Indian markets stayed with positive territory yesterday tracking global sentiment as Asia rose tracking strong BoP number from the China. However some gains were covered during the later part of the day with lack of buying interest at higher levels.
The NIFTY index rose towards 12,000 mark but faced stiff resistance to drop towards 11960 and closed near 11960 forming another indecisive close.
In sectoral indices, excluding FMCG and Pharma most of the indices closed positive. PSU banks rose 1.69% on short covering while Metals and Media advanced over 1.3%. In broader market, NIFTY 500 added 0.4% with a positive breadth while mid cap and small cap gained 0.68% and 0.10% respectively.
In stock specific developments, RBI imposed Rs 11.2 lakh penalty on Yes bank for breach of prepaid payment norms and Non-Executive Independent Director Lt General Mukesh Sabharwal resigned. The Bank also may face rating downgrade from Moody’s. DHFL paid Rs 962 crore interest due on NCDs on June 4 in full which is a slight positive sign as of now. Voltas CFO Abhijit Gajendragadkar resigned and deputy MD Anil George to take over as CFO.
In global market, Dow corrected later part of the day to close 14 points lower at 26048. Stock indices in the US started the session firmly higher on reports that China was planning a set of economic stimulus, but benchmark indices lost steam at the later part of the day. On latest developments, China’s foreign ministry said that they would respond firmly if the U.S. insisted on escalating its standoff with China.
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The UK FTSE index rose 0.3% while the German DAX advanced over 0.9%. On data front, UK April average weekly earnings read at 3.1% against expected a 3.0% rise. In US, Producer prices excluding food, energy and trade services rose 0.4% last month, matching April’s gain, data reported.
In Asian market today, market traded cautious after the US president Donald trump said that he was holding up a trade deal with China and had no interest in moving ahead unless Beijing agrees to four or five “major points”. The Japanese NIKKEI is up marginal 0.09% while the Hang Seng is down over 1.5%, at the time of writing.
The SGX NIFTY is down 0.21% at the time of writing and pointing a flat to lower opening today. The NIFTY index has a support at 11900 and then at 11870 levels. A break below 11870 may bring bearish momentum. Resistance is seen at 11990-95 range.
In Commodities, gold futures advanced in Asia with the COMEX gold was up 0.43% during the electronic trading in Asia. Crude oil continued to trade down after slide in US and traded almost 1.5% lower in Asia. The WTI quoted at $52.39 and Brent traded at $61.34, at the time of writing.
Today the Indian indices may trade sideways to lower and Sell on rise is an ideal strategy for intraday for Bank Nifty and NIFTY.
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