Nifty Support at 4900; Below that 4800-4700 Possible

Nifty trade may remain range-bound

The Nifty June series’ open interest is about 2.83 crore shares, slightly greater than the open interest of the May series on the first Tuesday level of 2.78 crore shares.

Overall rollover data indicate the relatively poor level of participation from market participants. However, global cues will continue to influence domestic indices.

A move below the lower support of 4900 may see the index decline to 4700 levels. The Nifty basis remained in the discount and finally closed at a discount of 30 points. However, 15 points from it can be attributed to declared dividends which go ex-dividend in June. Put-call ratio of open interest increased and closing at 1.36 levels, indicating put writing in OTM strikes. Options’ open interest saw an addition of positions in OTM strikes.

The option concentration shifted to the 5100-strike call option with an open interest of above 58 lakh shares followed by 4800-strike put option with above 58 lakh shares in open interest. Above option concentration indicates toward the range of 4800-5100 in the near term.

The implied volatility (IV) of call options increased and closed higher at 26.50% on Tuesday, while the average IV of put options ended at 28.65% indicating some buying interest in ATM put options.

The Nifty is expected to remain in the range of 4800-5100 and only a breach below this range will drag the index to lower support of 4700. Sectorally realty and metals stocks observed short positions, while banking and sugar has seen long unwinding and Fertiliser stocks has seen long addition.

By Nitin Murarka, Head, Derivative Strategy, SMC Global.


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TRIL rises as Siemens seen keen on stake buy Market talk that power major Siemens India is likely to pick up a stake in Transformers & Rectifiers (India) (TRIL) has seen the company’s share price move from Rs 405 on May 27 to its current level of Rs 416 on Tuesday. The buzz on Dalal Street is that law firm Amarchand Mangaldas is doing the due diligence for the company. When contacted, TRIL’s CMD Jitendra U Mamtora denied any such move and termed it as market speculation. An email sent to Siemens India elicited the response that the company does not comment on market speculation. Analysts maintain that TRIL, which recently expanded capacity by three times, is expected to register good growth for FY10-11. The company has a decent order book and the company’s growth will be driven by large-scale demand for power and distribution transformers in India actuated by the huge power generation capacity addition plans. Tech Mahindra gets support from a local MF Institutional buying interest was seen in select IT firms in a falling market on Monday. The buzz is that a domestic mutual fund owned by a large business conglomerate in the financial services sector was a buyer in Tech Mahindra. On the BSE, the stock closed at Rs 637.65, up marginally by 0.20% supported by above average volumes, but has lost more than 15% in the past one month. Analysts maintain that sustained volume traction from non-British telecom clients would generate higher revenues and margin improvement, coupled with positive news flow on client retention, new deal wins and favourable settlement with Upaid, provide comfort on the future business prospects. The stock is also trading at attractive valuations compared to peers and has a “buy” from most broking firms. Ratnesh Kumar may join StanC as equities head There is more churn taking place in the local broking industry. Ratnesh Kumar, CEO of institutional equity at Anand Rathi, is said to be moving out of the firm. He is tipped to join Standard Chartered as the head of equities. The buzz is that a few senior colleagues of Ratnesh Kumar at Anand Rathi Securities may also follow him. Ratnesh Kumar was roped in by Anand Rathi in 2008 to build the institutional equity business. ******************************************** Mcleod Russel Cairn India Indraprastha Gas Mercator Lines Bajaj Electricals Gujarat NRE Coke, Suzlon Energy, JP Associates BGR Energy Systems Jyoti Structures Gayatri Projects Tulip Telecom PVR Cinemas United Phosphorus Src: Economictimes and DP blog and etc.

Nifty breaches 4975; oil & gas, metals fall

Nifty breaches 4975; oil & gas, metals fall

MUMBAI: Indices slipped to day’s lows mirroring sell-off in European markets. Commodities and interest rate sensitive were the worst hit while pharma stocks showed some strength.

At 2:15 pm, National Stock Exchange’s Nifty was at 4972.65, down 113.65 points or 2.23 per cent. The broader index hit a low of 4972.30 in trade so far.

