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Market closes higher, Axis Bank in talks to buy 10% stake in Go Digit Life Insurance

Trendlyne Analysis

Indian indices closed sharply higher, with the volatility index, India VIX falling below 19%. The Nifty 50 surged over 440 points or 2.6% and closed above the 17,750 mark. European stocks traded higher than Monday, following the Asian indices and US indices futures. Major Asian indices closed in the green, despite the US indices closing in the red on Monday. US stocks fell as investors continue to assess Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s hawkish commentary at the central bankers’ conference on Friday. The tech-heavy index NASDAQ 100 extended its decline and fell 1% while the Dow Jones closed 0.6% lower. Brent crude oil futures traded lower after rising over 4% on Monday over supply concerns due to the prospect of OPEC+ output cuts.

Nifty Smallcap 100 and Nifty Next 50 closed in the green, following the benchmark index. Nifty bank and Nifty Realty closed over 3% higher. Nifty IT closed in the green, despite the NASDAQ 100 closing lower on Monday.

Nifty 50 closed at 17,744.20 (431.3, 2.5%) , BSE Sensex closed at 59,537.07 (1,564.5, 2.7%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 15,314.75 (342, 2.3%)

Market breadth is overwhelmingly positive. Of the 1,909 stocks traded today, 1,378 were on the uptick, and 469 were down.

  • Stocks like Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Dhani Services, ABB India, Rites and Poly Medicure are in the overbought zone, according to the relative strength index or RSI.

  • Centre is in final stages of talks with the Reserve Bank of India to sell stake in IDBI Bank, according to reports. It is likely to call for expression of interest for the stake sale in September.

  • Axis Bank is in talks to acquire a 10% stake worth $9 million in Go Digit Life Insurance, according to reports. This comes after HDFC Bank inked a pact to buy a 9.9% stake in the company last week.

  • Automobile wholesales for August can be a mixed bag with passenger and commercial vehicles expected to take the lead. Two-wheeler wholesales will depend on the demand arising in the festive season and tractor sales could go down due to deficit of rainfall in some regions.
  • Axis Direct maintains its ‘Buy’ rating on Nippon Life Asset Management with a target price of Rs 360, indicating an upside of 17%. The brokerage believes the company is well-placed to make huge market share gains on the back of an extensive distribution network, robust risk management practices, and improving macroeconomic conditions. It expects the company’s net profit to grow at a CAGR of 9.9% over FY22-24.

  • Federal Bank and Bajaj Auto hit their 52-week highs of Rs 117.8 and Rs 4,128.9, respectively. Both stocks are rising for two consecutive sessions.

  • TD Power Systems rises after its board approves a stock split in the ratio of 1:5. This will need to be approved by shareholders in the upcoming annual general meeting.

  • Metal stocks like Hindalco Enterprises, JSW Steel, Tata Steel, and Vedanta are rising in trade. The broader sectoral index Nifty Metal is also trading in green.

  • ICICI Securities maintains its ‘Add’ rating on Reliance Industries with a target price of Rs 2,755. This indicates an upside of 6%. In light of the announcements at its Annual General Meeting on Monday, the brokerage is very bullish on the company’s green energy business and consumer business segments. However, it still sees a limited upside for the company given its expensive valuation and muted return ratios over the past three years. It expects the company’s revenue to grow at a CAGR of 13.5% over FY22-24.

  • Bank of India files a petition with the national company law tribunal (NCLT) to initiate insolvency proceedings against Future Lifestyle Fashions. The company is in process of taking legal advice in this matter.

  • IT Networking Equipment, Distributors, Medical Equipment, and Paper & Paper Products’ industries rise by more than 25% in the past month.

  • Granules India is rising as the US Food and Drug Administration approves its abbreviated new drug application for loperamide hydrochloride and simethicone tablets. The drug is used to treat and relieve symptoms of diarrhea. The tablets are a generic equivalent of the Imodium multi-symptom relief tablets. The Imodium brand registered an estimated sales of $60 million in the US over the past 12 months.

  • Eicher Motors is rising as BofA Securities reiterates its 'Buy' rating and raises its target price to Rs 3,900, on improving growth outlook. The company’s subsidiary Royal Enfield’s new product Hunter and the momentum is topped by targeted marketing and aggressive financing push for other products as well. It also raises its earnings per share estimates for FY24 by 4%.
  • Power stocks like Adani Green Energy, Power Grid Corp of India, NTPC, Adani Power and Tata Power Co are rising in trade. The broader sectoral index BSE Power is also trading in the green.

  • Public sector bank stocks like State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Indian Bank, and Punjab & Sind Bank are rising in trade. The broader sectoral index Nifty PSU Bank is also trading in green.

  • Ramkrishna Forgings wins an export order worth Rs 20.5 crore ($2.58 million) per annum for the supply of metal bars in the non-auto segment.

  • Nazara Technologies acquires a 100% stake in WildWorks for a cash consideration of Rs 83 crore. WildWorks is a US-based children’s interactive entertainment company. The company expects this acquisition to help it grow in the gamified learning space.

