Thursday, 15 December 2016

Nifty, Sensex may go down further: Thursday closing report-The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

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16 December 2016

I had mentioned in Wednesday’s closing report that Nifty, Sensex could be headed lower. Today the Nifty hit a lower low in the intraday session and closed 0.35% below yesterday’s close. The indices although opened lower it surged immediately from the negative to the positive zone and managed staying in the green up to 11.20 am. However thereafter it moved in a range close to yesterday’s close. In the last hour of the trading session the indices lost all its strength and fell below the level from where it began today’s session. S&P BSE Sensex fell 84 points or 0.31% to close at 26,519 while Nifty 50 lost 29 points or 0.35% to close at 8,154. 

The trends of the major indices in the course of Wednesday’s trading are given in the table below: The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
Major Indices (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions)

Asian stocks declined as a result of US Federal Reserve raising interest rates in the US on 14 December 2016. European indices were trading higher. Investors eyed the Bank of England's monetary policy decision due later in the trading session. The Federal Reserve raised its key short-term rate yesterday, 14 December 2016, on the expected lines, but it also forecast three rate increases in 2017, compared with the two that had been anticipated at its previous meeting in September. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions


IT stocks were the biggest gainers of the day, pushing S&P BSE Information Technology index to 9,977. In the midcap and smallcap segments, the S&P BSE Midcap index closed at 12,240 with JSW Energy being the top gainer and Nalco the worst laggard. The S&P BSE Smallcap index closed 0.21 per cent higher at 12,143. The India VIX (Volatility) index was down 5.65% at 15.6. Out of 1470 stocks traded on the NSE, 701 declined and 697 advanced today. A total of 21 stocks registered a fresh 52-week high in trade today, whereas 15 stocks touched a new 52-week low on the NSE. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions


The Indian Rupee was trading at 67.82 per dollar. Gold was trading at Rs27, 156 per 10 grams and silver was trading at Rs40, 565 per kg. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions


Sun Pharma was the biggest loser among Sensex 30 stocks, down 4.36%. Recently it was in news for the USFDA issuing a Form-483. The USFDA inspected the Company's Halol facility in Gujarat, India from November 17, 2016 through December 1, 2016. At the conclusion of the inspection, the USFDA issued a Form-483, citing nine inspectional observations. None of those observations were characterized by the USFDA as repeat observations.

The top gainers and top losers of the major indices are given below:
 
Top Gainer (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions)
Hong Kong stocks slumped to a four-month low. The benchmark Hang Seng index extended early losses to end 1.8 per cent lower at 22,059. The Hong Kong China Enterprises Index lost 2.3 per cent to 9,479.  However, Japan's Nikkei ended marginally up. The Nikkei share average rose 0.1 per cent to 19,273 after dipping into the negative territory. European stocks opened higher.


The closing values of the major Asian indices are given in the table below:The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
Asian Indices (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions)

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