Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Highlights: Indian benchmark indices ended higher for the sixth day in a row with Nifty closing above 16700 and Sensex above 56000. At close, the Sensex was up 390.28 points or 0.70% at 56,072.23, and the Nifty was up 114.20 points or 0.69% at 16,719.50. Sectorally, the Nifty Bank added 1.6%, followed by the Nifty PSU Bank index. The Nifty IT fell 0.6%. In the broader market, indices ended mixed. The BSE MidCap index fell 0.2%, but the BSE SmallCap index added 0.2%. Ultratech Cement, Grasim, UPL, HDFC, HDFC Bank, Eicher Motors, and ICICI Bank were the top gainers, ralling over 2% each. Infosys, Tata Consumer Products, NTPC, and Power Grid, on the other hand, shed over 1%.
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Benchmark indices ended higher for the sixth day in a row with Nifty closing above 16700 and Sensex above 56000. At close, the Sensex was up 390.28 points or 0.70% at 56,072.23, and the Nifty was up 114.20 points or 0.69% at 16,719.50.
"Indian rupee remained flat today. Surge in domestic markets, FII inflows and softening crude oil prices supported Rupee. However, positive Dollar capped sharp gains. Dollar gained today on improved safe haven appeal amid concerns over recession and disappointing PMI data from Europe. We expect Rupee to trade on a mixed to negative note on strong Dollar and concerns over inflation and rising twin deficits. Dollar is also expected to recover from lower levels ahead of FOMC meeting next week wherein, the Fed is expected to hike rates aggressively. However, softening of crude oil price and surge in domestic markets may support Rupee at lower levels. Markets may also take cues from PMI data from US later today which is expected weaker than previous month. USDINR spot price is expected to trade in a range of Rs 79.20 to Rs 80.80 in next couple of sessions."
~Anuj Choudhary - Research Analyst at Sharekhan by BNP Paribas
“Equities witnessed strong rally this week with benchmark indices like BSE-30 and Nifty-50 index posting returns of ~4%. Market rally was broad based with positive returns seen in BSE Midcap, BSE Smallcap and majority of sectoral indices. BSE Metal, BSE IT and BSE Capital Goods indices moved higher by more than 5% this week. Equity markets seems to have received support from hope of peaking inflation amid decline in commodity prices and slowdown in FII selling. In fact, FII’s have been buyers for some days so far in July 2022. US 10 year bond yield is now below 3% and crude oil prices continues to hover around $100 / barrel mark. In the near term, markets will be tracking the upcoming Fed Reserve meet, currency movement and quarterly results.”
~Shrikant Chouhan, Head of Equity Research (Retail) at Kotak Securities
Benchmark indices were trading higher in the final hour of the trading, extended the gains on the sixth consecutive session. The Sensex was up 392.03 points or 0.70% at 56073.98, and the Nifty was up 115.50 points or 0.70% at 16720.80.
ICICI Bank is likely to continue witnessing strong growth in loans as well as net profit as the private sector lender witnesses a bounce back in business. However, provisions of the lender are projected to grow in the April-June quarter, over the previous one nudged by lower recoveries, analysts noted. ICICI Bank will report its fiscal first quarter results on July 23. So far this year, ICICI Bank’s stock price has soared 4.6% to now trade at Rs 799 per share. The share price is up nearly 18% since the middle of last month.
The volatility index India (VIX) continued to trade below 17 levels, making bulls more comfortable. The index fell by 0.14% to 16.83 levels.
HDFC Asset Management Company’s Chief Investment Officer Prashant Jain has tendered his resignation after 19 years of service, the firm informed investors in a stock exchange filing on Friday. Known for his value investment philosophy, Prashant Jain joined HDFC AMC in June of 2003. “Prashant Jain, Chief Investment Officer of the Company after 19 years, has decided to move on and has tendered his resignation to the Company,” HDFC AMC said in an exchange filing. HDFC AMC’s share price hit an intraday low of Rs 1,872 per share on Friday after news broke, down 2.7%.
UltraTech Cement Q1 net profit at Rs 1,584 crore and revenue at Rs 15,164 crore.. UltraTech Cement shares were quoting at Rs 6,225, up Rs 96.00, or 1.57 per cent on the BSE.
Benchmark indices extended the gains and trading at day's high level with Nifty above 16700 and Sensex above 56000 The Sensex was up 338.99 points or 0.61% at 56020.94, and the Nifty was up 97.00 points or 0.58% at 16702.30.
PVR share price rose 2.8 per cent to Rs 1,967 apiece on BSE on Friday, after the company reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 53.38 crore for the June quarter. Leading multiplex chain operator company had posted a net loss of Rs 219.44 crore in the April-June quarter a year ago. At least two research and brokerage firms have buy ratings to the stock and see up to 24 per cent upside potential. Read full story
Hindalco Industries shares rose after the Aditya Birla Group company entered into a strategic pact with Aequs for long-term collaboration and joint business development in the commercial aerospace sector. The move will strengthen the commercial aerospace business of Aequs Pvt Ltd.
RBL slipped over 5 per cent each and was the major loser among the BSE 500 stocks so far. It was followed by Hitachi Energy, PCBL, Syngene International and Indiamart Intermesh.
GSFC has zoomed over 14 per cent and was the top gainer among the BSE 500 stocks so far on Friday. MOIL, Sheela Foam, Balaji Amines and Gujarat State Petronet were few of the other major gainers
Coforge posted 21.1 per cent increase in consolidated profit after tax at Rs 149.7 crore in the first quarter ended June 30, 2022. The company had registered a profit of Rs 123.6 crore in the same period a year ago. The gross revenue of Coforge increased by 25.2 per cent to Rs 1,829.4 crore during the reported quarter, from Rs 1,461.6 crore in the June quarter last year.