  • Fundsmith Emerging Equities sells a 1.11% stake (5.8 lakh shares) in Thyrocare Technologies for Rs 36.2 crore in a bulk deal on Monday.

  • India Grid Trust reappoints Harsh Shah as CEO and whole-time Director effective from today. He earlier resigned from India Grid and was relieved from his duties on June 30.

  • Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) inks a pact to acquire a 51% stake in SPANV Medisearch Lifesciences. SPANV Medisearch Lifesciences runs Kingsway Hospitals, a multi-speciality hospital. As part of the transaction, KIMS will infuse Rs 80 crore in SPANV which will be used to repay existing debts and strengthen its balance sheet.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include JSW Energy Ltd. (341.05, 7.23%), Adani Total Gas Ltd. (3,744.95, 5.87%) and NHPC Ltd. (38.15, 5.68%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include IDBI Bank Ltd. (43.95, -2.55%), Zomato Ltd. (57.95, -2.11%) and NMDC Ltd. (122.25, -1.29%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

27 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd. (108.45, 19.97%), JSW Energy Ltd. (341.05, 7.23%) and Shilpa Medicare Ltd. (394.40, 6.94%).

Top high volume loser on BSE was V-Mart Retail Ltd. (2,918.15, -1.57%).

PCBL Ltd. (137.50, 6.05%) was trading at 8.5 times of weekly average. Vaibhav Global Ltd. (347.95, 3.68%) and Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd. (505.30, 4.16%) were trading with volumes 8.1 and 7.7 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

27 stocks hit their 52 week highs, while 1 stock tanked below their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Adani Transmission Ltd. (3,960.70, 2.73%), Aegis Logistics Ltd. (294.10, -0.24%) and Bajaj Auto Ltd. (4,084.85, 1.36%).

Stock making new 52 weeks lows included - Sanofi India Ltd. (6,187.70, 0.47%).

19 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including CESC Ltd. (81.45, 4.56%) and Tata Motors Ltd. (471.10, 3.92%). 2 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including UCO Bank (12.00, 0.00%) and Route Mobile Ltd. (1,519.30, 1.30%).

Stocks which are on a bullish swing breaking above the third key resistance level.
Market closes lower, Reliance Industries to invest Rs 75,000 crore in the petrochemicals business

Trendlyne Analysis

Indian indices closed in the red with the volatility index, India VIX, rising over 19.5%. The Nifty 50 lost over 240 points and closed below the 17,350 mark. European indices followed the global trend and traded lower than Friday. Major Asian indices closed in the red, tracking the US indices, which closed deep in the red on Friday. US stocks fell after the US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated that the Fed will continue to raise federal funds rates to tame multi-decade high inflation. The Chairman also acknowledged that tighter monetary policy will slow down the economy and potentially lead to job losses. In reaction to Powell’s speech, the tech-heavy index NASDAQ 100 plunged over 4% while the Dow Jones closed 3% lower. Brent crude oil futures traded higher after rising over 5% last week.

Nifty Smallcap 100 and Nifty Midcap 100 closed in the red, following the benchmark index. Nifty Metal and Nifty Realty closed lower than Friday. Nifty IT closed deep in the red, taking cues from the NASDAQ 100, which fell over 4% on Friday.

Nifty 50closed at 17,339.10 (-219.8, -1.3%),BSE Sensexclosed at 57,972.62 (-861.3, -1.5%) while the broader Nifty 500closed at 14,992.70 (-154.9, -1.0%)

Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1,942 stocks traded today, 644 were gainers and 1,251 were losers.

  • Reliance Industries to invest Rs 75,000 crore on a oil-to-chemicals value chain business over the next three years, according to reports.
  • Hardware Technology & Equipment and Healthcare Equipment & Supplies sectors rise by more than 3% in trade today.

  • MphasiS and Biocon hit their 52-week lows of Rs 2,062.1 and Rs 298.5, respectively. MphasiS falls for seven consecutive sessions, while Biocon trades lower for last two sessions.

  • Geojit BNP Paribas upgrades its rating on Bata India to ‘Buy’ from ‘Accumulate’ with a target price of Rs 2,151. This indicates an upside of 16%. The brokerage believes the company can revive its revenue growth trajectory as the economy normalizes. It expects the company’s strong brand recall, extensive distribution reach, and strong balance sheet to drive revenue growth. The brokerage anticipates the company’s revenue to grow at a CAGR of 29.4%.

  • Stocks like Thermax, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Indigo Paints, and Tata Communicationsare in the overbought zone, according to the money flow index or MFI.

  • IDBI Capital maintains its ‘Buy’ rating on PSP Projects with a target price of Rs 715, indicating an upside of 22%. The brokerage is positive on the company’s prospects given its stable cash flow, project execution ability, consistent order wins, and strong balance sheet. It expects the company’s revenue to grow at a CAGR of 21% over FY22-24.

