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Equity Alert: Seen opening tad lower, crucial for Nifty 50 to hold 25900 pts

 

MUMBAI--0820 IST--Benchmark indices are expected to open on a weak note, as a fall in the rupee continues to sour investor sentiment. Indices fell below their crucial support levels in the past few sessions, indicating bearishness among investors, largely due to lack of progress in a trade deal between India and the US. Earlier, analysts had said they expected both countries to arrive at a deal by the end of 2025, which is just four weeks away. Investors will now focus on the outcome of the ongoing three-day monetary policy meeting of the Reserve Bank of India, due on Friday.

 

Currently, the Nifty 50 is in a consolidation phase and the momentum will resurface only after a clear breakout above 26150 points, Dhupesh Dhameja, derivatives research analyst at SAMCO Securities, said in a note. Only such a breakout would lead to another leg of rally to 26350 points, he added. "As long as Nifty sustains above the 25900... sentiment is expected to stay neutral-to-sideways, with dips likely attracting renewed buying interest," the analyst said.

 

The December contract of the GIFT Nifty indicates a flat opening for the indices. At 0751 IST, the contract was at 26068.50 points, down 23 points or 0.1%. On Wednesday, the Nifty 50 closed at 25986 points, down 46.20 points or 0.2%. The BSE Sensex closed marginally lower at 85106.81 points, down 31.46 points.

  

On Wednesday, foreign investors were net sellers of Indian stocks, selling shares worth up to around INR 32 billion. Domestic investors continued to be net buyers and purchased Indian stocks worth INR 47.30 billion. 

 

Overnight, in the US, indices ended higher as a slew of economic data increased expectations of an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve at its meeting next week. Barring indices in Japan, all the other Asian indices were in the red. (Gopika Balasubramanium)

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Equity Alert: Indices in Asia open mixed; Nikkei 225 up for third session

 

MUMBAI--0815 IST--Equity indices in Asia were mixed in early trade Thursday, with Japan's equity market among the few gainers in the session. The country's benchmark index, the Nikkei 225, rose over 1% and the broader Topix added 1.5%. South Korea's KOSPI opened lower after gaining for the previous two straight sessions. Traders are pricing in a higher chance of an interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve at its policy meeting next week due to weak November US private payrolls data.

 

The Nikkei 225 index extended its gains after closing higher for the previous two straight sessions.  Japanese chip manufacturers in the artificial intelligence supply chain rose after US President Donald Trump met Nvidia's Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang Wednesday to discuss export controls, Reuters reported. Semiconductor company Tokyo Electron rose over 1%. Shares of Renesas Electronics rose nearly 7%, as California-based semiconductor company SiTime Corp was reportedly in talks to acquire the Japanese chipmaker's timing unit, CNBC reported.

 

China's CSI 300 was 0.3% lower and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index also declined. Shares of Li Auto were down more than 3% on news that the electric vehicle maker would be removed from the FTSE China index. Chinese sportswear maker Li Ning was down more than 2% and garment maker Shenzhou International Group fell nearly 4%. Gold producer Zijin Mining Group advanced more than 3% amid rising gold prices, the South China Morning Post reported.

 

Following were the levels of key Asian indices at 0748 IST:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
CSI 300 Index	4517.65	(-)0.30
Hang Seng Index	25707.91	(-)0.21
Nikkei 225 Day	50497.05	1.27
TOPIX FIRST SECTION	3384.08	1.49
KOSPI	3997.68	(-)0.96
FTSE Singapore Strait Times	4552.24	(-)0.05
S&P/ASX 200 Index	8598.00	0.03

 

(Arundathi A R)

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Equity Alert: US indices end higher Wed on rate cut hopes; Dow Jones up 1%

 

MUMBAI--0743 IST--Benchmark equity indices in the US ended higher Wednesday on elevated expectations among traders of an interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve in its policy meeting next week. Traders are pricing in a higher chance of an interest rate cut after weak private payrolls data for November and subdued growth in US services activity during the month. Small-caps in the region outperformed during the session on rate cut expectations, with the Russell 2000 index gaining almost 2%.

 

Private payrolls declined by 32,000 in November, against an expectation of a 40,000 increase by economists polled by Dow Jones, according to data from payrolls processor ADP. In a separate reading, the Institute for Supply Management's report on services activity showed little change in November at 52.6, compared to 52.4 in October. Fed fund futures traders are pricing in an 89% chance of a 25-basis point interest rate cut by the US Fed, up from a 67% chance seen a month ago, according to data from the CME FedWatch tool.

 

Shares of Microsoft Corp. fell more than 2% on a report that the technology giant has cut artificial intelligence software sales quotas after many sales staff missed their targets in the fiscal year ended June. However, the company's shares were off the session's lows and closed 1% lower after CNBC said Microsoft denied the report. 

 

Among other stocks, Marvell Technology rose almost 8?ter the chipmaker said it would buy semiconductor startup Celestial AI in a deal of $3.25 billion, Reuters reported. American clothing and accessories retailer American Eagle Outfitters ended over 15% higher on its annual comparable sales forecast, betting on strong demand during the holiday season.

 

Following are the closing levels of US indices Wednesday:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
S&P 500	6849.72	0.3
NASDAQ Composite	23454.09	0.17
Dow Jones Industrial Average	47882.9	0.86

 

(Arundathi A R)

 

US$1 = INR 90.19

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

 

Edited by Nishant Maher

 

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