Market spurts in early trade

Key benchmark indices spurted in early trade as the sentiment boosted after the biggest tax reform, the Goods and Services Tax came into force from 1 July 2017. At 9:20 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 175.79 points or 0.57% at 31,102.34. The Nifty 50 index was up 73.45 points or 0.77% at 9,594.35. The gains were supported by a sharp jump in index heavyweight ITC, which surged over 7%.

The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.33%. The S&P BSE Small-Cap index gained 0.43%. Both these indices underperformed the Sensex.

The breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was strong. On the BSE, 803 shares gained and 311 shares fell. A total of 43 shares were unchanged.

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) declined 0.05% after total auto sales fell 8% to 35,716 units in June 2017 over June 2016. Total tractor sales rose 9% to 32,933 units in June 2017 over June 2016. The announcement was made on Saturday, 1 July 2017.

Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone dropped 0.14%. The company announced that it has raised $224.82 million by allotment of fixed rate senior unsecured notes. The notes will be listed on Singapore Exchange Securities Trading. The announcement was made on Saturday, 1 July 2017.

Separately, the company announced incorporating a wholly owned subsidiary company, Adani International Terminals on 30 June 2017.

Maruti Suzuki India was flat. The company's total sales rose 7.6% to 1.06 lakh units in June 2017 over June 2016. Domestic sales grew by 1.2% to 93,263 units in June 2017 over June 2016. Export sales jumped 95.8% to 13,131 units in June 2017 over June 2016. The announcement was made on Saturday, 1 July 2017.

Tata Motors dropped 1.09% after passenger and commercial vehicles total sales (including exports) fell 9% to 40,358 vehicles in June 2017 over June 2016. The company's domestic sales of Tata commercial and passenger vehicles for June 2017 were at 36,854 vehicles, lower by 5% over 38,718 vehicles sold in June 2016. The announcement was made on Saturday, 1 July 2017.

On macroeconomic data front, the output of eight core infrastructure industries, comprising 40.27% of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), improved 3.6% in May 2017. The cumulative output of eight core infrastructure industries moved up 3.2% in April-May 2017-18.

Markit Economics will unveil the result of a monthly survey on the performance of India's manufacturing sector for June 2017 at 10:30 IST today, 3 July 2017. The Nikkei Manufacturing PMI in India fell to 51.6 in May 2017 from 52.5 in April 2017.

The Goods and Services Tax came into force from 1 July 2017, amid a historic midnight session in the Central Hall of Parliament. President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressed the gathering, before the President and the Prime Minister pressed a button to mark the launch of GST. The biggest tax reform since independence - GST - will pave the way for realization of the goal of One Nation - One Tax - One Market.

Overseas, Asian stocks were mixed as the second half of the year kicked off, tracking mixed signals from US markets. US stocks closed mixed on Friday, 30 June 2017.

On macro economic data front, a private gauge of China's factory activity rebounded in June to show an expansion, indicating an improvement in the manufacturing sector that tallied with official data released last week. The Caixin China manufacturing purchasing managers' index rose to 50.4 in June from 49.6 in May, showing a rise in activity, Caixin Media Co. and research firm Markit said. The 50 level separates an expansion in manufacturing activity from a contraction.

Japanese manufacturing activity expanded at a slightly slower pace in June. The final June Markit/Nikkei Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) was 52.4, higher than a preliminary reading of 52.0 but still below a final 53.1 in May.

Japan's business confidence among the nation's large manufacturers strengthened to its highest level in more than three years in the second quarter, according to a central bank survey. The main index measuring large manufacturers' confidence rose to plus 17 in the April-June period from plus 12 previously, according to the Bank of Japan's quarterly tankan survey.

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