Adani Total Gas hits all time high; rises 26% in seven days. 25March2022

Shares of the gas distribution company have surged 26.36% in seven trading sessions from its previous closing low of Rs 1,624.70 posted on 15 March 2022. The counter hit a record high of Rs 2,069.80 in intraday today. The stock has zoomed nearly 165.6% from its 52-week low of Rs 772.95 recorded on 22 July 2021.

On the BSE, 28,000 shares were traded in the counter so far compared with average daily volumes of 19,000 shares in the past two weeks.

In last one month, the stock has moved nearly 30.21% higher outperforming the Nifty 50 index which rose 2.84% in the same period.

The counter saw demand after the company on 23 March received authorization letters from various Geographical Areas (GAs) for laying, building, operating and expanding CGD networks. The company participated in the 11th CGD Bidding Round conducted by Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) and received authorization letters for laying, building, operating and expanding city gas distribution (CGD) networks from 6 states.

On the technical front, the stock's RSI (relative strength index) stood at 71.574. The RSI oscillates between zero and 100. Traditionally the RSI is considered overbought when above 70 and oversold when below 30.

The stock is trading above its 50 and 100 days simple moving average placed at 1756.05 and 1720.15 respectively. These levels will act as crucial support zones in near term.

Adani Total Gas is one of India's leading private players in developing City Gas Distribution (CGD) networks to supply Piped Natural Gas (PNG) to Industrial, Commercial, Domestic (residential) customers and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to the transport sector.

The company's consolidated net profit slipped 9.3% to Rs 131.58 crore on a 78% jump in net sales to Rs 883.27 crore in Q3 FY22 over Q3 FY21.

Shares end with limited losses; realty shares outperform. 25March2022

 

The key equity benchmarks ended with modest losses on Friday. The Nifty closed a tad above the 17,150 level. While most sectoral indices on the NSE ended in the red, realty, oil & gas and PSU banks managed to end higher.

As per provisional closing data, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex fell 233.48 points or 0.41% to 57,362.20. The Nifty 50 index lost 69.75 points or 0.40% to 17,153.

In broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index fell 0.36% while the S&P BSE Small-Cap index slipped 0.33%.

The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was weak. On the BSE, shares 1,353 rose and 2,047 shares fell. A total of 110 shares were unchanged.

Economy:

India's projected economic growth for 2022 has been downgraded by over 2% to 4.6% by the United Nations, a decrease attributed to the ongoing war in Ukraine, with New Delhi expected to face restraints on energy access and prices, reflexes from trade sanctions, food inflation, tightening policies and financial instability, according to a UN report released on Thursday.

The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report downgraded its global economic growth projection for 2022 to 2.6% from 3.6% due to shocks from the Ukraine war and changes in macroeconomic policies that put developing countries particularly at risk. The report said while Russia will experience a deep recession this year, significant slowdowns in growth are expected in parts of Western Europe and Central, South and South-East Asia.

Buzzing Index:

The Nifty Realty index rose 1.22% to 449.15. The index has added 1.72% in two sessions.

Godrej Properties (up 3.40%), Prestige Estates (up 2.97%), DLF (up 2.38%), Oberoi Realty (up 0.69%) and The Phoenix Mills (up 0.83%) advanced.

Sobha Developers (down 1.89%), Sunteck Realty (down 1.26%), Oberoi Realty (down 1.05%), Macrotech Developers (down 0.96%), Brigade Enterprises (down 0.51%) and Indiabulls Real Estate (down 0.29%) declined.

Stocks in Spotlight:

Tata Consumer Products shed 0.65% to Rs 734.55. The meeting of the board of directors of the company is scheduled on 29 March 2022 to consider preferential issue of equity shares of the company.

Exide Industries slipped 0.32% to Rs 153.70. Chloride Metals, a material wholly owned subsidiary of the company has started commercial production at its newly set-up green field manufacturing facility of battery recycling at Haldia, West Bengal.

Zen Technologies jumped 4.81% at Rs 205. The company has received a project sanction order (PSO) from the Indian Army for design and development of prototype of Integrated Air Defence Combat Simulator (IADCS).

