Stocks hovered in negative zone in morning trade weighed by lower Asian stocks. At 10:16 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was down 88.26 points or 0.25% at 35,686.62. The Nifty 50 index was down 38.75 points or 0.36% at 10,724.65.
Domestic stocks opened on a negative note tracking lower Asian stocks.
The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index was up 0.03%. The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was down 0.04%.
The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was negative. On the BSE, 842 shares rose and 974 shares fell. A total of 97 shares were unchanged.
Tata Steel (down 1.45%), Hero MotoCorp (down 1.05%), Maruti Suzuki India (down 0.9%), Vedanta (down 0.9%) and TCS (down 0.83%) edged lower from the Sensex pack.
Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (up 1.77%), Tata Motors (up 1.41%) and IndusInd Bank (up 1.39%) edged higher from the Sensex pack.
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Yes Bank lost 3.68% after the bank announced that Rentala Chandrashekhar, independent director has tendered his resignation from the bank's board, with immediate effect, due to personal reasons. The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 19 November 2018.
Kridhan Infra surged 12.03% after the company announced that its Singapore Subsidiary Swee Hong (SHL) has won an order for construction of link sewers for the DTSS phase 2 project from the Public Utilities Board, Singapore worth Rs 195 crore. The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 19 November 2018.
PSP Projects rose 0.2% after the company announced that it bagged new institutional and industrial projects worth Rs 372.47 crore from various clients. The total work orders received during the financial year 2018-2019 (till date) on standalone basis amounts to Rs 804.62 crore. The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 19 November 2018.
Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Central Board met yesterday, 19 November 2018 in Mumbai and discussed the Basel regulatory capital framework, a restructuring scheme for stressed MSMEs, bank health under Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework and the Economic Capital Framework (ECF) of RBI. The board decided to constitute an expert committee to examine the ECF, the membership and terms of reference of which will be jointly determined by the Government of India and the RBI.
The board also advised that the RBI should consider a scheme for restructuring of stressed standard assets of MSME borrowers with aggregate credit facilities of up to Rs 25 crore, subject to such conditions as are necessary for ensuring financial stability. The board, while deciding to retain the CRAR at 9%, agreed to extend the transition period for implementing the last tranche of 0.625% under the Capital Conservation Buffer (CCB), by one year, i.e., up to 31 March 2020. With regard to banks under PCA, it was decided that the matter will be examined by the Board for Financial Supervision (BFS) of RBI.
On the political front, second phase of assembly elections with 72 seats is being held in Chhattisgarh today, 20 November 2018. Chhattisgarh held its first phase of polls on 12 November 2018 when 18 seats were contested. Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram will be held on 28 November 2018. Polling in Rajasthan and Telangana will be held on 7 December 2018. Counting of votes will be held across all the five states on 11 December 2018.
Overseas, most Asian stocks declined on pessimism about escalating trade tensions. US stocks dropped Monday, with shares of technology and internet-related companies dragging the market lower.
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