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Major headlines:

·         Moody’s reaffirms yes bank’s rating at Baa 3/ P-3

·         Oil prices edge up on weaker dollar expected crude output cuts

·         Government may increase FDI limit to 49% in print media sector

Indian Indices: Asian markets opened weak after the UK pound tumbled sharply & hurt sentiment as the UK Prime Minister indicated a 'hard brexit' coming soon. That coupled with the recent rally in equities globally saw profit booking emerge strongly as investors sold stock & raised cash. Gold prices rallied while US bond yields fell along with the US$.

Nifty seems to hit resistance around the 100 DMA placed @ 8441 with profit booking emerging after the stellar rally of last 2 weeks. With expiry due next week expect consolidation this week with 8350-8450 being the range. For today expect profit booking in metals, auto & commodities while banks, financials & materials could head higher.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 27275.98, up by 37.92 points or 0.14% after trading in a range of 27172.68 and 27301.38. There were 16 stocks advancing against 14 stocks declining on the index. The broader indices were trading in green; the BSE Mid cap index was up by 0.35%, while Small cap index was up by 0.50%.

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 8403.90, up by 3.55 points or 0.04% after trading in a range of 8374.40 and 8414.95. There were 30 stocks advancing against 21 stocks declining on the index.

Technical view: Nifty finds strong support around 8320 while 8441 continues to act as strong resistance. Bank Nifty has been the steady outperformer with 18441 acting as strong support while 19058 which is the 100 DMA will act as strong resistance.

Market Sentiment:

The market breadth on BSE was negative in the ratio of 920:1230, while 129 scrips remained unchanged.

Trading ideas: ITC (Buy above Rs 251 for target of Rs 246.5, SL at Rs 260): The stock has showing tremendous strength in the past week. ITC has also recovered sharply after finding support around its 100-DMA. If the stock manages to close above Rs251 then we expect a rising wedge pattern breakout which would take the stock higher towards the Rs258-260 mark in short term.

MacroeconomicFront: The Indian Government has said that it is considering a proposal to increase foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in print media sector to 49 per cent from 26 per cent at present. Currently, the FDI policy permits 26 per cent foreign direct investment in the publishing of newspapers and periodicals dealing with news and current affairs through government approval route.

Corporate Snippets:Lupin has launched its generic version of morphine sulfate ER tablets used for the management of servere pain in the US market.

HERO MOTOCORP forayed into the Argetinian market with the global launch of its 125 CC bike new Glamour as part its aggressive global expansion plans.

Tata Steelhas offered to pay hundreds of millions of pounds to its pension scheme to release a guarantee the fund holds over its Dutch assets, as the Indian firm moves closer to merging its European assets with Germany's ThyssenKrupp.

Top Sectoral& Stock Screening:  The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Realty up by 2.25%, Consumer Durables up by 1.30%, Metal up by 1.13%, Bankex up by 0.35% and Capital Goods up by 0.32%, while IT down by 0.75%, TECK down by 0.47%, Oil & Gas down by 0.09% and FMCG down by 0.07% were the losing indices on BSE.

Nifty Movers: The top gainers on Nifty were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone up by 2.26%, Tata Steel up by 2.23%, Idea Cellular up by 1.53%, Zee Entertainment up by 1.39% and Tata Motors up by 1.20%.  On the flip side, HCL Tech down by 1.83%, Eicher Motors down by 1.67%, Infosys down by 1.64%, Tech Mahindra down by 0.86% and Sun Pharma down by 0.84% were the top losers.

On the global front: On the global front, Asian shares were trading mostly in red, on worries UK Prime Minister Theresa May might signal plans for a ‘hard Brexit’ in her speech on Tuesday. The Bank of Japan raised its economic assessment for three of the country’s nine regions in a quarterly report, saying that most areas were seeing a moderate economic recovery.

Global Signals: The Asian markets were trading mostly in red; Hang Seng decreased 242.75 points or 1.06% to 22,694.63, Nikkei 225 decreased 154.01 points or 0.8% to 19,133.27, Taiwan Weighted decreased 84.65 points or 0.9% to 9,294.18, Shanghai Composite decreased 43.83 points or 1.41% to 3,068.93, KOSPI Index decreased 14.71 points or 0.71% to 2,062.08 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI decreased 5.72 points or 0.34% to 1,666.78.On the other hand, Jakarta Composite increased 4.47 points or 0.08% to 5,277.45.