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Equity Alert: Indices open lower on weak global cues; metal stocks fall

 

MUMBAI--1004 IST--Domestic benchmark equity indices opened lower Tuesday tracking negative cues from the global market. Equity indices in Asia were lower in early trade Tuesday, tracking overnight losses on the Wall Street. Most of the large-cap stocks opened in the red, weighing down on the indices. Analysts expect indices to be volatile throughout the session on the back of expiry of weekly derivatives contracts of Nifty 50.

 

At 1005 IST, the Nifty 50 was at 25908.60 points, down 104.85 points or 0.4%. Only 10 Nifty 50 constituents traded higher. HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries, and ICICI Bank dragged down the 50-stock index. The BSE Sensex was at 84643.09 points, down 307.86 points or 0.4%. The Nifty 50 is likely to find support at 25900-25830 points and face resistance at 26075-26100 points, Vipin Kumar, assistant vice president of derivatives and technical research at Globe Capital Market, said. Broader market inidces came under selling pressure, down 0.4-0.8%. Almost all sectoral indices were down. 

Metal stocks fell in early trade, with Tata Steel and Hindalco Industries falling around 2?ch. The sentiment around steel companies was hit following news reports about the government planning to suspend quality control orders on 55 steel grades. The Nifty Metal was among the worst-hit sectoral index and was down 1.2%.  

 

Investors sold shares of private banks and some state-owned banks in early trade. Both the Nifty PSU Bank and the Nifty Bank had hit all-time highs. The sentiment around the sector had turned positive as the Street expected their net interest margins to improve substantially in the coming quarters.  (Arundathi A R)

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Equity Alert: Indices seen down at open; volatility likely on weekly expiry

 

 

MUMBAI--0820 IST--Analysts expect benchmark equity indices to open slightly lower Tuesday, taking cues from weakness in global markets. Technical experts anticipate heightened volatility due to the expiry of weekly Nifty derivative contracts. While some expect these indices to consolidate in the upcoming few sessions, others believe the indices may continue their upward trend. However, analysts said that the market sentiment continues to be bullish. 

 

On Monday, the Nifty 50 closed at 26013.45 points, up 103.40 points or 0.4%, managing to close above 26000 points for the first time in nearly three weeks. The BSE Sensex closed at 84950.95 points, rising 388.17 points or 0.5%. Broader market indices outperformed the benchmarks. The Nifty PSU Bank and the Nifty Bank hit record highs during Monday's session.

 

Foreign investors turned net buyers in the Indian stock market and bought shares worth INR 4.42 billion Monday. They turned buyers after offloading Indian shares for multiple sessions recently. Domestic investors continued to be net buyers and purchased stocks worth INR 14.65 billion Monday.

 

The November contract of the GIFT Nifty indicated that indices may open marginally lower Tuesday. At 0821 IST, the contract was at 25992 points, down 24 points or 0.1% from its previous close.

 

Broadly, strategy reports from various brokerages indicate that India is in a position to see growth on the back of strong macroeconomic factors, including policy measures, income tax cuts, lower goods and services tax rate, ample reservoir levels, comfortable liquidity in the banking system, and soft crude oil prices. The reports also said there would be a robust recovery in earnings during Oct-Mar. 

 

On the global front, US indices ended Monday' session down, dragged lower by a decline in shares of several technology companies, especially Nvidia Corp. Nvidia fell around 2% ahead of the company's September quarter results, which are due late Wednesday. Traders await the release of September non-farm payrolls data, which was delayed due to the shutdown of the US government. Sentiment was soured by a decline in expectations of an interest rate cut in the December meeting. Asian markets were all down in early trade, taking cues from the movement in the US. Japanese indices fell the most amid strained geopolitical ties with China. (Gopika Balasubramanium)

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Equity Alert: Equity markets in Asia fall tracking losses on Wall Street

 

MUMBAI--0815 IST--Equity indices in Asia were lower in early trade Tuesday, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 and South Korea's KOSPI were early laggards and dropped nearly 2?ch. The US equity market slumped over persistent concerns of elevated valuations of artificial intelligence-related companies and uncertainty regarding the US Federal Reserve's interest rate trajectory going forward.

 

South Korea's Hanmi Semiconductor fell nearly 5% in early trade and dynamic random-access memory chipmaker SK Hynix declined 4.4%. Shares of information communication technology service provider SK Square fell more than 3%.

