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Equity Alert: Asian markets open higher, Nikkei 225 leads gains

 

MUMBAI--0758 IST--Most Asian indices opened higher Monday, tracking Friday's gains in the US market. Japan's Nikkei 225 led the gains and rose more than 2% while the broader market Topix rose was up 1%. Singapore's FTSE Strait Times also rose around 1% and the South Korea's Kospi rose marginally. In China, the CSI 300 fell slightly but the SSE Composite was in the green.

 

South Korea's Samsung Electronics fell slightly while SK Hynix rose around 1%. In Japan, Advantest and Tokyo Electron rose more than 5% and 3%, respectively. Disco Corp. surged more than 7%. In Hong Kong, shares of heavyweight Alibaba Group rose around 2% and those of Baidu rose slightly. 

 

On the macroeconomic front, Japan posted a current account deficit for the first time in 17 months, Reuters reported. The current account deficit for June came in at 92.3 billion yen (INR 55.54 billion) against the expected surplus of 1.51 trillion yen polled by Reuters.

 

For the first half of the year, Japan posted a current account surplus of 17.43 trillion yen, as per the report. The trade surplus was boosted by strong exports of semiconductors for artificial intelligence data centres. The biggest driver of Japan's ‌current account surplus – primary income from securities and direct investment – fell by 74% to 380 billion yen due to larger dividend payouts from Japanese companies to foreign investors. Surging oil import costs also led to a trade deficit in June, as per the report. 

 

Following are the levels of key indices in the region at 0752 IST:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
Nikkei 225 Day	66968.12	2.1
TOPIX FIRST SECTION	4105.78	0.8
S&P/ASX 200 Index	9229.00	(-)0.4
KOSPI Index	6299.03	0.6
Hang Seng Index	25891.98	0.9
CSI 300 Index	4684.75	(-)0.2
FTSE Singapore Strait Times	5698.43	1.1

 

(Deesha Jadhav)

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Equity Alert: Indices seen in range; oil price, closing auction clarity eyed

 

MUMBAI--0830 IST--Domestic equity indices are expected to move in a range Monday as suggested in the movement of GIFT Nifty's August futures contract. US President Donald Trump said his administration was watching economic pressure mounting on Iran. The October futures contract of Brent crude oil rose around 1% from its previous levels to $84 a barrel early Monday. Investors are also expected to continue focusing on the new closing auction mechanism for the equity cash segment as the divergence between the closing levels of the Nifty 50 and the BSE Sensex continued. Shares of Titan Co. will be in focus Monday as the company announced its June quarter results Friday post-market hours.

 

For the June quarter, Titan Co. posted a net profit of INR 16.99 billion, way above analysts' expectation of INR 12.91 billion. Its total revenue from operations was at INR 181.01 billion, which fell below the Street's view of INR 206.48 billion. Strong consumer demand arising from the festival and Akshaya Tritiya sales across its core portfolio of jewellery, watches, and eyecare products in the June quarter helped Titan to report its highest profit growth since the September quarter of the financial year 2022-23 (Apr-Mar).

 

At the end of the continuous session at 1515 IST Friday, the Nifty 50 was at 24557 points, down 0.3% from Thursday, and the Sensex was at 78491.26 points, down 0.6%. After the closing auction session, the Nifty 50 ended at 24570.65, down 65.35 points or 0.3% from Thursday's close. This was nearly 14 points higher than the 1515 IST level. The Sensex ended at 78499.17, down 455.59 points or 0.6%.

 

At 0826 IST, the August futures contract of GIFT Nifty was marginally lower from its previous close at 24660. This was nearly 90 points higher than the Nifty 50's previous close of 24570.65, signalling a rangebound movement for the index Monday.

 

"Going ahead, a decisive close above 24730 spot levels could lead it towards 24850 and higher levels in immediate near term," Vipin Kumar, assistant vice president of research at Globe Capital Market, said. "Conversely, a fall below 24400 spot could drag it back to 24130-25050 spot levels which serves as the gap support zone left during July 29, 2026 rally." 

 

All three major US indices closed higher Friday, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining over 1%. Barring the CSI 300 and S&P/ASX 200 indices, all Asian indices were higher in early trade Monday. Japan's Nikkei 225 gained over 2%, while FTSE Singapore Strait was over 1% higher.  (Arundathi A R)

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Equity Alert: US markets close up led by gains in tech stocks

 

MUMBAI--0705 IST--Major US indices closed higher Friday boosted by a technology-led rally. Technology major SpaceX closed around 16% higher. Apple and Nvidia also posted gains Friday. The S&P 500 index ended at 7757.64, a record closing high. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite closed more than 1% higher and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed slightly higher. This came after the Labour Department posted 23,000 losses in non-farm payroll jobs and the unemployment rate came in at 4.1%, which eased fears about an interest rate hike from the US Federal Reserve at its next meeting in September. 

 

The market expectation for a rate hike fell to 44% from 61% at the end of July, according to the CME FedWatch tool. "You probably have to lower rates to kind of stimulate job growth, but if you lower rates, you're going to also stimulate inflation. So you're kind of in a pickle at this point, and yet the market's just taken off because earnings have been stellar," Reuters quoted Tom Siomades, chief market economist at AE Wealth Management in Topeka, Kansas, as saying. "The market should be reacting to weak job numbers and higher inflation and the possibility of a slow-growth economy that may need to have rates raised rather than cut, and yet it's not. We're setting records, so go figure." 

 

Shares of hospitality company Airbnb closed more than 17% higher after it reported a better-than-expected forecast and higher earnings in the June quarter, which beat the estimates, CNBC reported. The company reported revenue of $3.61 billion, up 17% from $3.1 billion from the year-ago quarter and around 1% higher than the expected $3.58 billion. The company's earnings per share came in at $1.37 against the $1.25 expected, CNBC reported. 

 

Investors await inflation data due this week. Investors will also watch the earnings of consumer companies such as On Holding and Cava Group, as well as technology firms including Super Micro and CoreWeave, due this week. 

 

Following were the levels of major US indices Friday:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
Dow Jones Industrial Average	54036.93	0.3
NASDAQ Composite	26690.62	1.3
S&P 500	7757.64	0.6

 

(Deesha Jadhav)

 

US$1 = INR 95.19

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

 

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

 

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All percentage changes for share prices are rounded off to the nearest whole number; percentage changes for index values are rounded off to one decimal place.

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