KEY HIGHLIGHTS
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Vodafone Idea Raises 28-Day Prepaid Tariff To Rs 99 From Rs 79
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Berger Paints Set To Take Yet Another Price Hike Of 5% Starting December 5
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Latent View Analytics Starts Trading At 160% Premium
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Paytm Shares Rise As Much As 6.5% After Falling About 37% Over Past Two Trading Sessions
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Vedanta Gains After 2.6% Of Equity Change Hands In Bunch Trade
Closing Bell
India's stock benchmarks snapped a four-day losing streak, aided by gains in metal, power, psu banking and realty stocks. The S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 indexes advanced in a session of two halves in which they declined over 1% in intraday trade before erasing losses.
The Sensex rose 0.34% to 58,664.33. The Nifty 50 advanced 0.5% to 17,503.25. Reliance Industries Ltd. contributed the most to the index gain, increasing 0.9%. JSW Steel Ltd. had the largest increase, rising 4.0%. Today, 40 of 50 shares rose, while 10 fell.
The broader indices outperformed their larger peers with both the S&P BSE MidCap and S&P BSE SmallCap indexes rising above 1.6%. Barring S&P BSE Information Technology index, all the other 18 sectoral indices compiled by the BSE Ltd. advanced with S&P BSE Metal, S&P BSE Power and S&P BSE Utilities gaining over 3%.
The market breadth was skewed in the favour of bulls. About 2,430 stocks advanced, 829 declined and 156 remained unchanged.
ICICI Bank Has 1.3 Million Shares Change Hands In A Bunched Trade
ICICI Bank Ltd. has 1.3 million shares change hands in a bunched trade
Details of buyers and sellers are not immediately known
Source: Bloomberg
Infosys Has 1.7 Million Shares Change Hands In A Bunched Trade
Infosys Ltd. has 1.7 million shares change hands in a bunched trade
Details of buyers and sellers are known immediately
Source: Bloomberg
NSE Nifty Pharma Index Climbs Nearly 2%
All Constituents Of NSE Nifty PSU Bank Index Advance
Rupee May Rally To 72 Per U.S. Dollar On Attractive Carry, Inflows: Goldman Sachs
Rupee may rally to 72 per dollar over the next 12 months helped by an attractive carry-to-volume and strong capital inflows, according to a Goldman Sachs note.
Carry-to-volume attractiveness may increase as the RBI normalizes monetary policy, though rising oil prices will contain spot appreciation
Expect capital flows to remain buoyant in CY22 given a robust IPO pipeline and passive bond inflows with India’s likely inclusion in the JPM GBI-EM Bond Index by end-2022/early 2023.
RBI will likely hike the reverse repo rate by year-end and repo rates from Q2-2022. Sees 75bps of repo rate hikes next year
Inflation could increase to 5.8% in 2022 from 5.2% in 2021, driven by core inflation
RBI may find it difficult to keep carrying out unsterilized interventions in the forex spot market, which would create further rupee liquidity. Instead, it may allow some rupee appreciation and use tools such as Operation Twist and variable rate reverse repos
Source: Bloomberg
Paytm Shares Advance 10% After Two Sessions Of Steep Decline
Bharti Airtel's Data Center Subsidiary Launches New Hyperscale Data Centre Park In Chennai
Bharti Airtel's data center subsidiary Nxtra launched new hyperscale data centre park in Chennai. This is the Nxtra's third largest data centre in Chennai.
The 38 Mega Watt new data center is fully integrated with the company's global submarine cable network to offer end-to-end solution to customers.
Nxtra by Airtel now operates the largest network of data centers in India with 11 hyperscale and 120 edge data centers.
Source: Exchange Filing
India Plans 5 Million Barrel Of Oil Reserve Sale With Odds Of More, Reports Bloomberg
India intends to sell about 5 million barrels of oil from its strategic petroleum stockpiles.
Sale as part of coordinated move with U.S. and other allies to pressure prices.
Release may come with in a week and India may look at selling more tranches later.
