Key benchmark indices extended intraday gain to hit fresh intraday high in afternoon trade as index heavyweight and cigarette major ITC extended intraday gains after a foreign brokerage upgraded the stock to overweight from neutral, citing prospects of earnings growth resilience. The S&P BSE Sensex was currently below the psychological 19,000 mark, after regaining that mark in afternoon trade. The Sensex was up 207.49 points or 1.1%, up close to 200 points from the day's low and off about 10 points from the day's high. The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was strong.
Realty stocks gained for the third straight day. State Bank of India dropped after the state-run bank reported weak Q1 results. Shares of two wheeler makers gained. Tata Steel and Hindalco Industries spurted ahead of their Q1 results tomorrow, 13 August 2013. Index heavyweight Reliance Industries (RIL) declined.
Key benchmark indices edged higher in early trade on firm Asian stocks. The Sensex and the 50-unit CNX Nifty hit highest level in almost a week. Key benchmark indices pared gains in morning trade as index heavyweight Reliance Industries dropped in volatile trade. Key benchmark indices regained strength in mid-morning trade. Key benchmark indices extended gains and hit fresh intraday high in early afternoon trade as index heavyweight and cigarette major ITC advanced. The Sensex extended intraday gain and hit fresh intraday high in afternoon trade.
At 13:20 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 207.49 points or 1.1% to 18,996.93. The index jumped 219.25 points at the day's high of 19,008.59 in afternoon trade, its highest level since 6 August 2013. The index rose 6.67 points at the day's low of 18,796.01 in morning trade.
The CNX Nifty was up 53.10 points or 0.95% to 5,618.75. The index hit a high of 5,623.80 in intraday trade, its highest level since 6 August 2013. The index hit a low of 5,557.10 in intraday trade.
The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was strong. On BSE, 1,262 shares gained and 796 shares fell. A total of 105 shares were unchanged.
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Among the 30-share Sensex pack, 21 stocks gained and rest of them declined. Jindal Steel & Power (up 7.26%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 6.88%) and Sterlite Industries (up 5.44%), surged
Index heavyweight and cigarette major ITC rose 2.6% to Rs 333.90 after a foreign brokerage upgraded the stock to overweight from neutral, citing prospects of earnings growth resilience.
Index heavyweight Reliance Industries (RIL) declined 1.48%.
Realty stocks gained for the third straight day. D B Realty (up 0.19%), Unitech (up 0.29%) and Sobha Developers (up 0.12%), edged higher.
Housing Development and Infrastructure (HDIL) rose 1.51%. The company during market hours today, 12 August 2013, said that the company's promoters have paid the interest arrears on their loan from Indiabulls Housing Finance. Indiabulls have acknowledged the receipt of their dues and have withdrawn their notice under Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002, HDIL said.
DLF rose 0.14% ahead of its Q1 results today, 12 August 2013.
Steel major Tata Steel surged 8.61% ahead of its Q1 results tomorrow, 13 August 2013.
Hindalco Industries gained 3.23% ahead of its Q1 results tomorrow, 13 August 2013.
M&M dropped 0.49% ahead of its Q1 results tomorrow, 13 August 2013.
Shares of two wheeler makers gained. Hero MotoCorp (up 2.62%) and Bajaj Auto (up 1.2%), edged higher.
State Bank of India (SBI) lost 2.57% on weak Q1 results. SBI's net profit declined 13.6% to Rs 3241.08 crore on 11.65% growth in total income to Rs 36192.62 crore in Q1 June 2013 over Q1 June 2012. SBI announced the first quarter numbers during trading hours today, 12 August 2013.
State Bank of India's (SBI) ratio of net non-performing assets to net advances stood at 2.83% as on 30 June 2013, higher than 2.1% as on 31 March 2013 and 2.22% as on 30 June 2012. The bank's ratio of gross non-performing assets (NPA) to gross advances stood at 5.56% as on 30 June 2013, higher than 4.75% as on 31 March 2013 and 4.99% as on 30 June 2012.
Provisions and contingencies (net of write-backs) rose 16.67% to Rs 2865.88 crore in Q1 June 2013 over Q1 June 2012. Provisions for non-performing assets declined 18.79% to Rs 2265.83 crore in Q1 June 2013 over Q1 June 2012. The provisioning coverage ratio as on 30 June 2013 stood at 60.6%.
Industrial production is seen registering a decline of 1.5% in June 2013, as per the median estimate of a poll of economists carried out by Capital Market. Industrial production had registered a contraction of 1.6% in May 2013. The government will unveil industrial production data for June 2013 today, 12 August 2013.
Consumer price inflation is expected to ease a bit in July 2013. The combined consumer price index (CPI) for urban and rural India is expected to ease at 9.7% in July 2013, from 9.9% in June 2013, as per the median estimate of a poll of economists carried out by Capital Market. The government will also unveil the CPI data for July 2013 today, 12 August 2013.
Most European stocks were in red in early trade on Monday, 12 August 2013. Key benchmark indices in France and Germany were off 0.01% to 0.05%. UK's FTSE 100 rose 0.07%.
Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong stocks jumped to lead most Asian markets higher on Monday, 12 August 2013, after a newspaper report in South China Morning Post that Beijing was "quietly offering financial stimulus" to key cities and provinces to support the local economies. China is the world's second biggest economy after the United States. Key benchmark indices in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan were up by 0.15% to 2.39%. Key benchmark indices in Indonesia and Japan fell by 0.5% to 0.7%.
Data released on Friday, 9 August 2013, showed that Chinese banks made 699.9 billion yuan ($114.3 billion) worth of local-currency loans in July, beating expectations.
Japan's economy grew an annualized 2.6% in the April-June period, the Cabinet Officer reported Monday, cooling sharply from a rapid 4.1% gain in the first calendar quarter. On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, gross domestic product rose 0.6% from the first quarter's 0.9% increase.
Trading in US index futures indicated that the Dow could fall 35 points at the opening bell on Monday, 12 August 2013. US stock indexes declined Friday, 9 August 2013, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average halting its longest weekly winning streak since August of last year.
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