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Equity Alert: Most Asian indices fall on Tue; Japan, Australia mkts higher'

 

MUMBAI--0820 IST--Most Asian equity indices were lower Tuesday, looking past the positive cues from the overnight rise in US markets. Two of the three key indices--S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite--closed at all-time highs on upbeat earnings in the Wall Street. In Asia, indices in South Korea and Singapore fell the most, while those in Japan and Australia gained. 

 

At 0820 IST, South Korea's Kospi was down 0.5%. The country's Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol and Minister for Trade Yeo Han-koo will likely hold trade talks with their US counterparts, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, this Friday, Reuters reported. This comes as South Korean imports to the US have been slapped with tariffs of 25% starting Aug. 1. 

 

China's CSI 300 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng indices were 0.3% lower each in early trade. The People's Bank of China on Monday had kept its two primary lending rates on hold. Among other indices, FTSE Singapore Straits Times was slightly down. 

 

On the other hand, indices in Japan rose despite political turmoil in the country. Japan's Nikkei and Topix were slightly up. Australia's S&P ASX 200 was marginally higher led by mining and gold stocks. Investors also awaited the minutes of Reserve Bank of Australia's July meeting due for release Tuesday.

 

Following are the levels of key Asian indices at 0820 IST: 

 

INDEX	LEVEL	CHANGE IN %
CSI 300 Index	4074.889	-0.26
Hang Seng Index	24917.42	-0.31
Nikkei 225 Day	39892.81	0.19
TOPIX FIRST SECTION	2837.89	0.12
KOSPI	3193.72	-0.53
FTSE Singapore Straits Times	4198.3	-0.21
S&P/ASX 200 Index	8673.7	0.06

 

 

(Gopika Balasubramanium)

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Equity Alert: Indices seen in range; stock-specific movements likely

 

 

MUMBAI--0805 IST--Benchmark indices are likely to stay in a range with a positive bias Tuesday as stock-specific movements are seen taking the centre stage with June quarter earnings in full swing. On Tuesday, the Nifty 50 is likely to move in a range of 25000-25250 points. 

 

Analysts expect the Nifty 50 to rise more if it manages to cross the 25300-point hurdle. However, volatility is expected to persist as specific stocks react to the June quarter earnings. Options data also indicated limited upside for the Nifty 50 in the near term. Despite the 50-stock index rising over 100 points on Monday, traders added short bets and cut long bets between 25200 and 25700 call strikes, signifying limited upside in the near term. 

 

The July contract of the GIFT Nifty indicates a positive start for the market. At 0801 IST, the contract was at 25193 points, 102 points higher than the Nifty 50's latest close. On Monday, the 50-stock index ended at 25090.70 points, up 122.30 points or 0.5%. The BSE Sensex had closed at 82200.34 points, up 442.61 points or 0.5%.

 

Overnight, indices in the US ended slightly higher as investors assessed the US' negotiations over trade deals with major trading partners ahead of the fast-approaching Aug. 1 deadline. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite notched fresh closing highs. Investors now await some heavyweight earnings, with the likes of Alphabet, Tesla, IBM, and Intel all scheduled to report their quarterly numbers this week. Most indices in Asia were higher in early trade Tuesday as investors in the region await tariff-related negotiations.  

 

On the earnings front, Indian Railway Finance Corp., Oberoi Realty, Colgate Palmolive (India), Dixon Technologies (India), M&M Financial Services, and One 97 Communications are among the major companies that will report their June quarter numbers during the day.  (Akash Mandal)

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Equity Alert: S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite end at all-time highs Monday

MUMBAI--0739 IST--The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite ended Monday's session at record closing highs, mainly due to upbeat earnings for the June quarter. The S&P 500 closed slightly higher at 6305.60 points. The Nasdaq gained 0.4% to end at 20974.18 points while the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined marginally to 44323.07 points.

 

Among the Magnificent Seven stocks, Alphabet and Tesla will be the first to declare their results on Wednesday. Their results will likely set the tone for other heavyweight companies reporting earnings in the next several days, Reuters reported. Alphabet closed 2.7% higher while Tesla closed marginally lower. Other heavyweights such as Apple and Amazon closed 0.6-1.4% higher, lifting both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices, Reuters reported.

 

"Analysts on average expected S&P 500 companies to report a 6.7% increase in earnings for the second quarter, with Big Tech driving much of that gain," Reuters said, citing data from LSEG. Verizon closed over 4% higher after the telecommunications company increased its annual profit forecast. "So far, companies that have reported have, in general, met or beat guidance from the prior quarter, and we haven't seen any degradation either in corporate profits or consumer spending," Tom Hainlin, national investment strategist at US Bank Wealth Management, was quoted as saying by Reuters.

  

Investors will also look for cues on an interest rate cut in Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech in Washington later in the day. Traders have largely ruled out the possibility of a rate cut in July, and now see a greater than 50% chance for the Fed to cut by its September meeting, according to CME Group's FedWatch tool. 

 

Following are the closing levels of US indices Monday:

 

INDEX	LAST LEVEL	CHANGE IN %
Dow Jones Industrial Average	44323.07	(-)0.04
NASDAQ Composite	20974.18	0.38
S&P 500	6305.6	0.14

 

(Gopika Balasubramanium)

 

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US$1 = INR 86.29

IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT

 

Edited by Tanima Banerjee

 

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