 

Japan's Nikkei 225 index also fell and was down for the third consecutive session. China's blue-chip CSI 300 was largely flat. Similarly, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index, which also saw its third straight day of decline, fell a little over 1% as technology heavyweights led the retreat.

 

Online games provider NetEase fell more than 1% and short-video-sharing platform Kuaishou Technology fell 1.3%. Electric-vehicle maker Li Auto fell 2.5% and its peer BYD fell 1.5%. Shares of aluminium producer China Hongqiao Group fell 5?ter it announced a share placement offer of up to 400 million shares, South China Morning Post reported. 

 

Traders await the earnings report from chipmaker giant Nvidia Corp. to gauge the demand for AI-related products amid concerns of elevated valuations of technology, and specifically, AI-related stocks. Traders will also focus on September US non-farms payroll data, due to be released Thursday. The reading is important for the US Federal Reserve to determine its interest rate trajectory. The current Fed fund futures bets imply a 43% chance of a 25-basis point interest rate cut in December, according to the CME Fedwatch tool. Cautious comments of US Fed officials over cutting interest rates amid high inflation and a healthy labour market have led to a decline in rate cut bets, which stood at 94% a month ago.   

 

Following were the levels of key Asian indices at 0817 IST:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
CSI 300 Index	4603.11	0.11
Hang Seng Index	26152.06	(-)0.88
Nikkei 225 Day	49385.28	(-).87
TOPIX FIRST SECTION	3297.96	(-)1.48
KOSPI	4018.63	(-)1.73
FTSE Singapore Strait Times	4538.13	(-)0.12
S&P/ASX 200 Index	8503.10	(-)1.54

   

(Eshitva Prakash)

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Equity Alert: US indices end dn; tech stocks falter ahead of Nvidia earnings

 

MUMBAI--0740 IST--Equity indices in the US closed sharply lower Monday as a decline in shares of several technology companies, including those of index heavyweight Nvidia Corp., weighed on the market. Traders await the release of September non-farm payrolls data, which was delayed amid a data blackout caused by the US government shutdown.

 

Shares of Nvidia fell almost 2% ahead of the company's September quarter results, due to be released late Wednesday. Traders will keenly monitor the chip giant's earnings amid concerns of stretched valuations of artificial intelligence companies, which have been a source of major trader concern recently in the US equity market. "It'll be, on one hand, important for Nvidia to confirm that demand is still there, that they're not seeing a slowdown... But unless they take it a step further, I think it's only going to leave the second question more open-ended, which is, ‘We know there's demand for compute, (so) what is the (return on investment) for the firms that are buying all of these chips? If they offer any even slightly muted guidance or forecast for demand for their chips, the market would take that poorly," CNBC quoted Baird investment strategist Ross Mayfield as saying.

 

Shares of private credit lended Blue Owl Capital fell almost 6% amid concerns about its heavy lending related to the AI datacentre buildout, CNBC reported. Shares of Dell Technologies slumped over 8?ter they were reduced to 'underweight' from 'overweight' by Morgan Stanley. Meanwhile, shares of Quantum Computing Inc. rose nearly 9?ter beating September quarter earnings estimates. Shares of Google's parent company Alphabet rose a little over 3?ter Berkshire Hathaway revealed a stake of $4.3 billion in the company.

 

Shares of Lithium miner company Albemarle Corp. rose a little over 2% as lithium prices rose sharply after one of China's major suppliers delivered a bullish forecast for the battery material, Bloomberg reported.

 

Traders will focus on Thursday's September non-farm payrolls data, which was delayed due to the US government shutdown. Fed fund futures traders have been reducing their expectations that the US Fed will lower its benchmark overnight borrowing rate by 25 basis points at its December meeting. There is 43% chance of a rate cut, down substantially from the 94% probability priced in a month ago, according to the CME FedWatch tool.

 

Following are the closing levels of US indices Monday :

 

Index	Level	Change in %
S&P 500	6672.41	(-)0.92
NASDAQ Composite	22708.08	(-)0.84
Dow Jones Industrial Average	46590.24	(-)1.18

 

 

(Eshitva Prakash)

 

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US$1 = INR 88.64  

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

 

Edited by Tanima Banerjee

 

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