GTPL Hathway fell 3.95% to Rs 186. The company announced its partnership with Verimatrix to onboard its Video Content Authority System (VCAS) to protect its Google Android TV-based DVB Hybrid set top box.

Lumax Auto Technologies slipped 2.79% to Rs 174.50. The application filed by the company along with its subsidiaries under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for automobile and auto component industry (PLI-AUTO) has been approved by IFCI.

Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) added 1.47% to Rs 1443.05 after the market regulator SEBI allowed exchanges having a commodity derivative segment to facilitate trading in options on commodity indices.

Bharti Airtel advanced 0.81% to Rs 712. The telecom company on Friday announced that it has paid Rs 8,815 crore to the Department of Telecom (Government of India) towards part prepayment of deferred liabilities pertaining to spectrum acquired in auction of year 2015. The prepayment is for instalments due in FY 2027 and FY 2028.

In the past four months, Bharti Airtel has settled Rs 24,334 crore of its deferred spectrum liabilities much ahead of scheduled maturities. These liabilities carried an interest rate of 10% and have been paid off through a combination of strong free cash generated by business, equity proceeds and significantly lower cost debt of similar tenor.

Torrent Power fell 1.30% to Rs 487.85. The company said that it has completed transaction of acquisition of 100% of the share capital and all securities of LREHL Renewables India SPV 1 (SPV). The enterprise value for this acquisition is around Rs 300 crore, including the viability gap funding (VGF) receivable, consequent to closing adjustments.

The SPV operates 50 MW solar power plant, commissioned in April 2018, situated in the state of Maharashtra. It has a long-term power purchase agreement with Solar Energy Corporation of India for full capacity for a period of 25 years at a tariff of Rs 4.43 per kWh.

Bajaj Electricals (BEL) declined 2.05% to Rs 1039.90. The company said that CRISIL Ratings has assigned its 'CRISIL A+/CRISIL A1+' ratings to the bank loan facilities of the company. These ratings have been placed on 'rating watch with developing implications' while the rating on the short-term debt programme of the BEL has been reaffirmed at 'CRISIL A1+'.

Aurionpro Solutions shed 0.54% to Rs 303. The company's US-based subsidiary, Aurionpro Fintech Inc. bagged an order from a large payment facilitator in the USA offering merchant payment services in insurance financing segment. The scope of the order covers platform upgradation, maintenance & support therefor and also the managed services for AWS cloud infrastructure. The contract is for a tenure of 1 year and is valued at $3 million (approximately Rs 23 crore) spread monthly over the tenure of the contract.

Global Markets:

Most European markets advanced while most Asian stocks ended lower on Friday.

US stocks rose following choppy trading on Thursday, as investors watched western leaders present a unified front against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Technology companies lifted US stock indices after a sharp fall in the previous session.

Global markets have been tracking negotiations over Russia's invasion of Ukraine closely, and Thursday saw a host of high-level meetings between world leaders and international bodies.

US President Joe Biden said Thursday that NATO would respond “in kind” if Russia uses weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine. The president spoke after a marathon of summit meetings with the European Union, G-7 partners and NATO allies. Biden also said he would support an effort to expel Russia from the G-20 group of economies.

Barometers trade with significant cuts; IT stocks decline. 25March2022

The key equity barometers traded with significant cuts, near the day's low in mid-afternoon trade. The Nifty traded below the 17,150 level. IT shares witnessed some bit of profit booking after advancing in the past three sessions.

The barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 346.06 points or 0.60% to 57,249.62. The Nifty 50 index lost 104.45 points or 0.61% to 17,118.30.

In broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index fell 0.40% while the S&P BSE Small-Cap index slipped 0.24%.

The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was weak. On the BSE, shares 1,321 rose and 2,027 shares fell. A total of 123 shares were unchanged.

Economy:

India's projected economic growth for 2022 has been downgraded by over 2% to 4.6% by the United Nations, a decrease attributed to the ongoing war in Ukraine, with New Delhi expected to face restraints on energy access and prices, reflexes from trade sanctions, food inflation, tightening policies and financial instability, according to a UN report released on Thursday.

The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report downgraded its global economic growth projection for 2022 to 2.6% from 3.6% due to shocks from the Ukraine war and changes in macroeconomic policies that put developing countries particularly at risk. The report said while Russia will experience a deep recession this year, significant slowdowns in growth are expected in parts of Western Europe and Central, South and South-East Asia.

