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Major headlines

·         India’s December domestic passenger vehicle sales down 1.36%

·         India’s fuel demand rose 4.3 percent Y/Y in December

·         Reforms, Policy effectiveness to decide India rating

Indian Indices: Indian equity indices maintained the upbeat mood in late afternoon session and extended their gains on the back of healthy buying in Metal, Oil & Gas and Consumer Durables stocks. Sentiments got support with Moody’s report which maintained positive outlook on India and said beyond the short-term negative impact on growth, demonetisation has the potential to raise government revenues and provide some fiscal space to support growth if required. Positive opening in European market too aided the sentiments. European markets were trading in green despite concerns over the Italian banking system and the implementation of an OPEC deal. Back home, buying in Tata Motors and Tata Steel too supported the markets uptrend. Tata Motors was trading higher after the company’s arm reported 12% rise in December retail sales. Tata steel was trading in green after company reported 27% jump in Q3FY17 sales to 2.9 MT.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 26885.20, up by 158.65 points or 0.59% after trading in a range of 26804.17 and 26914.95. There were 24 stocks advancing against 6 stocks declining on the index.The broader indices were trading in green; the BSE Mid cap index was up by 0.35%, while Small cap index was up by 0.59%.

The CNX Nifty is currently closed at 8236.05, up by -7.75 points or 0.09% after trading in a range of 8227.75 and 8263.00. There were 27 stocks advancing against 24 stocks declining on the index.

Market Sentiment:

The market breadth on BSE was positive in the ratio of 1397: 1190, while 159 scrips remained unchanged.

Crporate Front:

Government’s capacity to implement reforms and policy effectiveness will decide India’s rating going forward, Moody’s Investors Service said. The US-based agency said that ongoing implementation of reforms is likely to boost India’s medium-term growth.

Macroeconomic front:

Ministries of environment and textiles will soon meet to find long-term as well as short-term solutions to the challenges being faced by domestic handicrafts exporters, said the media report.  A meeting to resolve the issues of Indian handicrafts exporters will soon be convened, Textiles Minister SmritiIrani has said.

On the global front:

On the global front, European markets were trading mostly in red, as investors remained on sidelines ahead of fresh data from the euro zone and volatility in oil markets. Asian markets were trading mostly in red. Back home, value buying in Realty, Auto and FMCG stocks also supported the markets.

Commodity Updates:

Top Sectoral& Stock Screening:The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Metal up by 0.96%, Oil & Gas up by 0.94%, Consumer Durables up by 0.88%, Auto up by 0.78% and FMCG up by 0.69% , while Realty down by 0.42% was the sole losing index on BSE.

Top Nifty Movers:The top gainers on Nifty were Hindalco up by 3.77%, Adani Ports &Special up by 3.00%, Tata Motors up by 2.58%, Asian Paints up by 1.82% and Tata Motors - DVR up by 1.68%. On the flip side, Axis Bank down by 1.12%, Grasim Industries down by 1.06%, Ambuja Cement down by 0.66%, HDFC down by 0.65% and Indusind Bank down by 0.63% were the top losers.

Global Signals:

Asian markets were trading mostly in red; Nikkei 225 decreased 152.89 points or 0.79% to 19,301.44, Jakarta Composite decreased 12.35 points or 0.23% to 5,304.02, Shanghai Composite decreased 9.56 points or 0.3% to 3,161.67, KOSPI Index decreased 3.66 points or 0.18% to 2,045.12 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI decreased 0.46 points or 0.03% to 1,667.44. On the flip side, Taiwan Weighted increased 7.22 points or 0.08% to 9,349.64 and Hang Seng increased 186.16 points or 0.83% to 22,744.85.

All European markets were trading in green; France’s CAC increased 8.73 points or 0.18% to 4,896.30, UK’s FTSE 100 increased 13.63 points or 0.19% to 7,251.40 and Germany’s DAX increased 26.98 points or 0.23% to 11,590.97.