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Indian Indices: The Indian equity benchmarks continued their sluggish trade in late afternoon session, tracking bearish global cues and heavy selling pressure in Consumer Durables, Realty and Basic Materials stocks. Investors remained cautious over the ongoing two-day Good and Services Tax (GST) Council's meet, which will finalise tax slabs on services and commodities in the country. Some concerns also came with India Ratings and Research’s report that corporate and small & medium enterprise (SME) loans aggregating to Rs 2.60 lakh crore, which is 3.2 percent of total bank credit, could potentially be recognized as stressed loans by FY19. 

It further noted that Indian banks are sitting on unrecognized stressed loans worth of Rs 7.7 lakh crore. It also pegs stressed corporate and SME debt at 22 percent of total bank credit. Meanwhile, the railways will launch shortly its redesigned e-tendering system with more user-friendly new features to facilitate digital participation of over 60,000 vendors.

The BSE Sensex is currently closed at 30434.79, down by 223.98 points or 0.73% after trading in a range of 30436.56 and 30575.83. There were 10 stocks advancing against 19 stocks declining on the index, while 1 stock remained unchanged.

The broader indices were trading in red; the BSE Mid cap index was down by 1.25%, while Small cap index was down by 0.94%.

The CNX Nifty is currently shut down at 9429.45, down by 96.30 points or 1.01% after trading in a range of 9445.25 and 9489.10. There were 11 stocks advancing against 40 stocks declining on the index.

Crporate Front:

Regrob, a top real estate brokerage company in India, announced the launch of its 21st branch in Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh. "With every new branch, the roots of Regrob are growing deeper and stronger in the industry", said CEO Vivek Raman.Rated as the easiest state to do business, Andhara Pradesh is now a new home for Regrob, a company with the second highest market share in the technology based real-estate brokerage sector.

Macroeconomic front:

The Union Cabinet has approved the signing and ratifying of an agreement between India and Tajikistan on cooperation and sharing of intelligence in the area of Customs. The agreement will help in availability of information for the prevention and investigation of Customs offences, an official statement said.

On the global front:

On the global front, European markets were trading in red as mounting political uncertainty in the U.S. exacerbated concerns among investors as to whether President Donald Trump would be able to deliver on key pro-growth policies. Asian markets were also trading in red. Back home, in scrip specific development, Hindustan Copper traded jubilantly after the company received an approval on fund raising plan. 

The board has recommended issues of fresh equity shares through Further Public Offer (FPO) or Institutional Placement Programme (IIP) or Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) or a combination of the routes as per extend guidelines, to a extend of 9.25 crore equity shares (10% of existing paid up equity capital). 

Commodity Updates:

Top Sectoral& Stock Screening:The top gainers on the Sensex were TCS up by 3.47%, Wipro up by 2.89%, Lupin up by 1.54%, Infosys up by 0.98% and ICICI Bank up by 0.90%. On the flip side, Mahindra & Mahindra down by 1.76%, Tata Motors down by 1.69%, Larsen & Toubro down by 1.68%, Hindustan Unilever down by 1.41% and Reliance Industries down by 1.29% were the top losers.

Top Nifty Movers:The top gainers on Nifty were TCS up by 3.21%, Wipro up by 2.20%, Lupin up by 1.37%, Adani Ports & SEZ up by 1.10% and Infosys up by 0.94%. On the flip side, Yes Bank down by 3.06%, Ultratech Cement down by 2.71%, BhartiInfratel down by 2.47%, Hindalco down by 2.44% and Grasim Industries down by 2.42% were the top losers.

Global Signals:

Asian markets were trading mostly in red; Nikkei 225 decreased 261.02 points or 1.32% to 19,553.86, Hang Seng decreased 157.11 points or 0.62% to 25,136.52, Taiwan Weighted decreased 44.22 points or 0.44% to 9,969.45, Shanghai Composite decreased 14.3 points or 0.46% to 3,090.14, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI decreased 10.91 points or 0.61% to 1,764.74 and KOSPI Index decreased 6.26 points or 0.27% to 2,286.82. On the flip side, Jakarta Composite increased 19.3 points or 0.34% to 5,634.79.

All the European markets were trading in red; Germany’s DAX decreased 67.72 points or 0.54% to 12,563.89, UK’s FTSE 100 decreased 59.09 points or 0.79% to 7,444.38 and France’s CAC decreased 34.33 points or 0.65% to 5,283.56.