Sensex, Nifty remain under pressure

14 Jul 2020 Evaluate
Indian equity benchmarks remained under pressure in late morning deals, as heavy selling continues over the Dalal street. Negative cues from other Asian markets kept domestic sentiments down. Market participants got cautious, amid a private report stating that net inflows in equities plunged 94 per cent month-on-month in June. It said increase in redemptions by 74.9 per cent month-on-month to Rs 14,200 crore led to a decline in net inflows in equities from Rs 5,600 crore in the previous month to Rs 300 crore in June, the lowest in four years.

On the global front, Asian markets were trading mostly in red, after Malaysia's unemployment rate rose for the fourth straight month in May. The data from the Department of Statistics showed that the jobless rate rose to 5.3 percent in May from 5.0 percent in April. The rate has risen steadily from 3.2 percent in January. The number of unemployed increased by 47,300 persons to 826,100 in May from 778,800 in the previous month. Compared to the same period last year, the number of jobless rose by 306,300.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 36191.95, down by 501.74 points or 1.37% after trading in a range of 36060.51 and 36538.10. There were 2 stocks advancing against 28 stocks declining on the index.

The broader indices were trading in red; the BSE Mid cap index lost 1.00%, while Small cap index was down by 1.03%.

The only gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Telecom up by 0.82% and TECK up by 0.01%, while Bankex down by 2.58%, Metal down by 2.37%, Auto down by 2.07%, Power down by 1.93% and PSU down by 1.78% were the top losing indices on BSE.

The only gainers on the Sensex were Bharti Airtel up by 1.15% and Titan Company up by 0.62%. On the flip side, Indusind Bank down by 4.58%, Axis Bank down by 4.04%, Bajaj Finserv down by 3.32%, SBI down by 3.06% and Bajaj Finance was down by 2.79% were the top losers.

Meanwhile, the National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation in its latest data has showed that India’s retail inflation, based on Consumer Price Index (CPI), increased to 6.09% in June 2020, mainly on account of higher prices of food items. The CPI was 3.18% in June 2019. Besides, food inflation in June increased to 7.87%. The ministry said the inflation figures are based on data collected from limited markets in view of the restrictions imposed on account of coronavirus pandemic. However, it said the data collected did not meet the adequacy criteria for generating robust estimates of CPIs at the state-level.

According to the data, the annual inflation in cereals and related products was 6.49%, and 16.22% in 'meat and fish' segment. For 'pulses and products', it was 16.68%, while that of spices stood at 11.74%. The inflation in vegetables basket was 1.86%, while it was in negative zone for fruits. In the 'fuel and light' segment, it was 2.69%. The inflation was ruling at 6.20% in rural India and 5.91% in urban areas. In view of the preventive measures and announcement of the nationwide lockdown by the government to contain spread of Covid-19 pandemic, the price collection of CPI through personal visits of price collectors was suspended.

During the lockdown, prices were collected through telephonic call from the designated outlets in selected markets, which was supplemented by information collected during the personal purchase of field staff for the items being transacted from neighborhood outlets, keeping in view the travel advisories. As the various pandemic related restrictions were gradually lifted and non-essential activities started resuming operations, NSO collected prices from 1,030 urban markets and 998 villages, for commodities that were available and transacted in June, 2020. The price data are usually collected from selected 1,114 urban markets and 1,181 villages through personal visits by field staff of Field Operations Division of NSO in the ministry on a weekly roster.

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 10648.10, down by 154.60 points or 1.43% after trading in a range of 10616.65 and 10755.65. There were 4 stocks advancing against 46 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on Nifty were Bharti Airtel up by 1.38%, Titan Company up by 0.66%, Dr. Reddy’s Lab up by 0.40% and Cipla up by 0.21%. On the flip side, Indusind Bank down by 4.55%, Axis Bank down by 3.91%, Hindalco down by 3.69%, Bajaj Finserv down by 3.41% and Zee Entertainment down by 3.17% were the top losers.

Asian markets were trading mostly in red; Hang Seng decreased 436.16 points or 1.69% to 25,335.96, Nikkei 225 slipped 216.25 points or 0.95% to 22,568.49, Taiwan Weighted dropped 50.03 points or 0.41% to 12,161.53, Shanghai Composite declined 37.99 points or 1.1% to 3,405.30, Straits Times trembled 15.83 points or 0.6% to 2,615.25 and KOSPI fell 13.95 points or 0.64% to 2,172.11. On the flip side, Jakarta Composite was up by 6.63 points or 0.13% to 5,071.08.

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