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Indian Indices: Indian equity benchmarks continued their record-setting spree in late afternoon session, as investors were riding on firm macro data and expecting Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut interest rates in its monetary policy review in August. India’s retail inflation cooled down to 1.54% in June from 2.18% in May, while industrial output grew 1.7% in May on a yearly basis after expanding revised 2.8% in April. 

Sensex and Nifty were trading above the crucial 32,000 and 9,850 levels respectively, with gains of over half a percent. Some support also came with the industry body PHDCCI’s latest report that share of India’s total exports to top 10 destinations worldwide has increased to 51.6% in 2016-17, compared to 49% in 2013-14. The industry body has highlighted that higher GST in this segment will directly promote the use of chemical fertilisers, thereby leading to increase in green house gas emissions. Apart from this, it noted that this will adversely impact public health too.

The BSE Sensex is currently closed at 32037.38, up by 232.56 points or 0.73% after trading in a range of 31892.63 and 32091.52. There were 25 stocks advancing against 6 stocks declining on the index.

The broader indices were trading in green; the BSE Mid cap index was up by 0.43%, while Small cap index was up by 0.47%.

The CNX Nifty is currently shut up at 9891.70, up by 75.60 points or 0.77% after trading in a range of 9853.45 and 9889.95. There were 40 stocks advancing against 11 stocks declining on the index.

Crporate Front: The Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arjun Ram Meghwal said that India has had a long history of social responsibility. He underlined the need for introducing innovations to be able to effectively contribute to social development and nation building through CSR projects.

Macroeconomic front: Global IT research firm Gartner today further lowered its 2017 IT spending growth estimate to 2.4 per cent from the 2.7 per cent earlier on worries on digitisation. The firm had first predicted for a 3 per cent growth in worldwide IT spends, which got revised down to 2.7 per cent in January this year. The downward revision in growth estimates comes amid growing anxieties over the future of the IT industry, with concerns surrounding automation and rising protectionism that is being blamed for job losses in the country.

On the global front: On the global front, European markets were trading in green, as investors digested new earnings reports and looked ahead to more comments from US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen who will testify to Congress for a second day. Asian markets were also trading in green. Back home, in scrip specific development, Chartered Logistics traded jubilantly after the company bagged an order worth Rs 24 crore from ONGC Petro-additions to be executed in a period of two years.

Commodity Updates:

Top Sectoral& Stock Screening:The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were FMCG up by 1.72%, Capital Goods up by 1.08%, Bankex up by 0.95%, Power up by 0.76% and Utilities up by 0.62%, while Oil & Gas down by 0.16% and Metal down by 0.08% were the only losing indices on BSE.

Top Nifty Movers:The top gainers on Nifty were ITC up by 3.06%, Yes Bank up by 2.93%, Indiabulls Housing Finance up by 1.98%, ICICI Bank up by 1.86% and HDFC up by 1.48%. On the flip side, Indian Oil Corporation down by 3.11%, BhartiInfratel down by 2.21%, ONGC down by 2.00%, Hindalco down by 0.97% and Eicher Motors down by 0.58% were the top losers.

Global Signals:

Asian markets were trading mostly in green; Nikkei 225 increased 1.43 points or 0.01% to 20,099.81, KOSPI Index increased 17.72 points or 0.74% to 2,409.49, Shanghai Composite increased 20.62 points or 0.64% to 3,218.16, Taiwan Weighted increased 39.47 points or 0.38% to 10,460.15 and Hang Seng increased 302.53 points or 1.16% to 26,346.17. On the flip side, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI decreased 3.69 points or 0.21% to 1,753.55 and Jakarta Composite decreased 1.31 points or 0.02% to 5,817.82.

European markets were trading mostly in green; France’s CAC increased 13.72 points or 0.26% to 5,235.85 and Germany’s DAX was up by 18.36 points or 0.15% to 12,644.94. On the flip side, UK’s FTSE 100 decreased 1.46 points or 0.02% to 7,415.47.