Brokers, along with their families, trade as ceremonial purchases of stocks are made during the session marking Diwali at the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
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There is some more upside that can be expected (in Tata Motors), according to Gaurav Bissa, associate vice president at LKP Securities.
I’m not saying it’ll fall right away. But I would be cautious at these levels. The support is at levels of 130-132. For the long-term, the picture is still not very strong.
In a slightly uncertain global environment, I don’t think exports and imports are in your control in a very material way. So, you are down to CING (consumption, investment, and government spending). With the corporate tax cuts, the government’s fiscal deficit on books is 3.9 percent and off books is probably 4.4-4.3 percent (and then you add the state). There’s not too by way of government spending that can happen. So, you are down to CIN,” Arora said.
“Corporates will only invest when there’s demand. So, you have to revive demand to start off with. That’s where personal income taxes come in. The big theme is going to be to put money back in the hands of people so that they go out and start consuming. There’s probably a consensus that’s building up and why some auto stocks have started to do really well over the past month or so. I am far more optimistic in this Diwali than I have been over the last two or three Diwali,” he said.
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Shares of the country’s largest conglomerate rose as much as 0.96 percent to Rs 1,445.
The boards of Reliance Industries and its wholly owned subsidiary Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., in separate meetings, approved the creation of a new digital platform holding company as well as a debt restructuring.
The move will make Reliance Jio a virtually net debt free company by March 31, 2020, said a statement issued by RIL, India’s most valuable company by market capitalisation.
The Relative Strength Index was above 70, indicating that the stock may be oversold. Of the shares traded, 53 percent were at the ask price and 21 percent were at the bid.
Indian equity benchmarks began Samvat 2076 on a positive note.
The S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.7 percent to 39,323 and the NSE Nifty 50 rose 0.6 percent to 11,650. The broader markets represented by the NSE Nifty 500 Index rose 0.67 percent.
The market breadth was tilted in favour of buyers. About 1,048 stocks advanced and 336 shares declined on National Stock Exchange.
All the 11 sectoral gauges compiled by NSE traded higher, led by the NSE Nifty Auto Index’s 1.4 percent gain.
Gurmeet Chadha is optimistic going into Samvat 2076. “The government seems to be getting more active which bodes well for the market.”
A blessing in disguise will be the divestment programme of the Modi government, The CEO and co-founder at Complete Circle Consultants told BloombergQuint in an interaction.
Besides, he thinks the market is seeing the fag end of NPA cycle.
He continues to stick to his previous Samvat picks of HDFC twins and ICICI twins (bank and insurance). “Investors need to go with companies with a clear earnings growth outlook.”
Tata Motors: The company’s board approved fund raising through debt and equity, the filing said, adding the company would make a preferential issue of equity shares and warrants worth Rs 6,500 crore to holding company Tata Sons. The group’s voting rights in Tata Motors would increase to 45.71 percent after the exercise. “The company will use proceeds from the preferential issue to promoters to retire domestic debt,” PB Balaji, group chief financial officer, told BloombergQuint.
The boards of Reliance Industries and its wholly owned subsidiary Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., in separate meetings today, approved the creation of a new digital platform holding company as well as a debt restructuring. The move will make Reliance Jio a virtually net debt free company by March 31, 2020, said a statement issued by RIL, India’s most valuable company by market capitalisation.
Mahindra & Mahindra’s subsidiary Mahindra Two Wheelers Europe will fully acquire France-based Peugeot Motorcycles for an undisclosed amount.
Sadbhav Infra Projects: September quarter’s toll revenue was flat at Rs 267.9 crore.
Lemon Tree Hotels: Unit’s board approved acquisition of 100 percent stake in Berggruen Hotels and issuance of convertible preference shares for an amount not exceeding Rs 421 crore to APG Strategic Real Estate Pool NV and Lemon Tree Hotels.
Jubilant Life Sciences: Board approved demerger of the Life Science Ingredients Business and Pharma Business. Life Science ingredients business to be listed separately and amalgamation of promoter shareholding companies into the company to simplify the holding structure. Company to sale India Branded Pharma Business to wholly owned arm Jubilant Generics for Rs 128.5 crore.
HPCL conferred Maharatna status from Indian Government.
SBI Life Insurance: IRDA issued an advisory and imposed penalty of Rs 4 lakhs after the regulatory body conducted onsite inspection of the company.
ICICI Bank initiated the process of transfer of its entire stake GST Network to various state governments.
NTPC entered in a JV and Shareholders Agreement with Ceylon Electricity Board for development of 300MW LNG Power Project.
Excel Industries has completed the acquisition of the chemical manufacturing unit of NetMatrix Crop Care in Andhra Pradesh.
Edelweiss Financial Services: Arthur Gallaghar has acquired minority stake in the company’s arm Edelweiss Insurance Brokers.
Ashiana Housing launched the first phase of its residential project in Jamshedpur. The project has a total saleable area of 6.72 lakh square feet. The company has also opened Jaipur project for expression of interest from customers, with booking to be launched from Dec. 5.
Tata Power’s joint venture will acquire two power plants at Kalinagar for Rs 920 crore from Tata Steel. The JV has also signed tolling agreements with Tata Steel for supply of power from the afore-mentioned power plants.
Engineers India has won order from HPCL regarding LPG cavern project at Mangaluru for Rs 83 crore and EPC order worth Rs 185 crore from Numaligarh Refinery.
Wonderla Holidays to commence construction of an amusement park in Chennai soon. Project was put on hold for some time, but now the Tamil Nadu Government has agreed to give exemption to the company from levy of entertainment tax for a period of 5 years commencing from Nov. 1.
Manpasand Beverages: ROC approved extension of holding AGM till Nov. 30.
Astec LifeSciences received grant of patent in respect of invention of a method for production of cyclopropane derivatives for a period of 20 years from the date of filing for patent, i.e. April 2014.
The S&P 500 Index on Friday briefly surpassed its closing record amid positive signs on trade talks and as investors assessed corporate earnings.
Oil posted the biggest weekly gain in more than a month as supplies tightened.
The pound fell as U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s call for a December election was up in the air, with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn rejecting the plan.