auto, pipes on the back of housing and consumption story.
  • Selectively underweight on staples as a sector.
  • Rural consumption growth will recover going forward.
  • Expect 15-20 percent Nifty EPS growth going forward.
  • Improvement in corporate earnings growth in general is another positive for markets.
  • Housing affordability at the best levels in last decade, need trigger for recovery.
  • Tax changes a small irritation for fund managers, calculation will become difficult.
  • Still remain optimistic on Asia-Pacific portfolio.
  • Macro story is not looking good for India now.
  • Weightage on India has been cut down.
  • Fund managers are not too perturbed right now.
  • Past few weeks there has been volatility in global markets.

Sovereign bonds fell the most in two weeks in the last session on account of shrinking liquidity in the system. Yield on the 10-year note jumped as high as 7.61 percent, easing only after the RBI said its stands ready to meet the cash requirements of the system.

It is important to note here that liquidity in the system tends to be tight in March on account of advance tax payment by companies. For today, the yields may stay in a tight range of 7.55-7.60 percent in the day.

In the currency market, the rupee is likely to gain for a fourth session supported by a strong risk appetite in the region. However, volumes could be impacted due to most South Asia market shut for lunar new year holiday. A rangebound trade of 63.70-64.10 a dollar is expected in the session.

  • Nifty PCR at 1.13 versus 1.08.
  • Nifty Bank PCR at 0.99 versus 0.78.

  • Sundaram Finance circuit filter revised to 20 percent and shifted to B group.
  • MOIL ex-date for determining buyback eligibility.

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