Extending their losses for the fourth day in a row, benchmark indices ended Wednesday's highly volatile session in the negative territory as the rapid spread of coronavirus from its epicentre in China to other countries dented investors' risk appetite. So far, the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in China has crossed over 2,700, while the number of confirmed cases in mainland China hit 78,064, including 406 new cases. CLICK TO READ MORE
The S&P BSE Sensex ended below the crucial psychological level of 40,000 at 39,889, down 392 points or around a per cent. Reliance Industries (RIL), Infosys, ICICI Bank, and HDFC contributed the most to the index's decline. Drug major Sun Pharma ended as the biggest loser on the index - down over 3.5 per cent while SBI ended as the biggest gainer on the index with half a per cent gain.
On the NSE, the Nifty50 index closed the session at 11,678.5, down 119 points or 1 per cent with 44 out of 50 stocks ending in the red and just 6 in the green.
In the broader market, the Nifty Midcap 100 index skid over a per cent to settle at 17,512 while the Nifty SmallCap 100 index ended at 5,992, down 34 points or 0.57 per cent.
India VIX, the "fear guage", climbed over 8 per cent to 18.29 levels.
Among sectoral indices, Nifty Auto index slipped the most - over 2 per cent to 7,208 levels. Nifty Metal index dropped 1.63 per cent to 2,430 while the Nifty Realty index ended at 297.50, down around 1.7 per cent.
GLOBAL MARKETS
Asian shares fell on Wednesday as a US warning to Americans to prepare for the possibility of a coronavirus pandemic jolted Wall Street yet again and pushed yields on safe-haven Treasuries to record lows. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 1.1 per cent. Japan was among the worst-performing market in the region, weighed by growing concerns the virus could force the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics.
Euro Stoxx 50 futures were down 0.36 per cent, German DAX futures fell 0.53 per cent, while FTSE futures were off 0.4 per cent.
Crude prices edged up on Wednesday as investors covered short positions after three sessions of losses, even as fears deepened that the rapid spread of the coronavirus will lead to a global pandemic.
(With inputs from Reuters)
4:05 PM IST Increasing concern regarding coronavirus in the world over is impacting global market. The economic impact is expected to be worse than thought earlier forcing investors to stay away from risky assets. Domestic market is bracing for yet another subdued GDP growth, with a forecast of 4.6 per cent to 4.7 per cent in Q3 compared to 4.5 per cent in Q2, which is adding to the fear.
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3:36 PM IST The S&P BSE Sensex slipped 392 points or 0.97 per cent to end below the crucial level of 40,000 at 39,889 while NSE's Nifty50 index ended at 11,678, down 119 points or 1 per cent.
3:25 PM IST The Coronavirus has had a widespread impact across major economies and is now becoming a global emergency. China’s (the epicentre of Coronavirus) manufacturing capacities have shut down for over a month now, creating a supply disruption of finished goods/components for consumer durable companies operating in India. However, most vendors had already made provisions for inventory due to the Chinese Lunar New Year holidays. Hence, there may not be an immediate impact in the current quarter.
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2:53 PM IST European shares fell for a fifth straight session on Wednesday, as investors fretted over the growing impact of a fast-spreading coronavirus that has pushed companies world-wide to sound the alarm on earnings.
Europe’s main equity benchmark STOXX 600 fell 0.8 per cent, marking its first five-day losing streak since July 2019.
Asian shares fell on Wednesday as a US warning to Americans to prepare for the possibility of a coronavirus pandemic jolted Wall Street yet again and pushed yields on safe-haven Treasuries to record lows.
That led MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan down 1.1 per cent. Japan was among the worst-performing market in the region, weighed by growing concerns the virus could force the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics.
MARKET COMMENT | Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services
Increasing concern regarding coronavirus in the world over is impacting global market. The economic impact is expected to be worse than thought earlier forcing investors to stay away from risky assets. Domestic market is bracing for yet another subdued GDP growth, with a forecast of 4.6 per cent to 4.7 per cent in Q3 compared to 4.5 per cent in Q2, which is adding to the fear.
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CLOSING BELL
The S&P BSE Sensex slipped 392 points or 0.97 per cent to end below the crucial level of 40,000 at 39,889 while NSE's Nifty50 index ended at 11,678, down 119 points or 1 per cent.
BROKERAGE RADAR | ICICI Securities on Consumer Discretionary
The Coronavirus has had a widespread impact across major economies and is now becoming a global emergency. China’s (the epicentre of Coronavirus) manufacturing capacities have shut down for over a month now, creating a supply disruption of finished goods/components for consumer durable companies operating in India. However, most vendors had already made provisions for inventory due to the Chinese Lunar New Year holidays. Hence, there may not be an immediate impact in the current quarter.