Buzzing Index:

The Nifty IT index fell 1.34% to 36,028.85. The index had advanced 3.22% in the past three sessions.

Tech Mahindra (down 2.57%), L&T Technology Services (down 2.14%), Wipro (down 1.79%), TCS (down 1.33%), Coforge (down 1.16%), Infosys (down 1.11%), HCL Tech (down 0.99%), Mphasis (down 0.73%) and Larsen & Toubro Infotech (down 0.53%) declined.

Numbers to Track:

The yield on 10-year benchmark federal paper fell to 6.829% compared with 6.831% at close in the previous trading session.

In the foreign exchange market, the rupee edged higher against the dollar. The partially convertible rupee was hovering at 76.3350, compared with its close of 76.3900 during the previous trading session.

MCX Gold futures for 5 April 2022 settlement added 0.13% to Rs 51,833.

The US Dollar index (DXY), which tracks the greenback's value against a basket of currencies, was up 0.12% to 98.74.

In the commodities market, Brent crude for May 2022 settlement shed 48 cents or 0.39% $122.08 a barrel.

Global Markets:

European markets edged lower while most Asian stocks traded lower on Friday.

Russian shares endured a wild ride on Thursday as they returned to limited trading after a month on the sidelines following the country's invasion of Ukraine, and subsequent punitive international sanctions.

The volatility looks set to continue, and the MOEX Russia Index pulled back in early trade in Moscow on Friday.

US stocks rose following choppy trading on Thursday, as investors watched western leaders present a unified front against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Technology companies lifted US stock indices after a sharp fall in the previous session.

Global markets have been tracking negotiations over Russia's invasion of Ukraine closely, and Thursday saw a host of high-level meetings between world leaders and international bodies.

NATO committed extra troops along its eastern flank, the U.K. and U.S. rolled out more sanctions against Russian elites and officials, and the U.S. announced billions more in aid to Ukraine.

It comes as markets endure another choppy week, with a hawkish pivot from the U.S. Federal Reserve fueling bets that monetary policy will be tightened aggressively in a bid to rein in runaway inflation.

US President Joe Biden said Thursday that NATO would respond “in kind” if Russia uses weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine. The president spoke after a marathon of summit meetings with the European Union, G-7 partners and NATO allies. Biden also said he would support an effort to expel Russia from the G-20 group of economies.

 

Indices hover near day's low; breadth negative. 25March2022

  

Indices traded near the day's low with losses in afternoon trade. The Nifty traded below the 17,150 level. Media, realty and metal stocks advanced while IT and FMCG shares came under selling pressure.

The barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex dropped 330.8 points or 0.57% at 57,264.32. The Nifty 50 index lost 92.95 points or 0.54% at 17,129.60.

In broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index fell 0.17% while the S&P BSE Small-Cap index slipped 0.07%.

The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was negative. On the BSE, shares 1,438 rose and 1,8260 shares fell. A total of 134 shares were unchanged.

Economy:

India's projected economic growth for 2022 has been downgraded by over 2% to 4.6% by the United Nations, a decrease attributed to the ongoing war in Ukraine, with New Delhi expected to face restraints on energy access and prices, reflexes from trade sanctions, food inflation, tightening policies and financial instability, according to a UN report released on Thursday.

The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report downgraded its global economic growth projection for 2022 to 2.6% from 3.6% due to shocks from the Ukraine war and changes in macroeconomic policies that put developing countries particularly at risk. The report said while Russia will experience a deep recession this year, significant slowdowns in growth are expected in parts of Western Europe and Central, South and South-East Asia.

Nifty Gainers & Losers:

Bajaj Auto (up 1.74%), JSW Steel (up 1.23%), RIL (up 0.68%), UPL (up 0.67%) and Hindalco Industries (up 0.67%) were top gainers in Nifty 50 index.

Titan Company (down 3.35%), Maruti Suzuki India (down 1.92%), Cipla (down 1.87%), Tech Mahindra (down 1.6%) and Nestle India (down 1.54%) were top losers in Nifty 50 index.

