Markets to get a cautious but positive start of F&O expiry session

26 Oct 2017 Evaluate
The Indian markets surged to fresh record highs in the last session, led by the PSU banking stocks on hopes that recapitalization plan announced by the government will improve their lending capacity and help address their weak capitalization levels. Today the start of the F&O series expiry day is likely to be in green but volatility may creep in with the progress of the trade. Meanwhile, Arvind Subramanian, chief economic adviser (CEA) in the finance ministry, has suggested that measures such as privatisation, selective capital infusion into viable banks, and taking stressed loans off the balance sheet of banks will make the record bailout of state-owned banks, announced by finance minister Arun Jaitley, even more effective. Steel stocks will be in action, as India imposed anti-dumping duty on some cold-rolled flat products of stainless steel from China, the US, South Korea and the European Union, to curb the influx of cheaper imports and help local producers. The duty, which will be in effect until 10 December 2020, exempts certain grades of stainless steel. There will be buzz in the aviation stocks too on reports that Airlines in India carried 95.83 lakh passengers in September, up 16.34% from last September. The January to September passenger traffic was also higher compared to the previous year.

The US markets in the last session went through their worst day in two months, with Dow losing 100 points from its record peak, mainly on profit taking with all the major averages at record highs. The Asian markets were showing mixed trend in early deals following the weakness in US markets overnight with investors assessing earnings and economic data for indications of broadening growth that may sustain gains in global equities.

Back home, Wednesday turned out to be a fabulous day of trade for Indian equity benchmarks with frontline gauges hitting record highs and ending above their crucial 33,000 (Sensex) and 10,250 (Nifty) levels for the first time ever after the Union Cabinet on Tuesday announced various measures to boost economy. Markets made a firm start and traded jubilantly throughout the session, as sentiments remained up-beat with Union Cabinet approving a massive recapitalisation plan for public sector banks (PSBs) worth Rs 2.11 lakh crore. Of this amount, Rs 1.55 lakh crore would be raised through recapitalisation bonds. Another Rs 76,000 crore would be available from budgetary support and raised through market borrowings. The whopping Rs 14 lakh crore package announced by the Union Cabinet apart from the massive recapitalisation plan for public sector banks, also include investments in key development sectors such as Rural Roads, Housing, Railways, Power, Highways and Digital Infrastructure. Traders also took some encouragement with Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s statement that the Indian economy was on a strong wicket with sound macro-economic fundamentals. Some support also came on report that the government has collected Rs 92,150 crore as Goods and Services Tax (GST) in September from 42.91 lakh business. The finance ministry said that of this, Rs 14,042 crore is on account of central GST, while state GST is to the tune of Rs 21,172 crore. Integrated GST collections stood at Rs 48,948 crore, of which Rs 23,951 crore was on account of imports. Adding to the optimism, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that Indian economy is on a strong wicket with sound macro-economic fundamentals. He added that India has been the fastest growing major economy for the last three years and the attempt is to maintain high growth rate in coming years. Finally, the BSE Sensex surged 435.16 points or 1.33% to 33,042.50, while the CNX Nifty was up by 87.65 points or 0.86% to 10,295.35.

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