Trading of CNX Nifty futures on the Singapore stock exchange indicates that the Nifty could gain 13.50 points at the opening bell. Most Asian stocks rose today, 10 November 2014.
In the first cabinet expansion exercise of the Narendra Modi government, 21 ministers were inducted into the council of ministers yesterday, 9 November 2014. Four ministers were allotted cabinet rank, whereas three took charge as Ministers of State (independent charge). The remaining 14 took oath as MoS. Among cabinet ministers, former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikkar was allotted Defense portfolio. Suresh Prabhu was handed over with Railways which was earlier held by D. V. Sadananda Gowda who was now allocated the portfolio of Law & Justice. Jagat Prakash Nadda was made minister of Health & Family Welfare. Chaudhary Birender Singh was allotted Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Among corporate results, Coal India's consolidated net profit declined 28.17% to Rs 2192.38 crore on 0.6% growth in total income to Rs 17700.12 crore in Q2 September 2014 over Q2 September 2013. The result was announced on Saturday, 8 November 2014.
L&T's consolidated profit after tax rose 7% to Rs 862 crore on 10.4% growth in gross revenue to Rs 21331 crore in Q2 September 2014 over Q2 September 2013. The result hit the market after trading hours on Friday, 7 November 2014.
L&T's consolidated order intake rose 17% to Rs 39797 crore in Q2 September 2014 over Q2 September 2013. The International order inflow during the quarter at Rs 6756 crore constituted 17% of the total order inflow. Major orders during the quarter were secured by the infrastructure, power and hydrocarbon segments. L&T's consolidated order book stood at Rs 2.14 lakh crore as on 30 September 2014, higher by 14% on a year-on-year basis. International order book constituted 27% of the total order book.
With regard to future business outlook, L&T said that while continuing to pursue international business on selective basis, the company with its capabilities spanning across several core sectors, is poised to grow its domestic order book and maintain its leadership position as the opportunities emerge.
NTPC will be in focus after the company's Chairman & Managing Director Dr Arup Roy Choudhury on Friday, 7 November 2014, said that the company currently has 42 units under construction totalling 23,854 megawatts (MW) capacity. He was speaking at NTPC's first International Technical Summit titled 'Global Energy Technology Summit' GETS 2014 in New Delhi. A.K.Jha, Director Technical NTPC mentioned that in house engineering capability has been the key differentiator for NTPC in the industry. The entire engineering for all 42 units under construction at 21 different locations all over the country in thermal, hydro and renewables is being done in house, he said.
Among macro-economic data, the government will unveil industrial production data for September 2014 on Wednesday, 12 November 2014. Growth of industrial output remained subdued at 0.4% in August 2014 compared with 0.4% (revised) increase in July 2014.
The government will release annual rate of inflation based on the combined consumer price indices (CPI) for urban and rural India for October 2014 on Wednesday, 12 November 2014. CPI for urban and rural India eased to 6.46% in September 2014, from 7.73% in August 2014.
The government will release the inflation data based on wholesale price index (WPI) for October 2014 on Friday, 14 November 2014. WPI eased to 2.38% in September 2014, from 3.74% in August 2014.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Friday, 7 November 2014, issued instructions to its field offices regarding its constant endeavour towards a non-adversarial tax regime. Though less than 1% of returns filed are selected for scrutiny, this area of work has often drawn adversarial comments. Supervisory officers have been directed to play a more pro-active role in monitoring and guiding assessments towards ensuring that high-pitched assessments without proper basis are not made and that lengthy questionnaires or summons without due application of mind are avoided, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement. They have been directed to ensure Inspections and Reviews in accordance with guidelines issued to enable capacity building within the Department and accountability of the officers, the finance ministry said. Senior officers have been directed to ensure that appeals are filed only on the merits thereof and not merely on the tax effect involved, the finance ministry said.
Amid a divergent trend in various constituents of the index, key benchmark indices edged lower on Friday, 7 November 2014. The S&P BSE Sensex fell 47.25 points or 0.17% to settle at 27,868.63, its lowest closing level since 3 November 2014.
Meanwhile, the provisional data released by the stock exchanges after trading hours on Friday, 7 November 2014, showed that foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 2537.13 crore on that day.
Asian bourses were trading higher today, 10 November 2014. Key benchmark indices in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea and Indonesia were up 0.3% to 1.78%. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index was off 0.6%.
China's consumer price inflation remained at a near five-year low last month, easing concerns of deflation risks for the world's second biggest economy. But the wholesale sector stayed entrenched in a deflationary spiral with the producer price index falling by a worse-than-expected 2.2% on year, data released by National Bureau of Statistics of China today, 10 November 2014 showed.
US stocks wavered on Friday, 7 November 2014, with the S&P 500 and Dow industrials setting their loftiest finishes, after data had the US economy producing less-than-expected jobs in October and the unemployment rate declining to a six-year low.
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