Stocks in Spotlight:

Tata Consumer Products fell 0.72%. The meeting of the board of directors of the company is scheduled on 29 March 2022 to consider preferential issue of equity shares of the company.

Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) rose 1.89% after the market regulator SEBI allowed exchanges having a commodity derivative segment to facilitate trading in options on commodity indices.

Bharti Airtel rose 0.6%. The telecom company on Friday announced that it has paid Rs 8,815 crore to the Department of Telecom (Government of India) towards part prepayment of deferred liabilities pertaining to spectrum acquired in auction of year 2015. The prepayment is for instalments due in FY 2027 and FY 2028.For the past four months, Bharti Airtel has settled Rs 24,334 crore of its deferred spectrum liabilities much ahead of scheduled maturities. These liabilities carried an interest rate of 10% and have been paid off through a combination of strong free cash generated by business, equity proceeds and significantly lower cost debt of similar tenor.

Broader market outperforms; FMCG shares edge lower. 25March2022

 

The domestic equity barometers continued to trade with small losses in mid-morning trade. The Nifty was trading below the 17,200 mark. FMCG shares were under pressure.

The barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was down 145.51 points or 0.25% to 57,450.17. The Nifty 50 index lost 41.20 points or 0.24% to 17,181.55.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.15% while the S&P BSE Small-Cap index gained 0.26%.

Buyers outnumbered sellers. On the BSE, 1647 shares rose and 1539 shares fell. A total of 137 shares were unchanged.

Buzzing Index:

The Nifty FMCG index shed 0.77% to 35,521.20. The index has advanced 0.02% to end at 35,797.15 yesterday.

Tata Consumer Products (down1.70%), ITC (down 1.24%), Nestle India (down 1.20%), Marico (down 0.91%), Godrej Consumer (down 0.65%), United Spirits (down 0.56%) and Hindustan Unilever (down 0.53%) declined.

Stocks in Spotlight:

Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) rose 2.12% to Rs 1452.25 after the market regulator SEBI allowed exchanges having a commodity derivative segment to facilitate trading in options on commodity indices.

Bharti Airtel advanced 0.47% to Rs 709.55. The telecom company on Friday announced that it has paid Rs 8,815 crore to the Department of Telecom (Government of India) towards part prepayment of deferred liabilities pertaining to spectrum acquired in auction of year 2015. The prepayment is for instalments due in FY 2027 and FY 2028.

In the past four months, Bharti Airtel has settled Rs 24,334 crore of its deferred spectrum liabilities much ahead of scheduled maturities. These liabilities carried an interest rate of 10% and have been paid off through a combination of strong free cash generated by business, equity proceeds and significantly lower cost debt of similar tenor.

Global Markets:

Most Asian stocks traded lower on Friday. US stocks rose following choppy trading on Thursday, as investors watched western leaders present a unified front against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Technology companies lifted US stock indices after a sharp fall in the previous session.

Investors are continuing to monitor the war in Ukraine and weigh the Federal Reserve's rate hikes amid persistent inflation. NATO leaders met in Brussels Thursday to discuss increasing pressure on Russia, as Ukraine appears to be retaking ground in the war.

US President Joe Biden said Thursday that NATO would respond “in kind” if Russia uses weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine. The president spoke after a marathon of summit meetings with the European Union, G-7 partners and NATO allies. Biden also said he would support an effort to expel Russia from the G-20 group of economies.

Shares near the day's low; realty stocks in demand. 25March2022

  

The key equity benchmarks traded near the day's low in morning trade. The Nifty was trading below the 17,200 mark. Realty stocks outperformed for second day in a row.

The barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was down 116.51 points or 0.20% to 57,479.17. The Nifty 50 index lost 37.20 points or 0.22% to 17,185.55.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.15% while the S&P BSE Small-Cap index gained 0.31%.

Buyers outnumbered sellers. On the BSE, 1724 shares rose and 1308 shares fell. A total of 155 shares were unchanged.

Buzzing Index:

The Nifty Realty index rose 0.96% to 448. The index has added 1.46% in two sessions.

Prestige Estates (up2.26%), Godrej Properties (up 1.90%), DLF (up 0.90%), Oberoi Realty (up 0.69%), Indiabulls Real Estate (up 0.62%) and Sobha Developers (up 0.50%) advanced.