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex was at 16607.70, down 336.93 points or 1.99 per cent. The index touched a low of 16318.39 and high of 16942.82.

BSE Midcap Index was down 1.44 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 0.64 per cent lower.

Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE Metal Index fell 3.18 per cent, BSE Oil&gas Index declined 2.47 per cent and BSE Bankex slipped 2.39 per cent. BSE Healthcare Index was up 0.07 per cent.

Jaiprakash Associates (-5.30%), Unitech (-4.55%), Hindalco Industries (-4.53%), Sterlite Industries (-4.39%) and Reliance Industries (-3.26%) were the top Index losers.

Maruti Suzuki (2.03%), Sun Pharma (1.79%), Cipla (1.66%), Power Grid (0.68%) and ACC (0.18%) were the only gainers.

Market breadth was negative on the NSE with 1939 declines against 1125 advances.

European markets were under pressure following economic recovery concerns and sharp fall in shares of British Petroleum. FTSE 100 was down 2.09 per cent, CAC 40 fell 2.44 per cent and DAX moved 1.95 per cent lower.




RIL falls 20% in freak trade on BSE


MUMBAI: Shares of Reliance Industries witnessed a sharp fall of around 20 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange in a freak trade.

According to the BSE website, the stock fell to intra-day low of Rs 840.55, down Rs 204.50 or 19.56 per cent before recovering most of the losses.

At 1:10 pm, the stock was at Rs 1014.60, down Rs 30.41 or 2.91 per cent. It touched a high of Rs 1049.70 in today’s trade. Around 7.58 lakh shares were traded in the counte

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India's Q4 GDP grows at 8.6% y-o-y

India's Q4 GDP grows at 8.6% y-o-y


NEW DELHI: India's economy grew at its fastest pace in six months in the quarter through March 2010, fuelled mainly by government and consumer spending, which is expected to allow policymakers to focus on anchoring inflation that is hovering near 10 percent. ( Watch )

The 8.6 percent expansion in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2009/10 was broadly in line with a median forecast of 8.7 percent in a Reuters poll and lifted the annual average growth rate for the full fiscal year to a slightly better-than-expected 7.4 percent.

India's economy had grown 6.7 percent in 2008/09, and the Jan-March 2009/10 growth rate matches the revised data for the second quarter of 2009/10. The data is unlikely to evoke any immediate and aggressive policy response from the central bank, as concerns on Europe's debt crisis are expected to keep its policy on hold for now.

"It would be important to note that this release is a backward looking number and our sense is that policy makers would remain considerate of the external developments and any associated downside risk to overall growth," said Anubhuti Sahay, an economist with Standard Chartered Bank in Mumbai. Indian stocks and the rupee strengthened immediately after the data, while the benchmark bond yield rose 2 basis points from before the release.

The expansion in the March quarter was driven by government spending, manufacturing and services. Revival of growth in farm output after a contraction in the quarter ago underscored the broad-based recovery in Asia's third-largest economy.

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Intermediate market uptrend under way
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The stock market rallied quite strongly in the second half of last week, helping the Sensex finish 2.54% or 417.45 points higher, and the Nifty 2.75% up.

Corporate Round Up: Madras Cements, Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochem Corp, NHPC, Apollo Tyres
31 May 2010, 0440 hrs IST

Madras Cements’ performance in the March 2010 quarter was adversely affected by a nearly 22.1% y-o-y fall in its realisations on a per tonne basis to Rs 2,778 in its key cement division.

We will double the number of stores to 60 in next 5 yrs: Shrikhande, CEO, Shoppers Stop
31 May 2010, 0440 hrs IST, Supriya Verma Mishra

Currently, we have 30 stores and we are planning to open at least 18 more stores in the next 24-30 months. In the next five years, we will double the number of stores to around 60. We’ll also expand our presence to 25 cities from the current 13.

Pharma cos shows the improving trend in their growth
31 May 2010, 0440 hrs IST, Kiran Kabtta Somvanshi

Good sales in the domestic market and a recovery in the US market, the largest pharma market, have been the major contributor of the companies’ performance.

