Men look up at an electronic ticker board that indicates stock figures at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg.
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Sep 08, 2017
Stocks in Asia were mixed while dollar held losses as investors braced for damage that Hurricane Irma may inflict on Florida.
JK Cement: The Kanpur-based cement maker jumped as much as 3.37 percent, the most since August 14, to Rs 1,045.60. Trading volume was 23.3 times its 20-day average.
Solar Industries: The Nagpur-based explosives maker fell as much as 2.58 percent, the most since August 10, to Rs 860. Trading volume was 40.5 times its 20-day average.
Gulf Oil Lubricants India: The lubricant oil maker jumped as much as 8.49 percent, the most in over two months, to Rs 845. Trading volume was 28.2 times its 20-day average.
Finolex Industries: The PVC pipe maker fell as much as 0.98 percent to Rs 601. trading volume was 5.9 times its 20-day average.
Shares of the construction company jumped as much as 11.45 percent to Rs 25.30 after the company received an order worth Rs 870 crore for canal work in Maharashtra.
Shares of the Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw promoted firm jumped as much as 5.45 percent, the most since July 19, to Rs 353 after its Malaysian subsidiary Biocon Sdn Bhd has received EU GMP compliance certificate from the Health Products Regulatory Authority of Ireland for its insulin manufacturing facility.
Shares of the drugmaker fell as much as 6.96 percent, the most in 11 months, to Rs 2,069 after the German drug regulator concluded audit of its manufacturing facility in Duvvuda, Vishakhapatanam with zero critical and six major observations.
The company has said that it will submit corrective action plan to authorities.
Shares of the coffee manufacturer surged as much as 13.57 percent, the most in 16 months, to Rs 323 after the Reserve Bank of India hiked foreign investment limit in the company to 40 percent from 24 percent under the Portfolio Investment Scheme.
Shares of the auto maker jumped as much as 1.89 percent, extending its record making run to fourth day, to Rs 33,483.95 after brokerage firm maintained 'Buy' rating and raised its target price to Rs 39,300.
The brokerage in a note said:
Order inflow remains above production and is growing at 15 percent level
Enfield’s production capacity will rise 40 percent over FY17-19
Earnings to grow at CAGR of 29 percent over the next 3 years
Positive on strong long-term growth outlook and low competitive threat
The rupee strengthened by 22 paise to 63.83 against dollar at the interbank foreign exchange in early trade on continuous selling of the U.S. currency by exporters and banks.
A fall in dollar against major world currencies globally boosted the rupee, currency traders said.
The Indian rupee is seen supported by a weak dollar and strong regional currencies. The dollar tumbled and yen and gold rallied as investors sought something safe amid looming threats of Hurricane Irma and a missile test in North Korea. The euro, however, stayed stronger after the European Central Bank stopped short of attempting to jawbone it lower.
In bonds, the yields in India's benchmark sovereign bonds are up about 3 basis points this week and investors will be watching for the outcome of auction of Rs 15,000 crore of bonds. The RBI will also conduct reverse repo auctions for a total of Rs 40,000 crore.
Inflows continues into bonds, while equities witness an outflow.
Global funds increased rupee-debt holdings by $125 million yesterday and were net sellers of $201 million in Indian equities on Sept. 6.
Japan revised down its second-quarter economic growth to an annualized 2.5 percent from 4 percent, weaker than expectations for a revision to 2.9 percent.
Australia’s home-loan approvals rose 2.9 percent in July, beating estimates.
China’s trade surplus is forecast to widen to $48.5 billion in August from July’s $46.7 billion.
China’s forex reserves climbed $11 billion to $3.09 trillion in August, a seventh gain in a row as the yuan rose, the PBOC said Thursday.
Also due in Asia are Taiwan exports.
Malaysia’s central bank held its main rate at 3 percent Thursday as expected.
U.S. jobless claims surged last week by the most since November 2012 because of benefit claims from Hurricane Harvey. They increased to 298,000 versus an estimate of 245,000.
The White House is considering at least six candidates to succeed Janet Yellen as the next Fed chair, people familiar with the matter said.