Buying in rate sensitive lifts Nifty above 5,700 mark

18 Oct 2012 Evaluate
Buoyed by hefty buying in rate sensitive stocks, the 50-share NSE Nifty ended the session re-conquering 5,700 mark with a gain of over a percentage point. Moreover, strong global cues triggered by robust economic data from the US and China too boosted the sentiments. Asian counters rallied as a slew of Chinese data pointed to stabilisation in the world’s second largest economy, and positive US housing data helped to ease worries about a sharp slowdown in global growth. China’s third-quarter gross domestic product grew 7.4 percent from a year earlier, the slowest pace since the first quarter of 2009 and marking the seventh straight quarter of slower growth, but matching expectations. Meanwhile, European markets also traded mostly in the positive terrain in the early deals.
 
Back home, the local benchmark opened with a mild upside gap and started to drift down slowly. It moved in a narrow range and recorded the lows for the day in the morning trade. Afterwards, in the late morning session, market saw a sudden spike-up supported by immense buying witnessed in rate sensitive on hopes that central bank will respond with a 25 bps rate cut or a cash reserve ratio cut to complement the government's reform moves in its monetary policy meet on October 30, 2012. Market further extended its rally in late trade surpassing 5,700 level as some amount of support came from Metal space as stocks like Hindalco, JSW Steel, Sterlite Industries, Tata Steel, Sesa Goa and NMDC surged after the latest data showed growth rate in China’s industrial production and retail sales accelerated in September 2012. Moreover, buying in Auto shares too supported the sentiments. Stocks of Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra, Force Motors, Bajaj Auto and Hero MotoCorp went up on hopes that sales growth would pick in October ahead of the festive season. Finally, Nifty ended the session near its intraday high with a gain of over a percentage point.
 
Meanwhile, most of the sectoral indices on the NSE settled in green, CNX PSU Bank remained the major gainer, up 3.11% followed by CNX Realty up 2.99%, Bank Nifty up 2.01% and CNX Auto up by 1.11% while, CNX Pharma lost 0.24% remained the lone loser on the NSE sectoral space. The India Volatility Index (VIX), a gauge for market’s short term expectation of volatility, declined 2.70% and reached 14.76.



India VIX, a gauge for markets short term expectation of volatility lost 2.70% at 14.76 from its previous close of 15.17 on Wednesday.

The 50-share S&P CNX Nifty gains 58.45 points or 1.03% to settle at 5,718.70

Nifty October 2012 futures closed at 5736.45 on Thursday at a premium of 17.75 points over spot closing of 5,718.70, while Nifty November 2012 futures were at 5767.40 at a premium of 48.70 points over spot closing. Nifty October futures saw an addition of 0.50 million (mn) units taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 24.25 mn units. The near month October 2012 derivatives contract will expire on October 25, 2012.

From the most active contracts, JP Associates October 2012 futures were trading at a discount of 0.60 at 94.65 compared with spot closing of 95.25. The number of contracts traded was 12,494.

Tata Motors October 2012 futures were trading at a premium of 0.90 at 271.25 compared with spot closing of 270.35. The number of contracts traded was 12,909.

DLF October 2012 futures were at a premium of 0.35 point at 206.05 compared with spot closing of 205.70. The number of contracts traded was 14,532.

Tata Steel October 2012 futures were at a premium of 1.95 point at 413.75 compared with spot closing of 411.80. The number of contracts traded was 14,999.

Reliance Industries October 2012 futures were at a premium of 5.05 point at 815.05 compared with spot closing of 810.00. The number of contracts traded was 13,954.

Among Nifty calls, 5800 SP from the October month expiry was the most active call with contraction of 2.20 million open interest.

Among Nifty puts, 5600 SP from the October month expiry was the most active put with an addition of 8.63 million open interest.

The maximum OI outstanding for Calls was at 5800 SP (9.53mn) and that for Puts was at 5600 SP (8.75mn).

The respective Support and Resistance levels are: Resistance 5743.95 -- Pivot Point 5697.25 --Support 5672.

The Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) OI wise stood at 1.05 for October - month contract.

The top five scrips with highest PCR on OI were AXIS Bank 1.88, PNB 1.74, ITC 1.74, JP Associaties 1.07 and SBI 1.04.

Among the most active underlying, Jaiprakash Associates witnessed an addition of 58.11 million of Open Interest in the October month futures contract followed by Unitech which witnessed an addition of 61.58 million of Open Interest in the near month contract. Meanwhile, IFCI witnessed contraction of 0.72 million in the October month futures. Also, NHPC witnessed an addition of 58.70 million in Open Interest in the October month contract. Finally, RCOM witnessed contraction of 2.98 million of Open Interest in the near month futures contract.

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