India's crude to be sold to refiners including those operated by Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals ad HPCL
Source: Person Familiar With The Situation
European Markets Open Lower As Investors Await Euro Zone PMI Data
Boeing's 737 Max Compensation To SpiceJet Includes Cash & Jets, Says SpiceJet's Ajay Singh; Shares Advance
SpiceJet exploring wide-body long-haul operations: Ajay Singh
SpiceJet cargo business to be separate entity by January 1: Ajay Singh
Boeing providing SpiceJet compensation in cash, jets: Ajay Singh
Source: Bloomberg
TVS Motor Company Signs MoU With Tamil Nadu Government; To Invest Rs 1,200 Crore In Future Technologies, EVs In Next Four Years
TVS Motor Company announced that they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Government of Tamil Nadu for investment in future technologies and electric vehicle.
Under the MoU, TVS Motor Company will invest Rs 1,200 crore in Future Technologies and EVs in the next four years.
The investment will focus on design, development and manufacturing of new products and capacity expansion in EVs.
ONGC Has 2.02 Million Shares Change Hands In A Bunched Trade
Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd. has 2.02 million shares change hands in a bunched trade.
Details of buyers and sellers are not immediately known.
Source: Bloomberg
Government Asks Carmakers To Offer Discount Against Scrapped Vehicles
Nitin Gadkari: Request Automobile Manufacturers to offer benefits of as much as Rs 1,50,000 to consumers who can produce proof of scrapping previous vehicles
Gadkari: India scrappage policy to lead to 10-12% auto sales jump
Gadkari: Requested OEMs to offer discount against scrapped cars
Gadkari: India scrappage policy can reduce material cost by 33%
Source: Bloomberg
Indian Oil Has 3.58 Million Shares Change Hands In A Bunched Trade
Indian Oil has 3.58 million shares change hands in a bunched trade.
Details of buyers and sellers are not known immediately.
Source: Bloomberg
Broader Indices Outperform Their Larger Peers
Glenmark Pharma Climbs 9%; Stock Testing 50-Day Moving Average Resistance
Shares of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. rose over 9% to Rs 511.9 apiece, the most in seven months. Trading volume was five times the 30-day average volume, for this time of the day. The stock is testing the 50-day moving average resistance at Rs 513.16.
Analysts have 14 'buy', seven 'hold' and two 'sell' recommendations on the stock. The overall consensus price of analysts tracked by Bloomberg implied an upside of 23.2%.
Mid-Day Market Update: Sensex, Nifty Erase Losses; JSW Steel Leads Advance
India's stock benchmarks erased losses as much as 1%, as losses in energy and information technology stocks were offset by gains in metals, realty and telecom stocks. Globally, investors remain concerned over possibility of quicker policy tightening in the U.S. after Jerome Powell's renomination as Federal Reserve Chair.
The S&P BSE Sensex was little changed at 58,427.70. The 30-stock gauge shed 1.28% in intraday trade to 57,718.34. The NSE Nifty 50 index also traded flat at 17,411.85. JSW Steel Ltd. contributed the most to the index gain and had the largest move, increasing 4.2%. In midday trading, 34 of 50 shares rose, while 16 fell.
The broader indices outperformed their larger peers with S&P BSE MidCap and S&P BSE SmallCap rising nearly 1.3%. Fifteen of the 19 sectoral indices compiled by the BSE Ltd. advanced with S&P BSE Metal adding 3%.
The market breadth was skewed in the favour of bulls. About 2,219 stocks advanced, 926 declined and 146 remained unchanged.
Equitas Small Finance Bank, HDFC Bank To Offer Co-Branded Credit Card
Equitas Small Finance Bank Ltd. announced partnership with HDFC Bank to offer co-branded credit cards.
The cards will be available for Equitas Small Finance Bank's customers. The credit card can be availed in two categories, one offering Rs 25,000-Rs 2,00,000 credit limit and another above Rs 2,00,000.
Vodafone Idea Raises 28-Day Prepaid Tariff To Rs 99 From Rs 79
Vodafone Idea announced the launch of new tariff plans for prepaid users in India.
