Sensex ends up 295 pts, Nifty above 10,500; Realty, Pharma, Metals gain
All that happened in markets today.
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Benchmark indices ended higher on Monday, taking cues from its Asian peers.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 34,300, up 295 points while the broader Nifty50 index settled at 10,540, up 85 points.
The mid-and small-cap indices outperformed their larger peers on Monday. The S&P BSE Mid-cap index gained 1.3 per cent by close, while the S&P BSE Small-cap index moved up 1.6%. 3M India, Amara Raja Batteries, Vakarangee, MRF, Tata Global and IGL were some of the top gainers in the mid-cap segment.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 34,300, up 295 points while the broader Nifty50 index settled at 10,540, up 85 points.
The mid-and small-cap indices outperformed their larger peers on Monday. The S&P BSE Mid-cap index gained 1.3 per cent by close, while the S&P BSE Small-cap index moved up 1.6%. 3M India, Amara Raja Batteries, Vakarangee, MRF, Tata Global and IGL were some of the top gainers in the mid-cap segment.
At the global level, Asian markets found a semblance of calm on Monday as S&P futures extended their bounce, though bond investors were still fretting about the risks from looming US inflation data. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up 0.8 per cent, having suffered a 7.3 per cent drubbing last week.
Both South Korea and China gained 0.8 per cent, while Japan’s Nikkei was closed for a holiday.
Back home, in a drastic move on Friday, Indian exchanges terminated licensing agreements for use of their indices and data feeds with their foreign counterparts. The move is to curb or to reverse the export of India’s financial markets to overseas trading platforms such as Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange.
Indian equity, commodity and forex markets will remain closed on Tuesday on account of Maha Shivratri.
Indian equity, commodity and forex markets will remain closed on Tuesday on account of Maha Shivratri.
3:51 PM
MARKET COMMENT: Jayant Manglik, President, Religare Broking
Markets witnessed a breather today and gained nearly a percent, taking pause after the recent decline. Nifty opened gap-up, tracking firm global cues but profit taking at higher levels capped upside. Meanwhile, participants were busy in bargain hunting and almost all the sectoral contributed in the move.
We feel global cues will continue to dominate our market trend, in absence of any major event. Nifty may some bounce or consolidate further however sustainability at higher level seems difficult. Traders should use further recovery to reduce existing longs and creating fresh shorts. PSU banks are still weakest while others are seeing mixed trend
3:40 PM
Top Sectoral gainer: Nifty Realty
3:38 PM
Sectoral Trend
3:37 PM
Sensex losers and gainers
3:36 PM
Market at close
The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 34,300, up 295 points while the broader Nifty50 index settled at 10,540, up 85 points.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 34,300, up 295 points while the broader Nifty50 index settled at 10,540, up 85 points.
3:21 PM
Edelweiss Research on ONGC's Q3FY18 results
Key highlights: 1) gas production growth at 4% missed 6% estimate, due to delay in Vashista project, which will likely ramp up to 2.5mmscmd by Mar’18; 2) net realisation at USD61/bbl was inline, implying no oil subsidy; 3) cash cost/barrel at USD9/bbl came 4% higher on one-off depletion expense, which will normalise in Q4FY18. We expect ONGC’s Rs 800bn projects under implementation to significantly revive gas production (FY17-20E CAGR of 8%).
We have trimmed FY19E gas production by 2%, factoring in slight delay in projects commissioning, and introduced contribution from OPAL (ONGC’s stake: 49%). Maintain ‘BUY’ with DCF-based target price of Rs 239
3:21 PM
Protectionism, again: Joint action by stock exchanges raises concerns
The joint statement issued by three stock exchanges on Friday — deciding to immediately terminate the agreements for licensing indices and prices of Indian securities to foreign exchanges — raises concerns on several fronts. The action constitutes protectionism, which harms a market (Singapore Stock Exchange, or SGX) that has served global investors well. READ MORE
3:19 PM
IPO watch: Aster DM (Source: Choice Research)
3:15 PM
Centrum Broking on Deccan Cements Limited (DCL)
Despite earnings decline seen during FY17/18 (on DCL’s peak performance in FY16), we continue to like DCL owing to following: robust demand across south and Maharashtra markets will boost DCL’s earnings, DCL’s debt free balance sheet along with no near term capex requirement will bolster free cash generation. This should boost DCL’s capability to undertake future expansion (probably during FY20-22) without leveraging its balance sheet. We roll forward valuations to FY20E. Thus, we maintain BUY with a revised target price of Rs 720
3:12 PM
Centrum Broking on Sun TV Network
We maintain our BUY rating on Sun TV Network with revised target price of Rs1170 (28x FY20E EPS) as we roll forward our valuations to FY20E. We expect the ad growth momentum to continue going forward as witnessed in Q3FY18E where the company posted 22% YoY growth. Further investment in comissioned programming to bear fruits in medium term. Digitisation in TN could offer the company incrementally Rs3bn in reveneus and management is in advance stage to sign contract with Arasu Cable. Turnaround in IPL from FY19E would further aid margins and profitibility
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First Published: Feb 12 2018 | 3:43 PM IST