Friday, April 12, 2013

Weekly Market Commentary - Apr 8 - 12, 2013

Another bad week for the market with Sensex falling 1%, Nifty down 0.4% while CNX Midcap flat at -0.04%

Monday - Sensex down 0.1%, Nifty down 0.2%, Midcap up 0.1%
Market took some breath from the beating it received previous week. Mostly a quite session.

Tuesday - Sensex down 1.1%, Nifty down 0.9%, Midcap down 0.8%
A bad day for the markets with selling continued on most counters. Wipro tanked 12% as it traded without its non-IT business for the first time. FIIs continued to sell in anticipation of weak earnings.

Wednesday - Sensex up 1.0%, Nifty up 1.2%, Midcap up 0.9%
Bears rested to catch some breath as markets attempted to regain the lost ground with small rally. The investors, though mostly cautious continued to look for bargains from previous sessions' sell-offs.

Thursday - Sensex up 0.7%, Nifty up 0.6%, Midcap down 0.1%
Indian stocks rose to a one-week high before data forecast to show inflation eased to the slowest in more than three years, and ahead of a quarterly earnings reporting season that begins on Friday. Infosys gained 4% in anticipation of good results.

Friday - Sensex down 1.6%, Nifty down 1.2%, Midcap down 0.1%
Markets tanked with BSE IT falling 10% on weak results and revenue guidance of 6-10% growth in FY14 from Infosys disappointed the markets.

Friday, April 5, 2013

Weekly Market Commentary - Apr 1 - 5, 2013

Quite a bad week for the market with Sensex falling 2%, Nifty down 2.3% while CNX Midcap flat at +0.3%

Monday - Sensex up 0.2%, Nifty up 0.4%, Midcap up 1.2%
Markets started the new fiscal on a slight positive note. Overall the global markets were weigh down by the war cries from North Korea. Indian markets were also up due to continuation of short coverings seen on the last day of previous fiscal.

Tuesday - Sensex up 0.9%, Nifty up 0.8%, Midcap up 1.6%
Markets gained as sensex regained 19K level due to strong optimism about reform process. RIL was one of the top gainers as it signed a telecom pact with RCom. Under the pact, RIL' telecom arm will hire nationwide optical fibre network of RCom for the roll-out of 4G services.

Wednesday - Sensex down 1.3%, Nifty down 1.3%, Midcap down 0.8%
Markets are back in red as FY13 ends and it starts preparing for 4Q results. Street is of the view that market might consolidate more in anticipation of earnings season.

Thursday - Sensex down 1.6%, Nifty down 1.7%, Midcap down 1.9%
Sensex slumped 200 points while Nifty closed down below its 200 DMA mark, as FIIs turned nervous before 4Q earnings season starts.

Friday - Sensex down 0.3%, Nifty down 0.4%, Midcap up 0.3%
Markets took a small respite from two continuous profit booking sessions of FIIs. Partial decontrol of sugar sector led to rally in sugar stocks. In a big boost for the sugar sector, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) agreed to partially reform the sector by doing away with regulated release mechanism. It has also removed obligation of levy on sugar mills.

Friday, March 29, 2013

Weekly Market Commentary - Mar 25 - 29, 2013

Uneventful week for Indian markets with two day holidays for Holi and Good Friday.

Monday - Sensex down 0.50%, Nifty down 0.31%, Midcap down 0.18%
Markets stayed jittery as UPA's critical ally SP continued making noises about early elections keeping the markets nervous.

Tuesday - Sensex up 0.34%, Nifty up 0.14%, Midcap down 0.18%
Markets broke away from their recent trend of losses and posted some gains. Nothing eventful.

Wednesday - Holi

Thursday - Sensex up 0.70%, Nifty up 0.73%, Midcap up 1.52%
Markets posted a gain on the last day of fiscal 2013. Nothing eventful.

Friday - Good Friday

Friday, March 22, 2013

Weekly Market Commentary - Mar 18 - 22, 2013

Quite a bad week for Indian markets. Sensex and Nifty fell by around 4%, while CNX Midcap declined by more than 5%.

Monday - Sensex down 0.69%, Nifty down 0.64%, Midcap down 0.3%
Markets ended down with not so optimistic view from RBI monetary policy review meeting next day. Broader sentiment was also negative due to Cyprus bail out plan of taxing its bank depositors made markets nervous. Moody's comments on warning on country's rating due to sustained food inflation also added to the woes of the market.

Tuesday - Sensex down 1.48%, Nifty down 1.53%, Midcap down 1.51%
DMK's decision to pull out from ruling UPA govt sent shockwaves through the market. RBI's decision to limit its repo rate cut to 25 bps and leaving CRR unchanged at 4% took the banks and realty firms down. RBI also sent a clear signal to the market to not to be too hopeful of a rate cut in the near future.

Wednesday - Sensex down 0.65%, Nifty down 0.90%, Midcap down 2.08%
Markets continued to be in red as the political climate turned uncertain. Markets were facing a real risk of early election which will put all the reforms initiated by UPA in limbo and attempts to bring down the fiscal deficit under control will have no air to breathe.

Thursday - Sensex down 0.48%, Nifty down 0.63%, Midcap down 1.22%
Markets continue to grapple with uncertain political climate, bank scandal and RBI's signal of keeping the monetary stance hawkish.

Friday - Sensex down 0.30%, Nifty down 0.13%, Midcap down 0.26%
Markets remained range bound for the last day of the week.