Macrotech Developers (down 1.99%), Brigade Enterprises (down 0.63%), The Phoenix Mills (down 0.57%) and Sunteck Realty (down 0.31%) declined.

Stocks in Spotlight:

GTPL Hathway rose 1.76% to Rs 197.05. The company announced its partnership with Verimatrix to onboard its Video Content Authority System (VCAS) to protect its Google Android TV-based DVB Hybrid set top box.

Lumax Auto Technologies added 0.78% to Rs 180.90. The application filed by the company along with its subsidiaries under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for automobile and auto component industry (PLI-AUTO) has been approved by IFCI.

Capri Global Capital gained 0.67% to Rs 620.10. Capri Global Housing Finance, a wholly owned subsidy of Capri Global Capital, has entered a co-lending alliance with State Bank of India (SBI).

Indices trade sideways with losses; ZEE jumps 17%. 24March2022

 

Equity indices traded sideways with modest losses in afternoon trade. The Nifty traded below the 17,200 mark. Media, metals and pharma stocks advanced while banks and financial shares were under pressure.

The barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex dropped 267 points or 0.46% at 57,417.88. The Nifty 50 index lost 73.45 points or 0.43% at 17,172.75.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.21% while the S&P BSE Small-Cap index gained 0.06%.

The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was negative. On the BSE, shares 1,443 rose and 1,865 shares fell. A total of 119 shares were unchanged.

Nifty Gainers & Losers:

Dr. Reddy's Lab (up 4.91%), Hindalco Inds (up 2.53%), Coal India (up 2.24%), Cipla (up 1.98%) and UltraTech Cement (up 1.54%) were top gainers in Nifty 50 index.

Kotak Mahindra Bank (down 2.89%), HDFC Bank (down 2.65%), ICICI Bank (down 2.1%), Titan Company (down 2.1%) and BPCL (down 1.17%) were top losers in Nifty 50 index.

Stocks in Spotlight:

Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) jumped 17.56% after the company's largest minority shareholder, Invesco, decided not to pursue litigation against Zee. Invesco Developing Markets Fund on 23 March said it decided not to pursue an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to add six independent directors as Zee's merger with Sony will achieve the fund's aim of strengthening board oversight. Division Bench of the Bombay High Court has on 22 March 2022, allowed the appeal filed by Invesco Developing Markets Fund and OFI Global China Fund and set aside the order passed by the learned single judge of the Bombay High Court. The Division Bench has directed that status quo be maintained for a period of 3 weeks. The company still awaits the detailed order in this regard. Invesco Developing Markets Fund and OFI Global China Fund on 11 September 2021 served a requisition notice to ZEEL to hold an EGM to remove Punit Goenka from the firm's board as director. Goenka, son of Essel Group founder and chairman Subhash Chandra, is managing director and chief executive officer of ZEEL. The two institutional investors also called for the removal of two of ZEEL's independent directors, Ashok Kurien and Manish Chokhani. The letter also proposed the appointment of six independent directors, including Surendra Singh Sirohi, Naina Krishna Murthy, Rohan Dhamija, Aruna Sharma, Srinivasa Rao Addepalli and Gaurav Mehta.

In December 2021, ZEEL and Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) signed definitive agreements to merge ZEEL into SPNI and combine their linear networks, digital assets, production operations and program libraries. After the closing, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (SPE) will indirectly hold a majority 50.86% of the combined company, the founders of ZEEL will hold 3.99%, and the other ZEEL shareholders will hold a 45.15% stake.

Kotak Mahindra Bank fell 2.89% after a large block deal took place in the initial deals on the BSE today. At 9:24 IST, around 3,17,69,813 equity shares, representing 1.60% of total equity of Kotak Mahindra Bank, changed hands at the counter on the BSE. The names of the buyers and sellers could not be ascertained. The media reported that Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is expected to sell stake via a bulk deal on 24 March 2022 to make a partial exit from Kotak Mahindra Bank. The Canadian pension fund will offload a 1.41% to 2.02% stake in the private lender at Rs 1,681.26-Rs 1,769.75 per share through the bulk deal.