After hitting fresh intraday low, key benchmark indices cut losses in morning trade. The barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex was currently down 102.73 points or 0.38% at 26,665.76. The market breadth indicating the overall health of the market was negative. Bank stocks edged lower.
Volatility struck bourses at the onset of the day's trading session as the key benchmark indices reversed initial gains and hit intraday low in morning trade. The 50-unit CNX Nifty hit its lowest level in 4-1/2 weeks.
In overseas markets, Asian stocks edged lower today, 8 June 2015. US stocks finished mostly lower on Friday, 5 June 2015 as an upbeat jobs report raised expectations for an interest-rate hike this fall.
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold shares worth a net Rs 550.29 crore on Friday, 5 June 2015, as per provisional data released by the stock exchanges. Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 879.50 crore on Friday, 5 June 2015, as per provisional data.
At 10:16 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 102.73 points or 0.38% at 26,665.76. The index lost 179.79 points at the day's low of 26,588.70 in morning trade, its lowest level since 4 June 2015. The index rose 58.57 points at the day's high of 26,827.06 at onset of the day's trading session.
The CNX Nifty was down 33.90 points or 0.42% at 8,080.80. The index hit a low of 8,053.80 in intraday trade, its lowest level since 7 May 2015. The index hit a high of 8,131 in intraday trade.
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The market breadth indicating the overall health of the market was negative. On BSE, 1,051 shares declined and 768 shares rose. A total of 83 shares were unchanged.
The BSE Mid-Cap index was off 48.50 points or 0.47% at 10,305.43, underperforming the Sensex. The BSE Small-Cap index was off 38.56 points or 0.36% at 10,812.94. The fall in the index was lower than Sensex's decline in percentage terms.
The total turnover on BSE amounted to Rs 379 crore by 10:15 IST compared with Rs 165 crore by 09:30 IST.
Bank stocks declined. Among private bank stocks, HDFC Bank (down 0.62%), IndusInd Bank (down 2.12%), Yes Bank (down 0.15%), and ICICI Bank (down 0.7%) declined. Axis Bank rose 0.79%.
Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMBL) shed 0.63%. KMBL and ING Bank after market hours on Friday, 5 June 2015, announced signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) where both institutions will cooperate and explore opportunities arising from cross border business, investment and trade flows across Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg), Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.
It may be recalled that on 20 November 2014, KMBL and the erstwhile ING Vysya Bank announced the scheme of merger, where both KMBL and ING Vysya Bank expressed intent to explore areas of cooperation in cross-border business.
Among PSU bank stocks, State Bank of India (SBI) (down 1.23%), Punjab National Bank (down 1.26%), Canara Bank (down 1.26%), Bank of India (down 0.97%) and Union Bank of India (down 1.2%) dropped.
Bank of Baroda fell 2.17%. Bank of Baroda after market hours on Friday, 5 June 2015 said it has decided to reduce the rates of interest payable on term deposits of below Rs 1 crore and Rs 1 crore to Rs 10 crore applicable to the renewable of existing deposits and fresh deposits with effect from 8 June 2015. Interest rate on domestic term deposits of below Rs 1 crore in the maturity bucket of 1 year and upto 5 years was reduced to 8.25% from 8.5%. Interest rate on domestic term deposit of Rs 1 crore in the maturity bucket of above 5 years and upto 10 years was reduced to 8% from 8.25%. Interest rate on bulk deposits of Rs 1 crore to Rs 10 crore in the maturity bucket of 1 year was reduced to 8.25% from 8.35%.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is scheduled to announce current account deficit (CAD) data for Q4 March 2015 today, 8 June 2015. India's CAD narrowed to $8.2 billion or 1.6% GDP in Q3 December 2014 from $10.1 billion or 2% of GDP in Q2 September 2014.
In global commodity markets, Brent crude oil futures edged lower today, 8 June 2015. Brent for July settlement was off 58 cents at $62.73 a barrel. The contract had gained $1.28 a barrel or 2.06% to settle at $63.31 a barrel during the previous trading session on Friday, 5 June 2015.
Oil cartel Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Friday, 5 June 2015 decided to keep its collective output level unchanged at 30 million barrels a day. This was the second time in six months it decided to take no action amid a global glut of crude and weak oil prices.
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its daily monsoon update on Sunday, 7 June 2015, conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon into some more parts of central Arabian Sea & Karnataka, remaining parts of Tamilnadu, some parts of Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra Pradesh and some more parts of central Bay of Bengal during next two days. The Southwest Monsoon has been active over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Lakshadweep during past 24 hours ending at 08:30 IST.
The IMD said that for the country as a whole, cumulative rainfall during this year's monsoon has so far (upto 6 June) been 4% above the Long Period Average (LPA).
Asian stocks were mixed today, 8 June 2015. Key benchmark indices in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan rose 0.03% to 0.9%. Key benchmark indices in Singapore, Indonesia and South Korea fell by 0.1% to 1.02%.
China's exports fell 2.5% in May from a year earlier in dollar terms, after a drop of 6.4% in April, data from the General Administration of Customs showed today, 8 June 2015. Imports in May fell 17.6% from a year earlier, compared with a 16.2% drop in April. China's trade surplus widened in May to $59.49 billion from $34.1 billion in April.
Japan's economy grew faster than initially estimated in the first quarter, as the world's third largest economy continued its gradual recovery from last year's recession on the back of robust exports to the US and China. Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the nation's economic activity, expanded at an annualized pace of 3.9% in January-March, according to data released today, 8 June 2015 by the Cabinet Office. The revised figure compares with a preliminary reading of 2.4% growth.
US stocks finished mostly lower on Friday, 5 June 2015 as an upbeat jobs report raised expectations for an interest-rate hike this fall.
In economic data, the Labor Department said the US economy generated 280,000 new jobs in May. The Labor Department also revised the jobs figures from March and April. March was revised up to 119,000 from 85,000, while April was revised a touch lower to 221,000 from 223,000. The unemployment rate edged up to 5.5%, but mainly because more Americans entered the labor force in search of work.
In Europe, Germany's industrial production data for the month of April 2015 is due today, 8 June 2015.
Meanwhile, the head of the European Union reportedly rebuked Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in unusually sharp terms on Sunday, 7 June 2015 and warned that time was running out for Athens to reach a debt deal with its lenders to avert default. Greece had opted to bundle its June loan payments to the International Monetary Fund and make them at the end of the month. Greece was supposed to pay the IMF about 300 million euros on Friday, 5 June 2015, but said on Thursday, 4 June 2015, it would bundle all the payments due this month into one. That means Greece now owes the fund 1.54 billion euros ($1.7 billion) by 30 June 2015. IMF rules allow borrowers to combine payments of principal due in a calendar month, but the provision has been used only once before -- by Zambia in the mid-1980s.
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