The new plans are aimed at improving ARPU and addressing financial stress faced by the company and the sector.
Price of the entry-level voice plan will increase by 25.3% to Rs 99.
Prices of Unlimited voice bundles and Data top-ups will increase between 19-23%.
New tariffs will be effective from November 25, 2021.
Source: Vodafone Idea Press Release
NCLAT Grants Interim Stay On CCI Order Against Maruti Suzuki
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. said that NCLAT has granted an interim stay on the final order of Competition Commission of India dated August 23, 2021.
CCI had imposed Rs 200 crore penalty on Maruti Suzuki, for alleged anti-competitive practices regarding controlling discounts that dealers could offer consumers. The order pertained to the payment of 10% of the penalty amount.
Maruti Suzuki had appealed against the CCI. NCLAT has directed the case to be listed for admission on December 15, 2021.
Rupee Drops As Fed Rate-Hike Bets To Fuels Outflows
The Indian rupee falls for a second day on concerns that a quicker pace of U.S. policy normalization may fuel outflows. Bond yields track an overnight rise in their U.S. peers.
USD/INR rises 0.2% to 74.5650
Source: Bloomberg
Amazon Vs Future Retail: Supreme Court Declines To Hear Amazon's Application Against Delhi HC Order Of Two Weeks' Deadline To CCI
Supreme Court adjourns the hearing to December 8
The bench was unhappy with the parties submitting bulky volumes of documents.
Parties have been asked to submit fresh short volumes of the documents.
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana
Please do not bring all that into these proceedings. We say something and people are interpreting in different ways. That is a separate grievance.
File separate SLP or approach the High Court
India Short End Cheaper
Shorter-term India sovereign securities declined in Tuesday morning trading.
The 3-year yield rose 1.8bps to 5.123%
The 10-year yield rose 1.7bps to 6.368%
The 30-year yield remained unchanged at 6.89%
The 3-year-10-year yield spread was 124.5bps, vs previous close 124.6bps
Source: Bloomberg
Berger Paints Set To Take Yet Another Price Hike Of 5% Starting December 5
The company confirmed the move but didn't disclose the quantum of hikes.
Company has taken a 19% price hike in the last few months.
Source: Dealers and brokerages told BloombergQuint
ONGC Has 1.4 Million Shares Change Hands In A Bunched Trade
ONGC has 1.4 million shares change hands in a bunched trade.
Details of the buyers and sellers are not immediately known
Source: Bloomberg
Alembic Pharma Gets Final Nod From U.S. FDA For Drug To Treat Bronchocontriction In COPD Patients
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. received final approval from U.S. FDA for its abbreviated new drug application for Formoterol Fumarte Inhalation Solution. This is therapeutically equivalent to Perforomist Inhalant Solution of Mylan.
The solution is used to treat bronchoconstriction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
The ANDA has been co-development with Orbicular Pharmaceutical Technologies Pvt Ltd. and has an estimated market size of $310 million for twelve months ending September 2021, according to IQVIA.
Source: Exchange Filing
Telecom Stocks Decline After Monthly Drop In Wireless Users
Shares of telecom companies declined after data for September showed a decline in the total number of wireless subscribers in India.
Reliance Jio lost 19 million users even as the overall wireless subscription fell by 20.7 million users or 1.7%, according to TRAI data.
Vodafone Idea's user base fell by 1.08 million. Bharti Airtel added net 2.75 lakh subscribers.
BlackRock Sees 'Continued Surge Of IPO Listings' In India
Expect continued surge of listings of IPOs in the market
Opportunities in the technology and new economy sectors in particular
Cautious of some of the high valuations for the IPOs
Have started to book some profits on Indian equities as valuations are key right now and instead moving into growth areas in the China market.
Overweight financials in India, especially private sector banks
Bullish on quality, domestic names in energy and communication services
Remain positive on India in the longer term on economic growth, structural reforms and IPO pipeline.
