Blog for Stock tips, Equity tips, Commodity tips, Forex tips: Sharetipsinfo.com

Major headlines

·         No plan to issue next list of defaulters any time soon

·         IT spend in indian banking and securities industry to grow 8.6% in 2017

·         TDP MP incident at Vizag airport to be probed

Indian Indices: Indian equity benchmarks remained range-bound in late afternoon session, though some good buying was being witnessed in Realty, FMCG and Consumer Durables stocks amid higher European markets. There was some optimism as India's exports grew 8.32 per cent to $24.01 billion in May, mainly on account of robust performance by sectors like petroleum, chemicals, engineering goods as well as gems and jewellery. 

Some support also came with the report that India has moved up six places from 66th in last year to reach 60th position in this year's Global Innovation Index (GII), an annual global ranking that assesses the innovation capabilities of 127 countries. 

However, gains were limited as the current account deficit (CAD) soared to $3.4 billion or 0.6 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, from $0.3 billion a year ago. Meanwhile, India Inc's foreign investment witnessed a sharp 56 percent decline at $1.26 billion in May this year.

The BSE Sensex is currently shut down at 31056.40, down by 19.33 points or 0.06% after trading in a range of 31059.41 and 31182.73. There were 15 stocks advancing against 15 stocks declining on the index.

The broader indices were trading in green; the BSE Mid cap index was up by 0.18%, while Small cap index gained 0.36%.

The CNX Nifty is currently closed up at 9588.05, up by 10.00 points or 0.10% after trading in a range of 9575.40 and 9615.85. There were 29 stocks advancing against 21 stocks declining on the index, while 1 stock remained unchanged.

CrporateFront: Following the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) identifying 12 accounts that are responsible for 25 per cent of non-performing assets (NPAs), the central bank on Friday said it has no plans to come out with a next list any time soon.
"If you look at it (NPAs), RBI had a detailed circular. Twelve cases have been referred for resolution by Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). Other (bad loan) cases, banks are encouraged to resolve in six months' time," RBI Deputy Governor S.S. Mundra said.

Macroeconomic front: Dismissing all talk of job losses in Indian information technology (IT) industry as being "motivated", the government on Friday outlined its vision for building the sector into a $1 trillion economy by 2022 that would become a global hub of low-cost digital technology.
"There has been a lot of debate, and by any standards of economy, this talk of job decline in the IT sector is motivated," Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said while addressing the industry leaders at an event here to launch work on the blueprint to realise a $1 trillion IT economy.

On the global front:

On the global front, European markets were trading in green as investors digested news of a fresh disbursement to Greece and focus on wider political events. Asian markets were also trading in green.  Back home, in scrip specific development, Filatex India jumped higher after the company completed financial closure with the lenders for Rupee and Foreign Currency Loan for capacity expansion project.

Commodity Updates:

Top Sectoral& Stock Screening:The top gainers on the Sensex were ITC up by 2.22%, Tata Motors up by 1.86%, GAIL India up by 1.02%, Axis Bank up by 0.81% and NTPC up by 0.69%. On the flip side, Lupin down by 4.41%, Wipro down by 1.97%, Cipla down by 1.80%, Sun PharmaInds. down by 1.61% and Dr. Reddys Lab down by 1.07% were the top losers.

Top Nifty Movers:The top gainers on Nifty were Tata Motors - DVR up by 2.69%, ITC up by 2.27%, Tata Motors up by 1.92%, AurobindoPharma up by 1.41% and BhartiInfratel up by 1.31%. On the flip side, Lupin down by 4.26%, Wipro down by 2.34%, Cipla down by 2.07%, Indiabulls Housing down by 1.91% and Sun PharmaInds. down by 1.60% were the top losers.

Global Signals:

Asian markets were trading mostly in green; KOSPI Index increased 0.18 points or 0.01% to 2,361.83, Hang Seng increased 61.15 points or 0.24% to 25,626.49, Taiwan Weighted increased 68.38 points or 0.68% to 10,156.73 and Nikkei 225 increased 111.44 points or 0.56% to 19,943.26. On the flip side, Jakarta Composite decreased 47.85 points or 0.83% to 5,728.43, Shanghai Composite decreased 9.32 points or 0.3% to 3,123.17 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI decreased 0.11 points or 0.01% to 1,789.90.

All European markets were trading in green; UK’s FTSE 100 increased 24.93 points or 0.34% to 7,444.29, France’s CAC increased 52.84 points or 1.01% to 5,269.72 and Germany’s DAX increased 56.1 points or 0.44% to 12,747.91.