Indices extend losses in late morning deals

10 Jul 2020 Evaluate
Indian equity benchmarks extended their losses in late morning deals, tracking negative cues from other Asian markets. In line with the larger peers, the broader indices were too tracking sluggish in late morning session. Domestic sentiments were negative, even after Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held a meeting with sovereign funds and institutional investors on ways to promote investments in the country. In the meeting, the minister spoke on the need for large investments in the short term for India's long term development.

On the global front, Asian markets were trading in red, after the Bank of Japan downgraded economic assessment of all nine regions for the second straight time, citing the impact of the novel coronavirus, or Covid-19. According to the latest quarterly Regional Economic Report, all nine regions reported that the economic situation is worsening. Nine regions namely Hokkaido, Tohoku, Hokuriku, Kanto-Koshinetsu, Tokai, Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyushu- Okinawa reported that their economy had either deteriorated or had been in a severe situation.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 36537.64, down by 200.05 points or 0.54% after trading in a range of 36508.56 and 36748.89. There were 6 stocks advancing against 24 stocks declining on the index.

The broader indices were trading in red; the BSE Mid cap index lost 0.44%, while Small cap index was down by 0.41%.

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Healthcare up by 0.97%, Energy up by 0.60%, FMCG up by 0.32% and Realty up by 0.12%, while Metal down by 1.40%, Bankex down by 1.30%, Consumer Durables down by 1.26%, Basic Materials down by 1.00% and Capital Goods down by 0.94% were the top losing indices on BSE.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Sun Pharma up by 2.78%, Power Grid up by 1.22%, Hindustan Unilever up by 1.11%, Reliance Industries up by 1.01% and Bajaj Finance up by 0.15%. On the flip side, Indusind Bank down by 2.60%, HDFC down by 2.22%, ONGC down by 2.18%, Titan Company down by 2.08% and Axis Bank down by 1.99% were the top losers.

Meanwhile, the United States (US) ambassador to India Kenneth Juster has said that the US is in talks with India on market access for its goods in exchange for reinstating New Delhi's trade concessions under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP).

Juster said ‘The GSP by law requires that there be some market opening measures in recipience of that preferential system, and that's what we have been trying to reach an agreement on with the government of India’. He also said India and the United States needed to move to a free trade pact.

Last year, Washington scrapped India's trade concessions under the GSP programme that allowed duty-free entry to the US market for up to $5.6 billion of Indian exports in retaliation for New Delhi's high tariffs and rules on e-commerce.

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 10751.25, down by 62.20 points or 0.58% after trading in a range of 10744.75 and 10819.40. There were 12 stocks advancing against 38 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on Nifty were Sun Pharma up by 2.81%, Britannia up by 1.35%, Hindustan Unilever up by 1.11%, Power Grid up by 1.02% and Reliance Industries up by 0.97%. On the flip side, Bharti Infratel down by 3.38%, Adani Ports & SEZ down by 2.77%, Indusind Bank down by 2.69%, JSW Steel down by 2.68% and HDFC down by 2.36% were the top losers.

Asian markets were trading in red; Nikkei 225 slipped 96.30 points or 0.43% to 22,432.99, Hang Seng decreased 307.30 points or 1.17% to 25,902.86, Taiwan Weighted dropped 75.75 points or 0.62% to 12,116.94, Shanghai Composite declined 36.38 points or 1.05% to 3,414.21, KOSPI fell 15.34 points or 0.71% to 2,152.56 and Jakarta Composite lost 3.75 points or 0.07% to 5,049.04.

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