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Equity Alert: Domestic market to open flat, focus on US Fed meet this week

 

MUMBAI--0827 IST--India's headline indices are likely to open flat Monday amid positive sentiment after the Reserve Bank of India cut the policy repo rate by 25 basis points. However, worries about rupee depreciation still lingers. Investors will focus on the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting later this week. 

 

Indices are likely to open flat and investors are likely to continue their buy-on-dips approach as long as the Nifty 50 holds above 25800 points on a closing basis, said Vipin Kumar, assistant vice president – technical and derivatives, Globe Market Capital. On Monday, the indices are expected to move between 26050 points and 26325 points. At 0755 IST, the December contract of GIFT Nifty was at 26332 points, down 1 point.

 

Friday, the Nifty 50 closed at 26186.45 points, up 152.70 points or 0.6%. The 50-stock index had climbed to a high of 26202.60 points intraday following the repo rate cut. Technical analysts said that if the benchmark index closes above 26100 points, the short-term sentiment would be positive. They also retained the view that 25900 points was a crucial support level.

 

Friday, foreign institutional investors were net sellers and sold INR 4.39 billion of Indian equities. Meanwhile, domestic investors continued to be net buyers and bought stocks worth INR 41.89 billion. 

 

Emkay Global Financial Services remain constructive on Indian equities, with the caveat that current account deficit pressures could lead to periodic selloffs. Underlying trends remain resilient, the brokerage expects a consumption-led recovery in the economy, driving a strong earnings recovery from Oct-Mar. The best way to benefit from the RBI's action is through non-banking financial services companies, small- and mid-cap banks, and automobile companies. 

 

Friday, indices in the US had closed slightly higher. In September, the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, the US Fed's preferred inflation gauge, rose 0.3%, in line with analyst expectations, data showed. However, the expectation of a cut in federal funds rate by 25 basis points still continues. Currently, traders bet an 88% chance of a rate cut by the US Fed, according to the CME's FedWatch tool. Asian indices were mixed in early trade Monday. (Gopika Balasubramanium)

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Equity Alert: Indices in Asia open mixed; CSI 300 up for third session

 

 

MUMBAI--0810 IST--Barring China's CSI 300 index and Japan's broader Topix, most other indices in Asia opened lower Monday. Investors await trade data from China due later in the day. 

 

Japan's broader Topix rose 0.4% in early trade while the Nikkei 225 fell 0.2%. Japan's economy shrunk more sharply between July and September than first estimated, CNBC reported according to revisions released by Tokyo on Monday. According to the official data, the third quarter GDP fell at an annualised rate of 2.3%, against economists' median forecast of a 2.0% drop and a preliminary reading of a 1.8?cline, according to the report by CNBC.

 

Australia's SP/ ASX 200 index fell 0.3%. Market participants will watch for the upcoming decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia as it starts its two-day meeting. The bank is expected to maintain its cash rate at 3.60% on Tuesday and keep it there through 2026, CNBC reported.

 

China's CSI 300 index rose nearly 1% and was up for the third straight session. "Economists polled by Reuters expect China's exports in November to rise 3.8% from a year earlier, reversing the 1.1% contraction in October. Imports are expected to increase 3% in the same period, up from 1% the month before," CNBC reported.

 

Shares of Moore Threads, a Beijing-based graphics processing unit manufacturer, fell over 2%. The company fell after soaring more than 400% on its Shanghai debut last Friday following a $1.1 billion listing, CNBC reported.

 

Following were the levels of key Asian indices at 0805 IST:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
CSI 300 Index	4621.10	0.8
Hang Seng Index	25962.18	(-)0.47
Nikkei 225 Day	50455.95	(-)0.07
TOPIX FIRST SECTION	3374.56	0.36
KOSPI	4096.69	(-)0.08
FTSE Singapore Strait Times	4519.95	(-)0.25
S&P/ASX 200 Index	8608.5	(-)0.30

 

(Arundathi AR)

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Equity Alert: Indices in US end higher; shares of Warner Bros up over 6%

 

 

MUMBAI--0740 IST--Benchmark equity indices in the US ended higher Friday after the release of the September core personal consumption expenditures price index data, which was lower than economists' expectations. This has increased the investors' expectations of key interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve in the meeting, due this week. Market participants now price in an over 88% chance of a 25-basis-point rate cut by the US Fed Reserve, which was higher than a 70% chance a month ago, according to CME FedWatch tool.

 

"The core personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, indicated a 0.2% monthly rise while the annual rate was 2.8%," CNBC reported. The annual rate was 2.9% in August, according to the CNBC report.

 

Building materials provider CRH, Carvana, and Comfort Systems will join the S&P 500 index on Dec. 22, CNBC reported, quoting S&P Global. Shares of Carvana Co. rose 0.2%.

 

Shares of Warner Bros Discovery rose over 6?ter Netflix agreed to buy its TV, film studios, and streaming division for $72 billion, ending weeks-long bidding war, Reuters reported. Shares of Netflix closed 2.9% lower.

 

The S&P 500 healthcare index fell after a group of vaccine advisers scrapped a longstanding recommendation that all US children receive a hepatitis B shot at birth, according to a Reuters news report.

 

"Investors are looking ahead to next week. We get a little bit more in the way of economic data ... but all eyes will be on the Fed meeting on Wednesday, and right now there's a very high likelihood the Fed will cut rates by another quarter point," Reuters reported, quoting Michael Sheldon, vice president and senior portfolio manager at Washington Trust Wealth Management, as saying.

 

Ulta Beauty rose nearly 13?ter the beauty retailer raised its annual sales and profit forecasts, Reuters reported.

 

Market participants will watch for the earnings results of Lululemon, Costco, Broadcom, Oracle, and Adobe, due this week, CNBC reported. They also priced in an over 88% chance of a 25-basis-point rate cut by the US Fed Reserve, which was higher than a 70% chance a month ago, according to CME FedWatch tool.

 

Following are the closing levels of US indices Friday:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
S&P 500	6870.4	0.19
NASDAQ Composite	23578.13	0.31
Dow Jones Industrial Average	47954.99	0.22

 

(Arundathi A R)

 

US$1 = INR 89.98

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

 

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury 

 

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