Shares of IndiaMart NSE -4.36 % dropped 4.5 per cent in Friday's trade after the company posted a 48.8 per cent on-year decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 46.69 crore in the June 2022 quarter. The company had registered a net profit of Rs 87.9 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal.
Bank Nifty was up more than 400 points or 1.2%, led by gains in HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Axis Bank
The rupee depreciated 7 paise to 79.92 against the US dollar in opening trade on Friday tracking the strength of the dollar in the overseas market and firm crude oil prices.
A forecast of the future path of interest rates, or a dot plot, could create unnecessary expectations, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said. The central banker said the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) already provides some forward guidance, with members providing further clues on what they think in the minutes of MPC meetings. "The situation today, and it's been earlier also, is extremely volatile and extremely uncertain. In such uncertain times, giving a dot plot may create unnecessary expectations on either side. It will create expectations which you may or may not be able to fulfill going forward through your actions," Das said.
Shares of HDFC Asset Management Company (AMC) declined nearly 3 per cent after reports emerged that Prashant Jain has stepped down as the chief investment officer of the company. Jain has tendered his resignation, after staying as CIO with the asset management company for 19 years. The stock was down 2.61 per cent at Rs 1,875. The counter is down 24 percent in the current calendar year, amid broader selling in the market. The fall has come at a time when mutual fund flows have been strong.
Hindustan Foods hit a new high post 1:5 stock split. The stock has zoomed 37% in two days. The company had fixed July 22, 2022 as the record date for the purpose of sub-division of every 1 equity share of the face value of Rs 10 each into 5 equity shares of the face value of Rs 2 each.
Benchmark indices extended the gains and trading near the day's high with Nifty around 16700. The Sensex was up 306.06 points or 0.55% at 55988.01, and the Nifty was up 86.90 points or 0.52% at 16692.20.
"Defending the rupee is only reducing the war chest of Central bank. The USD-Re rate is almost at Rs 80. and expect INR to touch INR 85 in next 12 months. Till the time FII flows turn positive, the depreciation of currency will continue. Current account deficit is also getting revised estimates to 3%-3.5% is the expected range and if global inflation does not ease the MPC will have to take real tough stance of hiking rates by 100bps in next 6 months. Of course, the reversal. The reversal is possible if Big Ticket PSU sale of Equity shares is not initiated. Can collect few billion USD’s thru this strategy. But obviously it requires political WILL.”
~Sharad Chandra Shukla, Director of Mehta Equities
“The Reserve Bank has already raised the key policy rate by 90 basis points in May and June to 4.9 per cent to tame high inflation, mainly due to supply disruptions on account of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. But with international crude prices easing, RBI's actions will be more moderate than the rest of the world, as inflation is expected to fall below 6 per cent. We expect at least another 50 bps hike in the repo rate hike, if not 75 bps in the August policy and by another 100 bps in the next six months in case the current economic situation does not improve"
~Sharad Chandra Shukla, Director of Mehta Equities
Sensex near day's high, up 300 points
Nifty reclaims 16,700
The guidelines to govern lending through digital platforms will be out in a few weeks, said Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das. The regulator expects licensed entities to operate within the permitted territory. "It has taken more time than we had initially presumed, but the situation is so complex. you know, we are being very careful and very cautious. On one hand, we have to support innovation, on the other we have to maintain financial stability," Das said at an event today.
Shares of Eicher Motors, manufacturer of motorcycle iconic brand Royal Enfield, hit an over four-year high of Rs 3,179.15, as the stock gained 3 per cent in intra-day trade on healthy demand outlook. The stock has been gaining momentum on expectation of a strong pick-up in demand amid new launches during upcoming festive season. Eicher Motors shares were trading at their highest level since April 2018. The stock was near its record high level of Rs 3,348, hit on September 8, 2017. In the past one month, Eicher Motors has outperformed the market by surging nearly 20 per cent, as compared to 7.8 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex.
Quick Heal Technologies approved the proposal to buyback up to 50,00,000 Equity Shares of the company, being 8.6% of the total paid up equity share capital of the company, for an aggregate amount not exceeding Rs 150 crore, which is 24.71% and 24.66% of the aggregate of the fully paid-up Equity Share capital and free reserves as per the latest audited standalone and consolidated financial statements of the Company as on March 31, 2022 respectively, at Rs 300 per equity share.
COMEX gold trades mixed near $1715/oz recovering from March 2021 lows set yesterday. Gold recovered as US dollar index turned choppy and US bond yields eased back below 3% mark following ECB’s sharp 50 basis points rate hike and spate of disappointing economic data. Gold’s sharp slide in last few days has made it vulnerable to short covering and we may see extended gains as US dollar struggles however the general upbeat outlook for US dollar remains unaffected to we may not see much upside in the metal. Ravindra Rao, VP- Head Commodity Research at
Kotak Securities
RBL Bank has reported a profit at Rs 201 crore for the quarter ended June 2022, against loss of Rs 459 crore in same period last year, aided by 82% decline in provisions. Net interest income grew by 6% YoY to Rs 1,028 crore, but other income fell 6% to Rs 614 crore for the quarter. Advances grew by 7% and deposits registered a 6% growth YoY.
Cyient clocked a 0.9% year-on-year growth in profit at Rs 116.1 crore for the quarter ended June 2022, while group revenue at Rs 1,250.1 crore grew by 5.8% QoQ and 18.1% YoY. Constant currency revenue growth stood at 4.4% QoQ and 15.8% YoY. Group and services order intake grew by 18% YoY.