Firm trade persists over Dalal Street

08 Jun 2020 Evaluate
Firm trade continued over the Dalal Street in late morning deals, on the back of positive cues from other Asian markets. Heavy buying at PSU, Oil & Gas and Banking was helping key indices to maintain their gaining momentum, while Indusind Bank emerged as top gainer among all industry majors on the BSE. Investors were positive, as the government has modified public procurement norms to give maximum preference to companies whose goods and services have 50 per cent or more local content, a move aimed at promoting 'Make in India' and making the country self-reliant. The revised Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India), Order 2017, has introduced a concept of Class-I, II and non-local suppliers, based on which they will get preference in government purchases of goods and services.

On the global front, Asian markets were trading in green, after a measure of the public assessment of the Japanese economy rose in May after falling in the previous month. The survey data from the Cabinet Office showed that the current conditions index of the Economy Watchers' Survey, which measures the current situation of the economy, increased to a three-month high of 15.5 in May from 7.9 in April.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 34780.26, up by 493.02 points or 1.44% after trading in a range of 34701.27 and 34927.80. There were 26 stocks advancing against 4 stocks declining on the index.

The broader indices were trading in green; the BSE Mid cap index rose 1.26%, while Small cap index was up by 2.16%.

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were PSU up by 3.60%, Oil & Gas up by 3.49%, Bankex up by 2.50%, Metal up by 2.44% and Consumer Durables up by 2.39%, while Healthcare down by 0.17% was the lone losing index on BSE.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Indusind Bank up by 8.67%, Axis Bank up by 8.20%, Bajaj Finance up by 5.73%, ONGC up by 5.23% and Titan Co up by 4.59%. On the flip side, Nestle down by 0.75%, Sun Pharma down by 0.48%, ITC down by 0.40% and HDFC Bank down by 0.30% were the top losers.

Meanwhile, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its latest data has showed that bank credit rose by 6.25 percent to Rs 102.23 lakh crore, while deposits grew by 10.64 percent to Rs 138.30 lakh crore in the fortnight ended May 22, 2020. In the fortnight ended May 24, 2019, deposits were at Rs 124.99 lakh crore and advances stood at Rs 96.21 lakh crore.

On a fortnightly basis, bank advances de-grew by 0.3 percent or Rs 28,683.47 crore to Rs 102.23 lakh crore in the reporting period from Rs 102.51 lakh crore as on fortnight ended May 24, 2020. Deposits' growth remained stable on a fortnight basis. In April, the outstanding incremental non-food credit growth contracted by 1.2 percent to Rs 91 lakh crore from Rs 92.12 lakh crore in March. On a year-on-year basis, non-food credit growth decelerated to 7.3 percent in April 2020 from 11.9 percent in the same month last year.

Loan growth to agriculture and allied activities decelerated to 3.9 percent in April 2020 as compared to 7.9 percent in April 2019. Growth in advances to the services sector decelerated to 11.2 percent, from 16.8 percent in April 2019. Personal loans growth decelerated to 12.1 percent in April 2020, compared with 15.7 percent in April 2019.

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 10288.15, up by 146.00 points or 1.44% after trading in a range of 10263.90 and 10328.50. There were 38 stocks advancing against 12 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on Nifty were Indusind Bank up by 8.84%, Axis Bank up by 8.45%, BPCL up by 7.01%, GAIL India up by 6.90% and Tata Motors up by 6.23%. On the flip side, Shree Cement down by 1.67%, Zee Entertainment down by 1.65%, Cipla down by 1.63%, Eicher Motors down by 1.20% and Nestle down by 0.97% were the top losers.
  
All Asian markets were trading higher; Nikkei 225 surged 250.51 points or 1.10% to 23,114.24, Straits Times jumped 33.39 points or 1.21% to 2,784.89, Hang Seng rose 42.17 points or 0.17% to 24,812.58, Taiwan Weighted soared 136.60 points or 1.19% to 11,616.00, KOSPI gained 0.11 points or 0.01% to 2,181.98, Jakarta Composite climbed 118.80 points or 2.40% to 5,066.58 and Shanghai Composite was up by 8.33 points or 0.28% to 2,939.13.


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