Today, Nifty has support at 4,234 and resistance at 4,419 and BSE Sensex has support at 14,218 and resistance at 14,801
The outcome of this week's Federal Reserve meet and that of the UPA-Left panel on the nuke deal will have some bearing on the sentiment.
Today, we expect another gap-down opening. The current situation warrants extreme caution. Any advance (dare we say) is likely to be driven by short-covering as fresh buying is negligible. FIIs continue to be heavy sellers even as local funds are continuing their shopping spree. The market will remain under pressure unless crude oil (and local inflation) cools off sharply and FIIs turn net buyers.
The Indian Market is expected to have negative opening on the back of weak global cues as the US market closed in red and Asian markets are trading weak. On Friday, the Indian market closed with heavy losses pressurized by selling across the ground. It was a hard day for the domestic market as it hanged around extremely negative zone after positive start. It had shown negative attitude through out the trading session. Nuke Deal and inflation worries also caused distress for the market as political uncertainty occurred after CPM threatened the UPA to withdraw its support if government moves forward with the deal. Inflation figure released on Friday reached to 13 years high to 11.05% for the week ended 7 June 2008. From the sectoral front, metal and oil & gas stocks were most unfavorable as most of selling was seen in these baskets
Corporate News
Hindalco Industries plans 1:3 rights issue to raise Rs50bn.(TOI)
GMR group to buy stake in ONGC’s Rs310bn Kakinada refinery in Andhra Pradesh.(BS)
Taro Pharmaceuticals sues its proposed buyer Sun Pharmaceutical Industries for allegedly thwarting formers’ attempt to sell off its unit in Ireland.(BS)
L&T says its heavy engineering division crosses Rs10bn of order booking for hi-tech equipment & systems in two months of current quarter.(BL)
Essar Shipping Ports and Logistics to invest Rs 100bn for the development of shipping, ports and oil field services over the next three years.(BS)
DLF to get around 5,000 acres near greater Noida at less than market rate under the Taj Expressway Industrial Development Authority’s scheme.(ET)
Great Off-shore secures an order for its heavy lift vessel in a Mediterranean company for US$15mn per annum.(FE)
Ranbaxy to continue to pursue acquisitions despite the change in its ownership.(BL)
Glenmark has received an approval from USFDA for marketing and distribution of Trandolapril tablets.(TOI)
NTPC would add 3,000MW of power for commercial use in the current fiscal.(BL)
HDFC Bank raises its benchmark prime lending rate by 0.25% to 15.25%.(FE)
Petronet LNG considering taking participating interests in gas assets in Australia.(BL)
Reliance Industries USA to invest US$215mn and create 200 new jobs at a newly acquired polyester plant in the US.(FE)
A consortium of developers led by Maytas Infra starts work at the greenfield airport in Shimoga, Karnataka.(BL)
Jindal Steel & Power plans to invest Rs320bn in coal-to-liquid projects.(TOI)
MTNL floats a Rs2.5bn tender for building network based on Internet Protocol infrastructure.(ET)
Spencer’s Retail, part of the RPG group, plans to invest Rs25bn over the next two years to expand its retail network.(DNA)
HDFC AMC invests Rs2.4bn in Ansal Properties & Infrastructures’ Noida project.(BS)
Parsvnath Developers plans to open retail stores by end of this fiscal.(DNA)
Tata Steel and Essar Steel along with ArcelorMittal ruled out of the race to acquire a stake in Indonesia's state-owned Krakatau Steel.(ET)
Coal India and Tata Power to form a 40:60 JV to produce power from washery rejects.(BL)
Government approves mining plan for the coal block that Reliance Power plans to use for setting up 4,000MW UMPP at Sasan in Madhya Pradesh.(BS)
Royal Orchid Hotels to develop six new hotels with an investment of Rs5.2bn.(DNA)
Indo Asian Fusegear shelves its plan to buy a majority stake in a European firm.(ET)
SAIL keen on reviving a long pending proposal to fund Rs1.7bn project for redevelopment of Bharat Coking Coal operated Moonidih mine in Jharkhand.(BL)
Punjab National Bank to raise deposit rates by 50bps.(TOI)
Three UK based companies show interest in picking up a controlling stake in GHCL.(BL)
US based Holiday Group to enter into infrastructure, housing and hospitality sectors in Kerala with an investment of Rs10n.(ET)
SVP Group has signed a deal with Bharti Retail to lease out 32,000sq ft of space in Ghaziabad.(ET)
S Kumars subsidiary Reid and Taylor may sell stake to a European fund for Rs150 per share.(ET)
Amtek Transportation Division, part of Amtek Auto, enters into a JV with American Railcar Industries to foray into railcars.(ET)
Economic News
Leading Indian carriers say more air fare increases are possible.(BS)
Finance Ministry says it expects RBI to take monetary measures to help check inflation.(FE)
3G spectrum is not available in certain circles for allocation to CDMA players, according to an internal TRAI study.(BS)
TRAI to submit its recommendations on internet telephony in two months.(ET)
Coal ministry gives its approval for setting up a regulatory body for coal.(DNA)
Provident Fund trustees to press for increasing the interest rate on PF to at least 12%.(ET)
CMIE forecasts 5.5% inflation for FY09.(FE)
As per SEBI, currency futures may start by end of August 2008.(ET)
India exports to the European Union may face higher barriers, if the latter goes ahead with a proposal to place carbon tax on goods imported from advanced developing countries.