Trade likely to remain range bound in special session

07 Jan 2012 Evaluate

Indian equity markets (NSE and BSE) are going to have a special live trading session today (Saturday). Trading session will take place between 11.15 a.m. and 12.45 p.m. for the capital market segment, futures and options segment and the Securities Lending and Borrowing Scheme. The transactions taking place on Saturday will be settled on Monday for the first leg.

The special trading session has been necessitated  due to  upgradation in NSE’s  Futures and Options (F&O) trading system, hardware and software to the next generation system to improve processing capability and handle increased activities in the market and  will also improve processing capability so as to handle increased activities in the market.To maintain uniformity in trading timetable, the BSE is also conduct a special live trading session in the equity Futures and Options segment.

The trading in the short session is likely to be rangebound and a bit impacted on the negative side due to the global weakness, as the US markets closed mixed while the European markets ended soft after Fitch Ratings cut Hungary’s credit rating by one notch, pushing it into junk territory. Though, Hungary doesn’t use the euro as its currency, but it reminded about Europe's overall debt problems. Also, Italy’s borrowing costs spiked back up to dangerous levels, signalling fear the nation might default. Back on domestic front, the rate sensitives are likely to remain in enthusiastic mood. Some support is likely to come up with Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s statement that India’s strong fundamentals would help the country bounce back to a high growth trajectory by 2020. There will be some buzz in stocks related to retail sector as the Central Government has indicated that it would soon notify the 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in single-brand retail cleared by the Union Cabinet on November 24, 2011. On the same time, the energy related stocks are likely to remain in somber mood as concerned over rising energy import bills and amid a weaker rupee, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the deputy chairman of Planning Commission has said that there is a need to raise energy prices to achieve nine per cent growth. The volume for the markets trade too will remain on lower side as FII’s won’t be trading.

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