Belinda Boa, Head - Active Investments, Asia Pacific, BlackRock
Source: Bloomberg
Information Technology Shares Slip; NSE Nifty IT Index Down 1%
Metal Stocks Advance; NSE Nifty Metal Index Up Nearly 3%
Latent View Analytics Starts Trading At 160% Premium
Latent View Analytics lists at Rs 512.2 per share, a premium of 160% to its IPO price of Rs 197.
The stock then gained further to Rs 548 in the opening minutes.
Source: NSE
Latent View Analytics’ Pre-Market Discovery Price At A 169% Premium Over IPO Price
Latent View Analytics’ pre-market discovery price at Rs 530 per share, compared to its IPO price of Rs 197.
The company’s IPO was subscribed over 305 times, the most this year so far.
Source: Bloomberg
Paytm Shares Rise As Much As 6.5% After Falling About 37% Over Past Two Trading Sessions
Shares of One 97 Communications Ltd. rose 6.53% in intraday trade to Rs 1,448.4 apiece, as investors snap up shares after the stock fell nearly 37% over the past two trading sessions.
IndusInd Bank: Shalabh Saxena & Ashish Damani Cannot Be Relieved From Their Roles At Bharat Financial Immediately
Saxena is currently employed as MD & CEO of Bharat Financial Inclusion and Damani is still CFO.
Both are also prohibited from accepting employment at competitors unless approved by the board
Any purported acceptance of employment offers at Spandana Sphoorty will be in contravention of their contracts
Certain transactions relating to Bharat Financial are subject to review and Saxena and Damani's continued employment at the company is crucial for closure of the review process.
Spandana Sphoorty had informed exchanges on Monday that Saxena will be appointed as MD & CEO and Damani will take over as president and CFO
Source: Exchange notification
Vedanta Gains After 2.6% Of Equity Change Hands In Bunch Trade
Shares of Vedanta Ltd. rose nearly 8% in intraday trade to Rs 354.5 apiece after 95.6 million shares change hands, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Details of the buyers and sellers are not immediately known.
Trading volume on the stock was 70.7 times the 30-day average volume for this time of the day.
Of the 20 analysts tracking the company, 14 maintained 'buy', four maintained 'hold' and two maintained 'sell' recommendations. The overall consensus price of analysts tracked by Bloomberg implied an upside of 18.5%
Share price crossed above the 50-day simple moving average, indicating potential upward price momentum.
Source: Bloomberg
Source: Bloomberg
Opening Bell: Sensex, Nifty Open Lower; Information Technology, Banking Stocks Decline
India's stock benchmarks opened lower, dragged by information technology, banking and energy stocks, amid rising concerns over quicker policy tightening in the U.S. after Jerome Powell's renomination as Federal Reserve Chair.
The S&P BSE Sensex index shed 1.13% to 57,806.04. The NSE Nifty 50 index also declined by similar magnitude to 17,262.50. ICICI Bank Ltd. contributed the most to the index decline and had the largest move, decreasing 2.3%. In early trading, 28 of 50 shares fell, while 22 rose.
The broader indices outperformed their larger peers with the S&P BSE MidCap shedding 0.3% and S&P BSE SmallCap falling 0.6%. Barring S&P BSE Metal and S&P BSE Basic Materials, all the other 17 sectoral indices compiled by the BSE Ltd. declined with S&P BSE Information Technology index down nearly 2%.
The market breadth was skewed in the favour of bears. About 959 stocks advanced, 1,405 declined and 103 remained unchanged.
HCL Technologies Has 3.95 Million Shares Change Hands In A Pre-Market Trade
HCL Technologies Ltd. has 3.95 million shares change hands in a pre-market trade
Details of the buyers and sellers are not immediately known
Source: Bloomberg
Wipro Gets Telefonica Deal For Network Automation
Wipro Ltd. and Telefonica announced an agreement to initiate digital transformation journey. Wipro would aid Telefonica by continuous integration, deployment and testing in the company's German and Brazilian markets.