Fixed income instruments that guarentee capital and returns
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With the equity markets going through troubled times, traditional fixed income instruments again catch investor’s fancy as they guarantee both the capital and returns.

Investors should go for large-cap equity schemes
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Though launched in ’95, Birla Sun Life Advantage has been overtaken by its new siblings. Investors looking for outstanding returns can look for other large-cap equity schemes.

Investors should increase weight of small banks' stocks
31 May 2010, 0439 hrs IST, Karan Sehgal

While some of the large banks are grappling with spike in bad assets, their smaller regional peers boast of high asset quality.

Bull's Eye: Yes Bank, ITC, Tata Power, Container Corp of India, MphasiS
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JP Morgan initiates coverage of ITC with an `Overweight’ rating and a target price of Rs 307.

Deccan Chronicle Holdings' paying record makes it an attractive buy
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ET Special: The Inside story of Ambani's truce pact

ET Special: The Inside story of Ambani's truce pact

NEW DELHI: On May 26, an Airbus ACJ 320 with the call sign ‘VT-IAH’ touched down at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport from Mumbai. Another flight, a Falcon 2000 that answered to the call sign ‘VT-AAT’, landed two minutes later. The pilots of both the jets informed their billionaire owners that they have landed safely. Outside, the day was just beginning, but the mercury in Delhi had already climbed to 38 degrees. Mukesh Ambani, the owner-passenger from the first plane, walked out of the airport in his characteristic brisk style, his mind preoccupied with the packed schedule for the day. On top of his priority list was a meeting of the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade and Industry. At the airport, Mukesh ran into Angarai Sethuraman, head of corporate affairs at the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) and a close aide to Anil Ambani. He was there to receive the owner-passenger of the second jet: Anil Ambani. Suddenly, Sethuraman was face-to-face with his old boss. Mukesh, chairman of India’s largest private sector company, Reliance Industries (RIL), calmly walked up to Sethuraman, shook hands and asked him warmly, “How are you, Sethu?” That small gesture travelled quickly through the political and business circles of the Capital, where the news on Monday that the Ambani brothers have decided to end their six-year-long acrimonious battle and to “collaborate” had been received with surprise bordering on scepticism. Even though the brothers lived and worked in Mumbai, many of their battles were fought in the power corridor of Luyten’s Delhi. The Capital’s decision makers and influencers knew the bitter saga closely. It had divided them, put them in awkward spots, and in many cases, rewarded them handsomely. The fault lines of the battle divided the loyalties of New Delhi, whose importance was understood early and well by the Reliance patriarch, the late Dhirubhai Hirachand Ambani. So the city had to see for itself if there was actually a thaw in hostilities. By warmly greeting a man who had been a key figure in the rival camp’s New Delhi affairs, Mukesh Ambani sent a clear signal—he meant to stick to the agreement in spirit. Exactly a week earlier, on May 19, Kokilaben Ambani, Dhirubhai’s widow and mother of the warring brothers, had returned after a visit to the famous Shiva temple at Kedarnath in the Himalayan foothills. “This has gone too far now. The two of you have to resolve the differences,” Kokilaben is believed to have told younger son Anil, according to insiders who have heard accounts of the conversation. Anil had accompanied her on the pilgrimage along with his sister Deepti Salgaonkar. But Kokilaben had been there before and almost done that. Five years ago, she had stepped in and drew up a settlement between her two sons, who lived in reasonable harmony while her husband was alive, and had a bitter fallout soon after his death. The agreement, dividing the companies Dhirubhai Ambani had assiduously built between his two sons, was signed on June 18, 2005. Six months before that Mukesh Ambani had, during a TV interview, admitted to “ownership issues” that were in the “private domain”. That was the first public admission of disharmony that had been brewing behind the scenes since the death of Dhirubhai.

