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View on market: Volatility Prevails, Market is searching for better value

As traders considered U.S. jobs statistics that fueled hope the Federal Reserve is reaching the conclusion of its tightening cycle, Asian equities appeared set for small gains. Futures contracts for Australian and Japanese stocks increased marginally. Traders in China will be watching to see if their country’s stocks can continue their recent gains. Important central bank rate announcements are slated for Australia and Malaysia, where it is anticipated that rates will stay the same. Prior to the U.S. vacation on Monday, the S&P 500 ended the trading day on Friday with a little gain, recording its best week since June. A managed cooling of the labor market was evident from the jobs data. Meanwhile, Brent crude was trading above $88 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate was above $85-mark. The yield on the 10-year U.S. bond was trading at 4.18% and Bitcoin was below 26,000-level. At 5:18 a.m., the GIFT Nifty, an early indicator of the Nifty 50 Index’s performance in India was up 9 points or 0.04% at 19,523.5.

Economic Calendar:

  • USD : Services PMI (Aug) on 06th Sep, 2023
  • USD : ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI (Aug) on 06th Sep, 2023
  • INR : Nikkei Services PMI (Aug) on 05th Sep, 2023
  • INR : M3 Money Supply on 06th Sep, 2023

Brokerage Radar:

JPM ON KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK: Buy Rating; Target Rs 2,400; Uday Kotak Resigned 4 Months Ahead Of End Of His Term To Smoothen Retirements; Joint MD & Chairman Also Retire On Same Day & Handle Some Personal Matters; Uday Kotak Will Now Act As Non-exec Dir For 5 Yrs & Stay A Promoter; Dipak Gupta Will Be Interim CEO Before New CEO Is Approved By RBI; Smooth Takeover Under New Leadership Will Be Key

CLSA ON BAJAJ FINACE: Buy Rating; Target Rs 9,000; Well-poised On Growth And Profitability For The Medium Term; Personal Loans, Doubled In Three Years, Being Mispriced By The Industry; Well Placed On Liability Management For The Foreseeable Future; Aim To Be 4% Of Retail Credit In India Over The Next Four Years

International Markets

U.S & Europe:

Particulars 01st September Chg. Chg.(%)
Nasdaq 14031.82 -3.15 -0.02
Dow 34837.71 115.80 0.33
FTSE 7464.54 25.41 0.34
CAC 7296.77 -19.93 -0.27
DAX 15840.34 -106.74 -0.67
Dow Fut.* 34827.54 -10.17 -0.03

Asian markets:

Particulars 04th September Chg. Chg.(%)
GIFT Nifty 19569.00 21.50 0.11
Nikkei 32899.99 189.37 0.58
Straits Times 3240.97 7.67 0.24
Hang Seng 18860.76 478.70 2.60
Shanghai 3169.46 36.21 1.16

ADR Watch:

Particulars       01st September  Chg.       Chg.(%)
Dr. Reddy 68.05 0.07 0.10
HDFC Bank 62.79 0.48 0.77
ICICI Bank 23.46 0.29 1.25
Infosys 17.53 0.16 0.92
Wipro 5.05 0.16 3.17

Commodities & Currency:

Particulars Current Price Chg.(%)
USD/INR 82.66 -0.08
Brent 88.55 0.00
Gold 1971.80 0.24
Silver 24.637 0.31

FIIs & DIIs:

Particulars   01st September 31st August
FIIs                          487.94 -2973.10
DIIs 2294.93 4382.76

News Update:

Bharat Electronics: The company is in pact with Israel Aerospace Industries to collaborate on short range air defense systems.

IDBI Bank: The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management has invited bids for asset valuers for the bank. The bids are expected to be submitted by Oct. 9. The asset valuer will work closely with transaction adviser and legal adviser. The government is looking to sell 30.48%, while Life Insurance Corp. of India is looking to offload 30.24% of its stake in IDBI Bank, along with the transfer of management control.

ONGC: The board has approved capital restructuring of ONGC Petro additions (OPAL). It includes buyback of convertible debentures of Rs 7,778 crore by ONGC and an investment of Rs 7,000 crore in equity/quasi-equity security of OPaL.

Coal India: The state-run miner’s production rose 13.2% year-on-year to 52.3 million tonnes in August 2023. Comparative production for the month surged ahead by 6.1 MTs. Total coal supplies to all consuming sectors shot up by 15.3% to 59 MTs in August 2023. Supplies were up nearly 8 MTs in a single month.

Hero MotoCorp: The company’s sales rose 5.4% year-on-year to 4.89 lakh units in August. Domestic sales rose 4.7% to 4.73 lakh units while exports rose 24.7% to 15,770 units.

Eicher Motors: The company’s total motorcycle sales rose 11% year-on-year to 77,583 units helped by new launches such as the Hunter 350. Exports was up by 13% to 8,190 units.

Infosys: The IT major completed the acquisition of Danske Bank’s IT centre in India. Danske Bank selected Infosys as a strategic partner to accelerate digital transformation initiatives with speed and scale.

Hindalco Industries: The company has entered into a shareholder’s agreement and power purchase agreement with Seven Renewable Power for acquisition of 26% stake in SRPPL for Rs 32.5 lakh. It plans to develop and operate captive power plant to supply 100 MW round-the-clock renewable energy to its smelter located in Odisha.

Source: Moneycontrol, Bloomberg Quint, Investing 

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