Wipro will build the solution over opensource tools and open to evolution, to allow rapid adaption to future technological evolution. Wipro will help in automating Telefonica's associated network operations and transition to the telco cloud.
Source: Exchange Filing
In Focus: Telecom Companies After September Subscriber Data
India’s mobile service providers will be in focus after subscriber data for September showed top player Reliance Jio lost 19 million users during the month.
Bharti Airtel gained 274,845 wireless subscribers, while Vodafone Idea lost 1.08 million subscribers, according to data released by regulator TRAI
In Focus: Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Tata Teleservices Maharashtra
Rupee May Extend Losses On Outflow Concerns
The Indian rupee may extend losses amid concerns of foreign outflows as local stocks remain under pressure and a stronger dollar weigh on emerging Asian currencies. Bond yields may rise, tracking an overnight jump in U.S. yields.
USD/INR rose 0.2%, the biggest gain since Nov. 10, to 74.4025 on Monday
10-year yields up 1bp at 6.35% on Monday
State-run banks bought Rs 534 crore of sovereign bonds on Nov. 22: CCIL data. Foreign banks bought Rs 144 crore of bonds
Source: Bloomberg
Cadila Healthcare Develops New Treatment For Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease; Submits New Drug Application To DCGI
Cadila Healthcare Ltd. has submitted the New Drug Application to India's drug regulator for Desidustat, used for treatment of anaemia in patients with chronic kidney disease.
Chronic Kidney Disease is a serious progressive medical condition with an estimate 114 million people affected in India.
The oral drug Desidustat has shown positive data in Phase 3 trails with patients with the disease, not on dialysis and on dialysis.
The data on this drug has been published in various peer-reviewed journals so far
Source: Exchange Filing
Analysts Action: Burger King, Escorts
Burger King India rated 'new outperform' at Credit Suisse; price target: Rs 215
Escorts raised to 'buy' at Canara Bank; price target: Rs 2,028
Source: Bloomberg
In Focus: Financial & Growth Stocks As U.S. Treasury Yields Rise On Powell Renomination
Financial and growth stocks may move after U.S. Treasury yields rose as President Joe Biden preserved continuity at the Federal Reserve by selecting Jerome Powell for a second term as chair and elevating Lael Brainard to vice chair.
The yield on 10-year Treasuries advanced eight basis points to 1.62%
Powell, who has served as chair since 2018, is considered to be slightly more hawkish than Brainard and is likely to maintain his policy stance going forward
In Focus: Lenders such as HDFC, ICICI Bank
Mobikwik May Defer IPO On Low Valuation: Economic Times
MobiKwik could delay IPO by 2-3 months due to lack of demand from foreign and domestic institutional investors, Economic Times reports, citing unidentified people.
IPO valuation has dropped by as much as 30%-40%
MobiKwik spokesperson says company had received regulatory approvals for its IPO and will go public at “an appropriate time”: ET
SGX Nifty Hints At Opening Losses; Bharti Airtel, Reliance, Maruti In Focus
Asian stocks were mixed on Tuesday after Treasury yields and the dollar jumped as Jerome Powell’s renomination to head the Federal Reserve increased concerns over quicker policy tightening.
Powell and the other Fed chief candidate, Governor Lael Brainard, were seen as having broadly similar policy stances but Brainard was viewed by some as more dovish.
Shares rose in Australia but fell in South Korea, while Japan is closed for a holiday.
India’s SGX Nifty 50 Index futures for November delivery fell 0.4% to 17,370.50, while MSCI Asia Pacific Index shed 0.4%. The NSE Nifty 50 Index fell 2% on Monday to 17,416.55.
U.S. equity futures fluctuated after the S&P 500 ended in the red and the Nasdaq 100 underperformed after a final-hour selloff in technology shares in the Wall Street session.
Oil retreated ahead of an expected announcement by the U.S. on a coordinated release of reserves.
Back home, Gillette India to hold its annual shareholders’ meeting. Foreign investors bought net Rs 2,340 crore of stocks on Nov. 18, according to NSDL website.