Markets to extend the upmove with a positive start

11 Jan 2017 Evaluate
The Indian markets rallied in last session despite muted global cues, with hopes on the upcoming budget and a firmer rupee lending some support. Today, the start is likely to be in green tailing the positive regional cues and traders will be getting some support with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that India is on threshold of becoming most digitised economy in the world. While he also declared his ambition to bring about a paradigm shift through a series of historic changes, reiterating the government's commitment to reforms and projecting India as a bright spot amid global gloom after having emerged as the world's fastest-growing economy. Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that it recommended note ban after government advice. It said that the Government had on November 7, 2016 “advised the RBI that to mitigate the triple problems of counterfeiting, terrorist financing and black money, the Central Board of the Reserve Bank may consider withdrawal of the legal tender status of the notes in high denominations of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000.” The auto stocks will be under pressure, as the data from Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) showed that automobile sales for December fell the most for a month in 16 years pointing to a possible impact of demonetisation prompting consumers to delay their purchases of cars, motorcycles and trucks.

The US markets ended mixed for the second consecutive session, with the tech heavy Nasdaq managing to extend gains while the Dow ending at opposite sides of the neutral line. Traders seemed reluctant to make significant moves amid uncertainty about the near-term outlook for the markets amid a relatively quiet day on the US economic front.  The Asian markets have made mostly a positive start led by a surge in mining companies, after evidence of quickening price growth in China boosted metals and other commodities.

Back home, A session after exhibiting a distressing trade, Indian equity indices managed to pull through a sparkling performance by gaining over half percent on Tuesday, thanks to the hefty short covering in the beaten-down but fundamentally strong stocks. Sentiments remained up-beat after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley dismiss the slowdown concerns, said that higher tax mop up indicates uptick in economic activity. He further added that demonetised notes had no role to play in the tax collections for December as people were allowed to pay taxes in the spiked currency only in November and the indirect and direct tax collections between April and December this year increased by 25 percent and 12.01 percent respectively compared to the same period last year. Furthermore, describing demonetisation as only a ‘bump’, Cisco Executive Chairman John Chambers said that India is well-positioned to maintain GDP growth rate of over 7 per cent for the next few years and it should be a 'top ally' for the US in the Asia Pacific region. Some support also came after RBI’s newly-appointed Deputy Governor and noted economist Viral Acharya said, India, one of the world’s fastest growing economies, is at an “exciting but challenging time” and has massive potential to become an economic powerhouse. However, some traders remained on the sidelines and refrained from any buying activity ahead of India's Budget scheduled on February 1, and caution ahead of key global events such as Donald Trump's swearing-in as US president later this month. Meanwhile, third-quarter earnings season kicked off today, with fairly upbeat numbers from IndusInd Bank. The Private lender reported a better-than-expected 29 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 750.64 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2016 against Rs 581.02 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. On the global front, Asian markets ended mixed on Tuesday, tracking the lackluster cues from Wall Street and the plunge in crude oil prices overnight. Finally, the BSE Sensex rallied 173.01 points or 0.65% to 26899.56, while the CNX Nifty rose 52.55 points or 0.64% to 8,288.60.  

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