Both Sensex and Nifty ended this week at record all time highs. Investors, both domestic and foreign, are rushing in Indian markets to position themselves to benefit from an expected favorable election outcome. As I mentioned in my previous post, that favorable outcome is formation of stable NDA govt at the centre. With Congress losing its fight to retain prominence and AAP continues to use reality TV gimmicks to attract voters, NDA stock continues to rise.
As far as economics is concerned -- With India outperforming most of its emerging market peers in Feb, inflation declining, deficit numbers at four-year low and GDP growth bottoming out, India is definitely at a sweet spot.
Markets are expected to remain volatile in near term, as some people will book profits as markets rise while others will position themselves to benefit in a pre-election rally.
Sensex ended this week up 3.8%, Nifty was up by 4.0% while CNX Midcap was up by 4.1%.
Monday - Sensex down by 0.8%, Nifty down by 0.9%, Midcap down by 0.4%
War mongering in Ukraine sent investors’ mood around the world rolling down. World leaders unite in censuring the Russia’s move to send the forces in Crimea. Gold went up as fear and uncertainty rose. Indian markets ignored the improvement in HSBC PMI index – 52.5 in Feb vs. 51.4 in Jan, which indicated strongest manufacturing growth in last 12 months.
Tuesday - Sensex up by 1.3%, Nifty up by 1.2%, Midcap up by 1.3%
Benchmark indices bounced to their five-week highs as Russian President called back its troops back to their bases. Almost all sectoral indices ended up in green with cyclical leading the rally.
Wednesday - Sensex up by 0.3%, Nifty up by 0.5%, Midcap up by 1.4%
Markets continued their upward momentum. The benchmark Sensex closed just around 100 points away from its previous all time high. Investors have turned bullish ahead of general elections and have largely ignored the weakness in European markets.
Thursday - Sensex up by 1.1%, Nifty up by 1.1%, Midcap up by 1.4%
Benchmark indices soared past their earlier peak and set new record highs on the back of strong bullish investor sentiment as current account deficit numbers came at four-year low. With December CAD at 0.9% of GDP, exports picking up and gold imports subdued market is hopeful that the rupee will get a boost and FII inflows will increase.
Friday - Sensex up by 1.9%, Nifty up by 2.0%, Midcap up by 0.4%
Markets extended their winning streak and ended the week with all time record highs on the back of lower CAD numbers and increased fund flows from both domestic and foreign investors. Almost all indices ended the week in green barring IT and healthcare as investors churn their portfolios from export driven to domestic cyclical stories.
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Sunday, December 1, 2013
Weekly Market Commentary - Nov 25 - Nov 29, 2013
All eyes on Delhi election results on December 8th. These results may act as a precursor to what is in store for Indian investors. As DII turned buyers during the end of November, it seems that street is expecting a rally in December, which may only happen if BJP wins.
Sensex gained 2.8%; Nifty gained 3.0% while CNX Midcap was up by 3.1% this week.
Monday – Sensex up by 1.9%, Nifty up by 2.0%, Midcap up by 1.5%
Indian markets went up in tandem with global markets as Iran nuclear deal led to easing of crude prices. The deal is good for India in more than one way. It helps in removing the hindrances from importing crude from Iran, and lower prices benefits in reduced inflation expectations and deficits.
Tuesday - Sensex down by 0.9%, Nifty down by 0.9%, Midcap down by 0.5%
Markets gave back some of gains it made yesterday as crude prices rebounded and investors booked profits ahead of GDP data release.
Wednesday – Sensex, Nifty and Midcap flat
Markets ended flat as November derivative expiry arrives and investors stay cautious ahead of GDP and fiscal data release expected on Friday.
Thursday – Sensex up by 0.6%, Nifty up by 0.6%, Midcap up by 0.9%
Markets went up on the day of derivative expiry as traders cover their shorts and domestic institutional investors (DIIs) turned net buyers for first time in November, in addition to FIIs who continued stake building in Indian markets.
Friday – Sensex up by 1.3%, Nifty up by 1.4%, Midcap up by 1.1%
Markets showed optimism ahead of 2Q GDP data release expected during after-market hours. Consensus on the street is 4.6% of GDP growth. Anything below that will be indicator of adverse impact of recent repo rate hikes initiated by Governor Raghuram Rajan.
Sensex gained 2.8%; Nifty gained 3.0% while CNX Midcap was up by 3.1% this week.
Monday – Sensex up by 1.9%, Nifty up by 2.0%, Midcap up by 1.5%
Indian markets went up in tandem with global markets as Iran nuclear deal led to easing of crude prices. The deal is good for India in more than one way. It helps in removing the hindrances from importing crude from Iran, and lower prices benefits in reduced inflation expectations and deficits.
Tuesday - Sensex down by 0.9%, Nifty down by 0.9%, Midcap down by 0.5%
Markets gave back some of gains it made yesterday as crude prices rebounded and investors booked profits ahead of GDP data release.
Wednesday – Sensex, Nifty and Midcap flat
Markets ended flat as November derivative expiry arrives and investors stay cautious ahead of GDP and fiscal data release expected on Friday.
Thursday – Sensex up by 0.6%, Nifty up by 0.6%, Midcap up by 0.9%
Markets went up on the day of derivative expiry as traders cover their shorts and domestic institutional investors (DIIs) turned net buyers for first time in November, in addition to FIIs who continued stake building in Indian markets.
Friday – Sensex up by 1.3%, Nifty up by 1.4%, Midcap up by 1.1%
Markets showed optimism ahead of 2Q GDP data release expected during after-market hours. Consensus on the street is 4.6% of GDP growth. Anything below that will be indicator of adverse impact of recent repo rate hikes initiated by Governor Raghuram Rajan.
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