  • Lupin is rising as the company in partnership with Pharmascience receives tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for its abbreviated new drug application Dasatinib tablets. These tablets are used to treat certain cases of leukaemia. The tablets had an estimated annual sales of $ 1.57 billion in the US for the 12 months ended June 2022.

  • Reliance Industries subsidiary Reliance Retail bids Rs 5,600 crore to acquire Metro Cash and Carry's India operations, according to reports. Reliance Retail is one of the highest bidders after Charoen Pokphand Group and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

  • IT Networking Equipment, Shipping, and Healthcare Supplies industries rise by more than 3% in trade today.

  • Axis Bank is likely to raise its stake to 20% in Max Life Insurance (a subsidiary of Max Financial Services) over the next 6-9 months, says Max Life’s CEO Prashant Tripathy. Axis Bank and its subsidiaries currently hold a 12.99% stake in Max Life Insurance.

  • Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) shares fall after the Centre withdraws a tender for appointing a consultant for data monetization. The tender was floated by IRCTC on July 29.

  • Axis Direct maintains its ‘Buy’ rating on G R Infraprojects with a target price of Rs 1,620. This indicates an upside of 16%. The brokerage remains optimistic about the company’s prospects given its strong execution prowess, diversified order book, and lean balance sheet. It expects the company’s revenue to grow at a CAGR of 13% over FY22-24.

  • M Anandan, Chairman and Managing Director at Aptus Value Housing Finance, says that NPAs have gone up due to COVID-19. He also says that, the company expects a loan growth of about 25-30% in FY23.

  • US FDA issues from 483 to Aurobindo Pharma with a procedural issue observed at its Raleigh plant in North Carolina which manufactures inhalers and derma products. The form is issued when the regulator observes a violation of the Food Drug and Cosmetics Act. However, no data integrity issues were reported in the inspection.

  • Sansera Engineering is rising as its bags a repeat order worth Rs 50.8 crore from a North American electric vehicle manufacturer. The order involves precision forged and machined components for electric passenger vehicles. The company says mass production of the components will start in FY24.

  • IT stocks like Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Mindtree, Larsen & Toubro Infotech, and MphasiS are falling in trade. The broader sectoral index Nifty IT is also trading in the red.

  • Indian rupee hits a record low of 80.15 against the US dollar in early trade today. This comes after US Federal Reserve Chairman on Friday said that the interest rates in the US will increase and remain at higher levels.

  • L&T Technology Services wins a five-year, multi-million-dollar deal from BMW group. The order pertains to providing high-end engineering services to the BMW Group’s infotainment systems used in its hybrid vehicles.

  • Edelweiss Finance sells 3.4 lakh shares (0.54% stake) in Sapphire Foods for Rs 41.8 crore in a bulk deal on Friday. In another bulk deal, PGIM India Mutual Fund sells 13 lakh shares (0.62% stake) in Orient Electric for Rs 34.2 crore.

  • RITES is rising as the company and its joint venture partner bag an order worth Rs 361.2 crore to redevelop Kollam railways station in Kerala. The company has a 51% stake in the joint venture.

  • New Delhi Television (NDTV) postpones its annual general meeting (AGM) by a week. The AGM will not be held on September 27. The company says that the rescheduling is because of the processes required after the open offer made by Vishvapradhan Commercial (VCPL) to acquire a 26% stake in NDTV.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Adani Power Ltd. (394.25, 4.99%), Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd. (1,630.00, 3.74%) and Patanjali Foods Ltd. (1,172.95, 3.48%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Info Edge (India) Ltd. (4,157.60, -6.29%), Tata Elxsi Ltd. (8,870.85, -5.11%) and One97 Communications Ltd. (726.40, -4.68%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

23 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Poly Medicure Ltd. (868.25, 14.49%), Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (399.00, 12.66%) and Aegis Logistics Ltd. (294.80, 10.29%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Thyrocare Technologies Ltd. (611.25, -2.61%), Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. (3,154.15, -2.33%) and Westlife Development Ltd. (642.05, -0.39%).

Jubilant Pharmova Ltd. (348.80, 3.49%) was trading at 15.8 times of weekly average. Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd. (17.45, 3.56%) and Vaibhav Global Ltd. (335.60, 8.59%) were trading with volumes 9.4 and 6.9 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

13 stocks overperformed with 52-week highs, while 6 stocks were underachievers and hit their 52-week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Adani Transmission Ltd. (3,855.55, 2.78%), Aegis Logistics Ltd. (294.80, 10.29%) and Bharat Electronics Ltd. (308.85, 1.15%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Biocon Ltd. (303.50, -1.06%) and MphasiS Ltd. (2,087.30, -3.64%).

9 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Poly Medicure Ltd. (868.25, 14.49%) and Kalpataru Power Transmissions Ltd. (410.75, 5.15%). 18 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Route Mobile Ltd. (1,499.75, -4.17%) and Bandhan Bank Ltd. (275.35, -3.84%).

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