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Indian Indices: After trading in negative territory, Indian equity benchmarks continued their lackluster trade hovering near neutral lines in late afternoon session despite positive European markets. Investors failed to get any sense of relief with the Finance Minister ArunJaitley’s statement that the demonetisation process is almost complete and it has been the smoothest possible replacement of currency anywhere in the world. He said that a predominantly cash economy has now to be substituted with a digital economy, which will bring more money into the banking system and lead to better revenue generation; the integration of the informal economy with the more formal one is now taking place.

 He also said that the post-demonetisation regime is actually going to generate a far bigger GDP in the long run. Sentiments remained dampened with the report that economic think tank National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has lowered the country's growth forecast to 6.9% for the current fiscal on account of government’s demonetisation drive to curb black money and corruption.

The BSE Sensex is currently closed down at 28812.88, down by 80.09 points or 0.28% after trading in a range of 28812.88 and 28961.83. There were 14 stocks advancing against 16 stocks declining on the index.The broader indices were trading in green; the BSE Mid cap index was up by 0.29%, while Small cap index was up by 0.36%.The CNX Nifty is currently shut down at 8896.70, down by 42.80 points or 0.48% after trading in a range of 8913.65 and 8951.80. There were 18 stocks advancing against 33 stocks declining on the index.

Crporate Front: The Centre should scale up the production of active ingredients used in drugs to meet the country's need, a government institute has said after it found that over 95 per cent of the samples examined during a survey were sourced from China.

Macroeconomic front: The Reserve Bank of India today fixed the reference rate of the rupee at 66.7249 against the US dollar and 70.5149 for the euro. The corresponding rates were 66.8351 and 70.5444 on Friday.According to an RBI statement, the exchange rates for the pound and the yen against the rupee were 82.8923 and 59.51 per 100 yens, respectively.

On the global front: On the global front, European markets were trading in green tracking another set of record highs for Wall Street’s main equities gauges. However, Asian markets were trading in red as investors preferred to stay on the sidelines as they await more details on U.S. President Donald trump's fiscal stimulus plans. Trump is set to make his first address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.

Commodity Updates:

Top Sectoral& Stock Screening:The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Energy up by 2.01%, Oil & Gas up by 0.90%, IT up by 0.78%, Healthcare up by 0.50% and Consumer Durables up by 0.45%, while Telecom down by 2.13%, Bankex down by 0.84%, Auto down by 0.73%, PSU down by 0.44% and Power down by 0.40% were the top losing indices on BSE.

Top Nifty Movers:The top gainers on Nifty were Reliance Industries up by 4.92%, AurobindoPharma up by 2.77%, Infosys up by 1.14%, Lupin up by 1.08% and Hindustan Unilever up by 1.07%. On the flip side, Zee Entertainment down by 3.27%, BhartiAirtel down by 2.94%, Axis Bank down by 2.91%, Power Grid down by 2.51% and BhartiInfratel down by 2.47% were the top losers.

Global Signals:

All Asian markets were trading in red; Nikkei 225 decreased 176.07 points or 0.91% to 19,107.47, Hang Seng decreased 40.65 points or 0.17% to 23,925.05, Shanghai Composite decreased 24.77 points or 0.76% to 3,228.66, KOSPI Index decreased 8.6 points or 0.41% to 2,085.52, Jakarta Composite decreased 5.19 points or 0.1% to 5,380.76 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI decreased 3.04 points or 0.18% to 1,695.31.

All European markets were trading in green; France’s CAC increased 19.47 points or 0.4% to 4,864.71, UK’s FTSE 100 increased 33.73 points or 0.47% to 7,277.43 and Germany’s DAX increased 45.51 points or 0.39% to 11,849.54.