Muhurat trading likely to miss the fireworks

13 Nov 2012 Evaluate
Indian Stock markets are holding a special short trading session and both the major indices Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange will open from 3.45 p.m. and close at 5.00 p.m. for a special Muhurat trading to start the Samavat year 2069. Markets sensed some recovery in Samvat 2068 but still there were no fireworks in the markets throughout the year, the BSE Sensex gained nearly 8 per cent since Diwali last year. The return sounds meager in comparison to the heightened risk of the equity markets and has disappointed most of the investors. Economic slowdown not only in India but across the global has deeply impacted the sentiments of the markets over the last year. However, there might be better days ahead, with expectations of a rebound in the economy and a likely easing of interest rates. Some are so optimistic that they see 2013 to be the year of equities and Sensex breaking its all-time high of 21,250.

Today, the start of the special trading session is likely to be soft-to-cautious as the global cues are not very supportive, while the US markets ended flat with a negative bias, most of the Asian markets made a soft closing for the fourth consecutive day on report that Australian business confidence deteriorated and China is planning to expand a property tax trial. Back home, the export oriented sectors will be under pressure after the sixth straight month of decline in exports and trade gap increasing to a record high of $ 21 billion. The telecom stocks too will be in subdued mood, as the government’s much anticipated and hyped 2G spectrum auction has turned out to be a damp squib with the bids coming for worth only Rs 9,200 crore at the end of the opening day. The auction will commence again on Wednesday, when bids would be submitted in the eighth round. The IT stocks too will be in focus, as at one side the the rupee has depreciated against the dollar, while on other the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) has said that the domestic IT industry is likely to meet the lower end of its growth forecast of 11-14% for this fiscal as customers tread cautiously on technology spending due to global economic uncertainty.

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