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Rebutting the concerns looming over Greece, benchmark indices wrapped up the trading session on a firm note following expiry of June derivative contracts. The rally was led by capital goods, financials and auto shares.
The Sensex ended the session at 27,896, up by 166 points or 0.6% and the 50-share Nifty finished just below its 8,400 mark at 8,398 levels, up by 37 points or 0.4%.
Yesterday, markets ended lower, snapping their eight-day winning streak, amid concerns over Greece.
The broader markets ended in sync with their larger peers with the BSE Mid-cap and Small-cap indices finishing up by 0.68% and 0.23%, respectively. The market breadth was neutral with 1,329 advances and 1,320 declines on the BSE.
According to Kunal Bothra, Head Advisory, LKP Shares & Securities, “Nifty managed to surpass the 8400 mark yet again and yesterday’s pessimism was absorbed by the markets to a large extent. Today’s move was led by Bank Nifty and that provided the impetus.”
He further said, “With a close above 18,500, Bank nifty and Nifty can see more upside in the July series. I believe that the supports are now shifted to 8,200-8,220 for the start of the new series, and resistance would be placed at 8,650 for the next series.”
Says S Hariharan, Head - Sales Trading (Institutional Equities), Emkay Global Financial Services,“Nifty is approximately 1% up this month, with Industrials up 9%, Telecoms up 6%, Healthcare down 8% and PSU banks down 5%. Total OI was flat for the month, but Autos & Tech OI were up more than 10% while Private banks OI was down 8%. Market-wide rolls have been stronger than 3-month averages with 68% positions rolled till now. Rolls have been strongest in Autos, Energy & PSU banks, and weakest in Telecoms & Consumer names."
"In this period, FII net long positioning in Nifty has come down to 20,000 contracts, while Retail segment has covered their shorts to be net short 150,000 contracts. Retail segment has also increased its shorts in Single stock futures by 200,000 contracts in this period. Going forward, Jul options indicate a high concentration of OI in 7800 and 8000 puts, and in combination with the trend in retail positioning, the index trend for Jul can be expected to be weak”, he adds.
Further, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) in a bid to provide a boost to the local equities announced that it would start investing about $800 million in the equity markets, starting July 2015.
Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) and private forecaster Skymet offer contrasting views with IMD predicting a ‘dry’ spell in July while Skymet believing in a ‘wet’ July.
On the currency front, the Indian rupee has marginally depreciated against the greenback to 63.61 levels against its previous close at 63.59 levels.
Meanwhile, foreign portfolio investors (FPI) were net buyers to the tune of Rs 92.57 crores on Wednesday, as per stock exchange provisional data.
GREECE WOES
Concerns surrounding the exit of Greece from the Euro zone has loomed back when its creditors yesterday rejected a proposal by Greece to avert a debt crisis. The international creditors of Greece have asked Athens to come up with a new proposal on Thursday, which would be credible and acceptable.
However, the Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has maintained his trust in the Indian markets and believes the financial markets would resist the Greece debt crisis.
SECTORS & STOCKS
Sectorally, BSE Capital Goods index rallied over 2%, followed by BSE Bankex and Auto indices, ended up by nearly 1%. Selling pressure was witnessed in the Information Technology sector, which shed nearly 1%.
According to media reports, Bajaj Auto is set to launch two new motorcycles by FY17. The stock ended as the top gainer, having jumped 4.5% on the Sensex.
Vedanta finished over 2% after the company along with Cairn India initiated the merger process by filing the scheme of arrangement along with the relevant documents with the stock exchanges. Cairn India finished with 3% gains
From the capital goods pack, L&T finished higher over 3.5% gains while BHEL wrapped up with nearly 1% gains. The PSU engineering major, BHEL on Tuesday said that it has commissioned a 250-MW unit of NTPC's Bongaigaon thermal power plant in the Kokrajhar district in Assam.
Financials have also witnessed some buying with SBI, and HDFC twins gained between 1-2% on the Sensex while ICICI Bank and Axis Bank closed lower between 0.1- 0.5% each
From the pharma pack, Dr. Reddy’s and Lupin registered 1.55% and 1.45%, respectively on the Sensex while Sun Pharma and Cipla dropped 0.5% and 1.7% respectively.
From the IT space, Infosys closed lower by 0.7% on the Sensex. Reports suggest that it could soon become the most influential stock on the Nifty, Sensex and MSCI Index after SEBI said that existing promoters may be reclassified as public if a company becomes professionally managed and does not have any identifiable promoter.
TCS lost around 0.6% while Wipro dipped more than 2% on the Sensex.
Among other notable gainers, Reliance Inds finished with 1.4% gains while GAIL logged over 3% on the Sensex.
Hindalco, Bharti Airtel, and Hero Motocorp gained between 0.6-1.2% each on the Sensex.
On the flip side, Tata Steel, NTPC, Hindustan Unilever and ONGC lost between 0.3-1.2% on the Sensex.
