The market is headed for a lower start as most Asian stocks fell. Trading of CNX Nifty futures on the Singapore stock exchange indicates that the Nifty could fall 13.50 points at the opening bell. Asian stocks were trading mostly lower today, 9 January 2014 after a lacklustre performance on Wall Street overnight.
Infosys may be in focus ahead of Q3 December 2013 results tomorrow, 10 January 2014. At the time of announcement of Q2 September 2013 results in October 2013, Infosys had raised its revenue guidance in both dollar and rupee terms. The increase in revenue growth guidance in rupee terms was driven by weakness in rupee against the dollar. At that time, the company had issued a forecast of 21% to 22% growth in revenue in rupee terms based on the assumption of rupee dollar conversion rate of 62.61 for the rest of the fiscal year. The company had at that time forecast 9% to 10% growth in revenue in dollar terms for the year ending 31 March 2014 (FY 2014).
Union Bank of India said after market hours on Wednesday, 8 January 2014 that the board of directors of the bank at its meeting held on 8 January 2014 have declared an interim dividend of 27% or Rs 2.70 per share for the financial year ending 31 March 2014 (FY 2014). The bank has fixed 21 January 2014 as the record date for the purpose of payment of interim dividend. The date of payment of interim dividend shall be 29 January 2014.
Oriental Bank of Commerce said after market hours on Wednesday, 8 January 2014 that a meeting of the board of directors of the bank will be held on 11 January 2014, to consider declaration of interim dividend on the paid up equity capital of the bank for the financial year ending 31 March 2014 (FY 2014).
NHPC said after market hours on Wednesday, 8 January 2014 that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed on 6 January 2014 between the company and Government of Kerala for the development of Wind Power project by NHPC in Kerala. As per the agreement NHPC shall take up the grid interactive wind energy project with proposed installed capacity of 82 megawatts (MW) in Palakkad District of Kerala.
Key benchmark indices edged higher on Wednesday, 8 January 2014, to mark first daily gain this year and snapping five-session losing streak. The S&P BSE Sensex garnered 36.14 points or 0.17% to settle at 20,729.38, its highest closing level since 6 January 2014.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 79.68 crore on Wednesday, 8 January 2014, as per provisional data from the stock exchanges.
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The next major trigger for the stock market is Q3 December 2013 corporate earnings. Investors and analysts will closely watch the management commentary that would accompany the result to see if there is any revision in their future earnings forecast of the company for the current year and/or the next year. The Q3 earnings season begins later this week when IT major Infosys and private sector bank IndusInd Bank unveil their earnings on Friday, 10 January 2014.
The Reserve Bank of India's Third Quarter Review of Monetary Policy for 2013-14 is scheduled on 28 January 2014.
Asian stocks were trading mostly lower today, 9 January 2014 after a lacklustre performance on Wall Street overnight. Key benchmark indices in Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan fell by 0.05% to 1.2%. Key benchmark indices in China, Taiwan and South Korea rose by 0.02% to 0.12%.
China's consumer-price inflation slowed in December, while deflation for wholesale prices held steady, according to government data out Thursday. The consumer price index rose 2.5% from a year earlier, slowing from a 3% gain in November, while prices were 0.3% higher versus the previous month, swinging from a 0.1% drop. A 4.1% rise in food prices helped drive the gain. The producer price index, meanwhile, fell 1.4% on an annual basis, unchanged from November's result.
US stocks closed mostly lower on Wednesday, 8 January 2014 after minutes from the last Federal Open Market Committee meeting showed that a majority of officials judged the effects of the monthly asset purchases to be diminishing over time.
Federal Reserve officials agreed in December to scale back their asset-purchase program as most believed that the benefits of the controversial policy were eroding as time passed, according to minutes from their last meeting released Wednesday, 8 January 2014. By a 9-to-1 vote, the Fed on 18 December 2013 decided to trim its asset-purchase program by $10 billion to $75 billion per month starting in January 2014.
Automatic Data Processing said on Wednesday that private employers created 238,000 jobs in December.
The US government will unveil the influential non-farm payroll report for December 2013 tomorrow, 10 January 2014.
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) holds a two-day monetary policy meeting on 28 and 29 January 2014. The Federal Reserve said after a two-day monetary policy review on 18 December 2013 that it will cut its monthly bond purchases to $75 billion from $85 billion starting in January 2014 amid an improved outlook for the job market in the world's largest economy. The US central bank is poised to continue winding down its stimulus measures gradually this year.
The European Central Bank holds a monetary policy meeting today, 9 January 2014. UK's central bank -- Bank of England -- also undertakes monthly monetary policy review tomorrow, 9 January 2014. The Bank of England and the European Central Bank are both expected to keep monetary policy on hold today, 9 January 2014. Market will closely watch what ECB President Mario Draghi says about low inflation providing hint as to whether the bank expands stimulus at future meetings.
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