Asian stocks posted modest gains one day after a bruising selloff, despite lingering concerns around the U.S. and Chinese trade war that show little sign of abating. Shares in South Korea, Japan and Australia edged higher.
The Singapore-traded SGX Nifty, an early indicator of NSE Nifty 50 Index’s performance in India, traded nearly 0.2 percent higher at 10,964 as of 7:15 a.m.
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- Idea Cellular said that the current approval of DoT for merger with Vodafone is conditional and not a final approval.
- Power Grid arm started full commercial operations in Maharashtra.
- MRO-Tek Realty received empanelment with BSNL for enterprise business.
- Shree Ajit Pulp and Paper received export order for 1240 MT of kraft paper worth Rs 4.06 crore.
- India Telecom panel accepted TRAI net neutrality views, reported PTI.
- Coffee Day Enterprises arm entered into an agreement for five years with UBER for distribution of food products.
- Quinaq Acquisition (FPI) increased stake to 9.94 percent from 3.09 percent in Mannapuram Finance.
- Rinkoo Somani appointed as Interim CFO of IDFC.
- M&M Forgings to issue bonus shares in ratio 1:1.
- Satin Creditcare Network approved transfer of MSME business to arm; to acquire 11 lakh shares in subsidiary for Rs 3.3 crore.
- Bank of Baroda clarified candidature of its MD & CEO PS Jayakumar to succeed Axis Bank CEO Shikha Sharma is speculative.
- Omaxe bagged Gandhi Maidan project for development of multilevel car parking space by NMDC.
- LIC-IDBI Bank deal may conclude by September, PTI reported.
- Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals approved voluntary winding up its arm Inuva.
- Sun Pharma arm filed lawsuit against Bifrontera for patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation.
- IFCI hiked its short-term benchmark rates by 10 basis points to 9.1 percent from July 12.
- MCX probing software, hardware lapses causing glitch, Bloomberg reported.
- Bank of Baroda and Korea's KB Financial Group ink MoU to set up financing corridor.
- IDBI Bank raises MCLR by 10 basis points to 9.6 percent from July 12.
- Shree Cement arm completed acquiring 97.61 percent stake in UAE based UCC.
- NCLT to hear insolvency plea against RHC holding on July 25, Bloomberg reported.
- India Gylcols mull raising Rs 250 crore via issue of securities.
- Max India promoters clarifies SEBI has not mandated an open offer in its order.
- Cipla’s wholly owned subsidiary acquired South African company –Mirren (Pty) Ltd. for Rs 228 crore.
- India Glycols seeks shareholders’ approval for fund raising of Rs 250 crore.
- Kwality to close its its dairy products business in UAE.
- Max Group promoters said that SEBI has not mandated promoters to carry out an open offer anywhere in its order.
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India Datawatch
- 5:30pm: India June CPI year-on-year, estimate 5.3 percent, prior 4.87 percent.
- 5:30pm: India May Industrial Production YoY, estimate 4.5 percent, prior 4.9 percent.
Earnings To Watch
- Cyient
- Karnataka Bank
- Talwalkars Lifestyles
Earnings Reaction To Watch
Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Ltd (Q1, YoY)
- Revenues down 12.4 percent to Rs 21.2 crore.
- Net profit up 5.6 percent to Rs 1.9 crore.
- EBITDA down 51.8 percent to Rs 2.7 crore.
- Margins at 12.7 percent versus 23.1 percent.
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Bulk Deals
Indiabulls Venture
- Jasmine Capital Investments Pte Ltd acquired 72.9 lakh shares or 1.4 percent equity at Rs 286.5 each.
- Cinnamon Capital Ltd sold 72.9 lakh shares or 1.4 percent equity at Rs 286.5 each.
Who’s Meeting Whom
- Eris Lifesciences to meet Edelweiss Asset Management on July 12.
- Mahindra & Mahindra to meet investors on July 13.
- Allcargo Logistics to meet Birla Mutual fund and Morgan Stanley Investment Management on July 12.
- Finolex Industries to meet Birla MF, Franklin Templeton and other investors on July 12.
Insider Trades
- Century Enka promoter group sold 3.9 lakh shares on July 9.
- Liberty Shoes promoter group Anmol Gupta acquired 5,000 shares from July 5-6 and promoter group sold 1,300 shares on July 10.
- Vaibhav Global promoter and director Rahimullah sold 1.2 lakh shares on July 9.
- Maxheights Infra promoter and director Naveen Narang sold 12,600 shares on July 10.
- V-Mart Retail promoter group sold 15,000 shares from July 9 to July 10.
Trading Tweaks
- Hathway Cable & Datacom circuit filter revised to 10 percent.
- Ashoka Buildcon ex date for 1:2 bonus.
- General Insurance Corporation of India ex date for 1:1 bonus.
- Talwalkars Lifestyles Limited last trading day before shifting to B group.
Rupee
- Rupee ends at 68.77/$ on Wednesday versus 68.82/$ on Tuesday.
F&O Cues
- Nifty July Futures closed trading at 10,938.6 discount of 9.7 points.
- July series-Nifty Open Interest up 3 percent and Bank Nifty Open Interest down 7 percent.
- India VIX ended flat at 12.7, up 3 percent.
- Maximum Open Interest for July series at 11,000 Call, Open Interest at 43 lakh, Open Interest up 17 percent.
- Maximum Open Interest for July series at 10,600 Put, Open Interest at 52.8 lakh, Open Interest up 2 percent.
F&O Ban
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Put Call Ratio
- Nifty PCR at 1.66 versus 1.65
- Nifty Bank PCR at 1.11 versus 1.31
Active Stock Futures
Brokerage Radar
Jefferies on HEG
- Maintained ‘Buy’ with a price target of Rs 4,400.
- Expect realisation to remain robust as demand supply tightness continues.
- Phillips66 needle coke debottlenecking will help improve utilisation.
- Expect the demand for Graphite Electrode within China to increase.
- Mgmt. looking at different avenues within carbon space for cash utilisation.
IDFC Securities on Tata Steel
- Maintained ‘Outperform’ with a price target of Rs 755.
- Company reiterated that it will pursue growth opportunities in India.
- Tata Steel working on to supply excess iron ore to Bhushan Steel plants.
- Balance sheet leveraged, but capable of servicing debt.
- Negative already priced in; Advise buying on declines.