Auto, realty stocks decline

Key benchmark indices hovered in the red in early afternoon trade as negative Asian stocks dampened sentiment. At 12:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex fell 222.31 points or 0.7% at 31,528.51. The Nifty 50 shed 68 points or 0.69% at 9,844.80.

After opening lower, key indices continuously lost ground till mid-morning trade. The Sensex and Nifty had hit almost one-week low on intraday basis in mid-morning trade. Stocks hovered in the red in early afternoon trade.

The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.11%, outperforming the Sensex. The S&P BSE Small-Cap index fell 0.09%. The decline in the index was lower than the Sensex's fall in percentage terms.

The breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was negative. On the BSE, 1,365 shares fell and 941 shares rose. A total of 113 shares were unchanged.

Most auto stocks declined. Ashok Leyland (down 0.71%), Maruti Suzuki India (down 0.52%), Eicher Motors (down 0.95%), Hero MotoCorp (down 0.51%), Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) (down 0.03%) and TVS Motor Company (down 1.08%) declined. Bajaj Auto (up 0.22%), and Tata Motors (up 0.67%) gained.

Most realty stocks also declined. Sobha (down 1.43%), Indiabulls Real Estate (down 0.43%), Unitech (down 1.96%), Oberoi Realty (down 1.92%), NBCC (down 0.65%) and Omaxe (down 0.73%) edged lower. DLF rose 2.25%.

Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals surged 10.58% after net profit jumped 141.76% to Rs 18.18 crore on 46.37% rise in net sales to Rs 201.59 crore in Q1 June 2017 over Q1 June 2016. The result was announced after trading hours yesterday, 28 August 2017.

Bosch rose 0.07%. The Workmen's Union of Bengaluru and Bidadi facilities of Bosch have declared a one day strike on 30 August 2017 sighting delay in the closure of the long-term wage settlement.

The management is in discussion with the Union regarding long term wage settlement with the intervention of the Additional Labour Commissioner, Karnataka. The company management believes in bi-lateral discussions to resolve such issues and will continue to engage with the Union. As a fair and value based employer, the company has a very attractive pay package and a selection of welfare measures that match the best in region-cum-industry.

The production loss on account of the strike for a day is estimated to be around Rs 5 crore. However, customer fulfilment will not be adversely affected due to availability of stocks and other alternative measures taken by the Management. The announcement was made during market hours today, 29 August 2017.

Pincon Spirit jumped 9.78% after the company announced that Finance Department (Excise Branch), Government of West Bengal has lifted restriction on operation of liquor retail outlets which are situated within municipal limits, even if the sites are within 220 metres / 500 metres from any National / State Highways. Pincon Spirit said that this notification will have a much positive impact on the liquor business in the state and for the company.

Overseas, Asian stocks declined after North Korea fired a missile over northern Japan. North Korea fired a missile early today, 29 August 2017 that flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific waters off the northern region of Hokkaido, South Korea and Japan, in a sharp escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Consumer confidence in Germany, Europe's largest economy, is set to improve further in September, reaching its highest level in almost 16 years, market research group GfK's monthly survey showed. GfK's forward-looking consumer sentiment index is set to rise to 10.9 points in September, from 10.8 points in August, GfK said.

On Monday, 28 August 2017, US shares were mixed as investors tried to assess the flooding damage caused by Tropical Storm Harvey, powerful hurricane to strike Texas in more than 50 years when it came ashore last week.

An early look at US trade patterns in July points to a wider deficit. The advanced trade gap in goods services are excluded widened by nearly 1.8% to $65.1 billion in July, the Commerce Department said. Both exports and imports declined, but exports dropped at a faster pace.

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