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Contribution to S&P BSE Sensex's fall today
Global Markets check
European shares fell for a fifth straight session on Wednesday, as investors fretted over the growing impact of a fast-spreading coronavirus that has pushed companies world-wide to sound the alarm on earnings.
Europe’s main equity benchmark STOXX 600 fell 0.8 per cent, marking its first five-day losing streak since July 2019.
Asian shares fell on Wednesday as a US warning to Americans to prepare for the possibility of a coronavirus pandemic jolted Wall Street yet again and pushed yields on safe-haven Treasuries to record lows.
That led MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan down 1.1 per cent. Japan was among the worst-performing market in the region, weighed by growing concerns the virus could force the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics.
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BROKERAGE RADAR | Geojit Financial Services on Berger Paints
Rating: Hold
CMP: Rs.569
Target Price: Rs.623
Berger paints recorded tepid growth of 4.9 per cent YoY in consolidated revenue for Q3FY20, as decorative business witnessed modest growth with late monsoon, early Diwali and general demand conditions. EBITDA margin expanded 290bps YoY to 17.5 per cent primarily driven by lower input costs on account of declining raw material prices. PAT rose 36.2 per cent YoY to Rs. 182 crore supported by improved operating margins and lower taxes. With on going improvements in margins, we expect the company's earnings to grow at a healthy 23 per cent CAGR over FY20-22. Hence, we upgrade our rating on the stock to a HOLD with a roll forward target price of Rs 623 based on 55x FY22E adj. EPS.
BROKERAGE RADAR | Motilal Oswal Financial Services on Gujarat Gas
The NGT order has panned out strongly at Morbi. Gujarat is facilitated by better availability of gas/pipeline infrastructure and already has a high market share of natural gas in its energy mix (~25%). Given lower LNG prices, we have modeled EBITDA/scm for the company at Rs 4.5/Rs 4.5, with volumes growth forecast of 10% for FY21/22. GUJGA trades at 21.2x FY21E EPS of Rs13.5 and 11.8x FY21E EV/EBITDA. We value the company at 22x FY22E EPS to arrive at a target price of Rs 340 and reiterate Buy rating. Jump in LNG prices and open access remain the biggest risks to our rating
After upgrading Havells to Hold recently, we are further upgrading the stock to Buy in the wake of positive feedback from recent channel checks which corroborate our estimates and projections that bake in a gradual revenue recovery from Q4FY20.
Our channel checks suggested that HAVL had lost market share in Fans in Q2 and Q3, while it has started to recover from Dec’19. Revenue growth in the core business (exLloyd) has started to rebound from Q4, with revenue growth seen in Fans as well.
Favorable base from Q4FY20 and moderated growth assumption for the ensuing quarte and a gradual uptick expected in government spending from Q1FY21, which has direct corelation with 30% of HAVL’s revenues, should lead to growth from Q4FY20.
We raise target multiple to 40x FY22E EPS from 35x, with a revised TP of Rs715 as we see recovery in revenue growth, which has been lagging for the last four quarters. We are baking in revenue/EBITDA/PAT CAGR (FY20-22E) of 13%/15%/19%. We are EW in EAP.
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Contribution to S&P BSE Sensex's fall today
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BROKERAGE RADAR | HDFC Securities on ICICI Securities
We attended ISEC’s sell side analyst day and were impressed by the strong client franchise, innovations and focus on adding value propositions (apart from pricing) for customers. While we appreciate the fundamental strength of ISEC’s business model, we believe valuations at FY21E/22E P/E of 23.5/20.8x are stretched. We rate ICICI Securities a SELL with target price of Rs 435 (18x FY22E EPS).
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Rupee opening
Rupee opens higher at 71.75/$ vs Tuesday's close of 71.88 against the US dollar
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Buy Marico Limited
Initiation range: Rs 303-306
Target: Rs 325
Stop loss: Rs 296
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Nifty has reached a crucial support zone 11,750-11,783, which happens to be the unfilled gap formed on 4th Feb 2020. Low made on 25th Feb is exactly at the upward sloping trend line adjoining bottoms of 19th Sep 2019 and 3rd Feb 2020. Violation of 11,750 support may drag Nifty towards the 200 DMA support, currently placed at 11,684. The previous bottom on the Nifty daily chart is placed at 11,614, which can also act as far support. READ MORE