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Heard on the Street: Bulls ‘short’ on Sesa Goa as they see limited upside

Bulls ‘short’ on Sesa Goa as they see limited upside

Shares of Sesa Goa rose sharply on Thursday on the back of short-covering, but traders used this pullback to build short positions on the stock, as they feel the upside is capped. On BSE, the stock gained 3.8% to close at Rs 337.45. According to analysts, the recent rise in iron ore prices will not be sustainable and is expected to decline. A majority of the broking firms have maintained a cautious view on the stock, after it tanked on the back of the fall in global commodity prices. Interestingly, over the past couple of days, an insurance major had been accumulating the stock at various levels.

Funds buy SCI on bonus share issue hope

Investors have been accumulating shares of Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) in large numbers on speculation that the company will announce a bonus share issue at its board meeting on Saturday. The ratio of the bonus issue is not known as yet. According to market sources, a state-owned mutual fund and a mid-sized private bank-promoted fund house have been buying shares of the shipmaker in sizeable quantities over the past one week. Analysts tracking the company say that the government could come up with a divestment plan for SCI shortly. It intends to sell up to a 10% stake in the shipping company. The divestment story seems highly probable as SCI needs about Rs 2,000 crore over the next two years to fund its expansion plan, analysts said. Shares of SCI ended 1% higher at Rs 159 on the BSE on Thursday.

FIs bet on deregulation, lap up oilcos

Of late, some institutional investors have been buying shares of state-owned oil companies such as ONGC and Oil India ahead of the meeting of the Empowered Group on Ministers (EGoM) in the first week of June, when oil price deregulation could be discussed. Investors are betting that the government could arrive at a decision to deregulate oil prices, if not entirely. An institutional broking firm owned by a bank is rumoured to be recommending these shares, though a official there denied this. A broker attributed the resilience in shares of Oil India on Thursday despite fourth-quarter results falling below expectations to such speculation. Some market participants said the recent purchases of these shares by institutional investors are part of their ‘trading bets’.

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Heard on the street: Edelweiss keen on banking foray

Heard on the street: Edelweiss keen on banking foray

A private MF bets strong on Indiabulls Real Estate

Shares of Indiabulls Real Estate seem to have caught the attention of a leading private mutual fund. Going by market grapevine, the mutual fund known for its aggressive bets has been buying in the stock at different levels over the past few weeks, even as FIIs or foreign institutional investors have been exiting the stock. On the BSE, the stock rose by 3.8% on Wednesday to end at Rs 151.65, but has been an underperformer for the past few months having lost more than 10% in the past one month. As the realty sector has been one of the most pummelled sectors in recent times, analysts believe that these stocks could see a good bounce from current levels in days to come. Also, the fundamentals of the company seem attractive, as the company reported decent fourth quarter numbers.

Edelweiss keen on banking foray, awaits RBI norms

Mumbai-based financial services firm Edelweiss is eyeing a banking foray, according to investment bankers. It will be joining the growing list of corporates, including Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance group, Aditya Birla group, Shriram Capital and Religare, which have already made known their intentions to seek a banking licence. Most of the players are waiting for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to come out with a fresh set of guidelines that would allow new private players in the banking sector after which they are expected to approach RBI for a banking licence.

Overseas acquisition buzz lifts Aqua Logistics

Mumbai-based logistics and supply chain company Aqua Logistics has been witnessing a sustained accumulation by funds and HNIs. It has gained over 30% in the past one month on the back of acquisition talks. According to market grapevine, the company is looking to acquire a company in Thailand in liquid gas and in Indonesia for coal chartering. The acquisitions are expected to allow Aqua to increase its geographical presence and compete with multinationals. The stock closed at Rs 451, up over 2% from the previous close. The company came out with an IPO early this year for purchasing specialised equipment, expansion of offices and funding-proposed acquisition, among others. It has recently announced acquisition of three companies in Hong Kong through its wholly-owned subsidiary Aqua Logistics HK. As an external service provider, Aqua services include multimodal transportation, contract logistics, warehousing and project logistics. When contacted, MS Sayad, VC, Aqua Logistics said that the talks are at a preliminary stage and nothing has been finalised yet.

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