A security guard stands behind a glass facade displaying the CNX Nifty logo at the National Stock Exchange in Mumbai. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
5 years ago
Jun 08, 2021
Union Bank, New India Assurance, Mrs. Bectors may react as the companies reported quarterly results after the market closed Monday. Petronet LNG, Max Financial, Prestige Estate are among the companies scheduled to report earnings Tuesday. Foreign investors bought net Rs 1510 crore of stocks on June 4, according to NSDL website.
United Breweries Ltd. rose 4.8%. Trading in the company's call options was triple the average.
The stock was the best performer among its peers.
Trading volume was 964,756 shares, 56% above the 20-day average of 619,454 shares for this time of day.
Trading in the company's put options totalled 1,343 contracts, compared with the average of 402 over the past 20 days. Trading in the company's call options totalled 7,296 contracts, compared with the average of 2,885 over the same period.
The relative strength index on the stock was above 70, indicating it may be overbought.
United Breweries trades at 73 times its estimated earnings per share for the coming year. It trades at 310 times trailing EPS.
Analysts have 13 buy, two hold, and two sell recommendations on the stock.
The price target of Rs 1,365.44 represents a 3.2% decrease from the last price
Indian equity benchmarks fluctuated between gains and losses after opening at fresh record highs.
The S&P BSE Sensex was little changed at 52,342.34, but remains on track for a fresh record high, while NSE Nifty 50 Index was trading flat as well at 15,748.90 -- after touching a record high of 15,778.80.
The broader market outperformed their larger peers. The S&P BSE MidCap gained 0.37% and S&P BSE SmallCap advanced 0.97%. Seven of the 19 sector sub-indices compiled by BSE Ltd. declined, led by metal stocks. The S&P BSE Information Technology was the best performer, up 2.91%.
The market breadth was slightly skewed in favour of the bulls. About 1,753 stocks gained, 1,366 declined and 140 remained unchanged.
Metropolis Healthcare Ltd. leads the decline in shares of India’s diagnostic companies as the coronavirus wave in the country continues to slow down, which will ease demand for testing and related pathology services.
India’s daily additions of coronavirus fell below 100,000 cases on June 8, a decline of more than 75% from the peak in early May, according to a government statement
India aims to accelerate its vaccination program, as it announced free shots for all adults and also changed rules for the procurement of jabs
Pathology, healthcare-service providers decline
Metropolis shares decline as much as 3.9%, before paring some losses to trade 1.5% lower in Mumbai; peers Dr Lal PathLabs Ltd. and Thyrocare Technologies Ltd. were down 0.7% and 2.8%, respectively
Hospital stocks also fell as new rules will cap the service charges for inoculations at Rs 150
Max Healthcare Institute Ltd. fell 3.3%, Shalby Ltd. -1.6%, Fortis Healthcare Ltd. -0.6%
Vaccine makers traded lower, led by 2.6% decline in Cadila Healthcare Ltd.; Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. -1%, Gland Pharma Ltd. -0.6%
Shares of logistics companies were mostly higher; Snowman Logistics Ltd. +1.3%, Mahindra Logistics Ltd. +0.8%
Bank of India may also be a potential candidate for sale, the Times of India reported Monday, citing people familiar with the matter it didn’t identify.
Indian Overseas Bank gains as much as 8.8% to the highest since Jan 29, 2018
Central Bank shares rise as much as 6.5%, up for a fifth straight session