Pre Session: Gap up opening on cards for Sensex, Nifty; ONGC, HPCL in focus 22/08/2017

Pre Session: Gap up opening on cards for Sensex, Nifty; ONGC, HPCL in focus
22/08/2017
NIFTY FUT  TREND            : SELL ZONE
BANKNIFTY FUT TREND  : SELL ZONE

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Indian equities are likely to open higher on Tuesday, tracking positive cues from Nifty futures on the Singapore Stock Exchange and firm trend across global markets as investors awaited speeches from ECB and US Fed, and local data due to be released this week. Shares were trading higher in Asia on Tuesday as traders maintained long position ahead of policy statements from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi which could have significant impact on the market. Snapping two-day losing streak, Wall Street ended mostly tad higher in overnight trade, barring the Nasdaq, while caution prevailed in the market amid geopolitical tensions and ongoing domestic political turmoil. Back home, bullish trend in the SGX Nifty Index Futures for August delivery, which were trading at 9,808.00, up by 35 points or 0.36 per cent, at 10:52 AM Singapore time, also signaled a positive opening for local bourses. Bombay Stock Exchange on Monday said it will “compulsorily” delist 200 firms on Wednesday and bar their promoters from the markets for 10 years as trading in these shares have remained suspended for over a decade, reported PTI. On the corporate front, Tata Motors will remain in focus after auto major said it would invest Rs 4,000 crore this year as part of the company’s strategy to boost domestic commercial and passenger vehicle business. Among others, oil exploring companies ONGC and HPCL would also see some movement as the board of ONGC on Monday gave ‘in-principle’ approval to acquire government’s 51.11 per cent stake in the later.

Extended losing streak, the Indian equity benchmarks ended lower on Monday, tracking bearish cues from Asian markets, as investors kept an eye on war drills scheduled for the Korean peninsula and monitored speeches from ECB and US Fed, and local data due to be released. Among sectoral indices, IT and Teck stocks emerged as top laggards for the second day, falling as much as 2.04 per cent and 1.89 per cent, respectively. Infosys continued losing momentum on Monday and plunged over 5 per cent, hitting 3-year low, as some of rating agencies downgraded stock following chief executive officer Vishal Sikka’s shocking exit. The company on Saturday said that it would buy back shares worth up to Rs 13,000 crore from investors at Rs 1,150 per share. The 30-share barometer SENSEX closed at 31258.85, down by 265.83 points or by 0.84 per cent, and the NSE Nifty was at 9754.35, down by 83.05 points or by 0.84 per cent.

Top traded Volumes on NSE Nifty were Infosys Ltd. 45203588.00, Axis Bank Ltd. 17884400.00, ITC Ltd. 13088154.00, Bank of Baroda 11173367.00, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. 11137965.00.

On NSE, total number of shares traded was 107.28 Crore and total turnover stood at Rs. 24708.24 Crore.

On NSE Future and Options, total number of contracts traded in index futures was 204798 with a total turnover of Rs. 16731.76 Crore. Along with this total number of contracts traded in stock futures were 672130 with a total turnover of Rs. 46415.18 Crore. Total numbers of contracts for index options were 4711987 with a total turnover of Rs. 399117.23 Crore and total numbers of contracts for stock options were 614711 with a total turnover of Rs. 42085.65 Crore.

As on August 21, 2017 the FIIs turned net seller in equity market but turned net buyer in debt segment. Gross equity purchased stood at Rs. 5035.17 Crore and gross debt purchased stood at Rs. 1522.55 Crore, while the gross equity sold stood at Rs. 6884.58 Crore and gross debt sold stood at Rs. 354.97 Crore. Therefore, the net investment of equity and debt reported were Rs. -1849.41 Crore and Rs. 1167.58.

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