Monday, 22 January 2018

Nifty, Sensex Headed Higher – Monday closing report-The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

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22 January  2018

I had mentioned in Friday’s closing report that Nifty, Sensex were on a roll. The major indices of the Indian stock markets rallied on Monday and closed with gains over Friday’s close. On the NSE, there were 950 advances, 772 declines and 259 unchanged. The trends of the major indices during the course of trading are given in the table below: The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
 
Major Indices (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions)
Broadly positive global cues, coupled with buying in energy, consumer durables and capital goods stocks, pushed key Indian equity indices to trade at fresh highs during the mid-afternoon trade session on Monday. According to market observers, upbeat quarterly corporate earnings along with continuous inflow of foreign funds lifted investors' risk-taking appetite. Both benchmarks, Nifty and Sensex, climbed to fresh record highs in early trade on the hopes of government meeting the fiscal deficit target as it announced generating Rs370 billion through stake sale in petroleum refinery. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions 

Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Monday said it has launched its "Great Republic Day Sale" with one-way fares starting as low as Rs769 and Rs2,469 for travel to select destinations on its domestic and international network respectively. According to the airline, the four-day sale launched on Monday would be open till January 25 while the travel period covered would be till December 12. Spice Jet shares closed at Rs121.70, down 0.04% on the BSE.

Infosys on Monday announced a strategic partnership with Hong Kong-based AS Watson Group (ASW), an international health and beauty retailer, to accelerate ASWs digital transformation initiatives. AS Watson Group has over 13,700 stores in 24 markets. Infosys shares closed at Rs1,150.00, up 0.41% on the NSE.

Companies like Asian Paints, Axis Bank, Biocon, Idea Cellular, Interglobe Aviation, Larsen & Toubro, Pfizer, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Jindal Steel & Power and Maruti Suzuki India are expected to announce their quarterly results during the week which may induce market volatility.

Exploration major ONGC on Sunday said that "all options" including internal accrual of resources and short term borrowing were available to fund its acquisition of HPCL. "We have various options available with us to fund this transaction," Sudhir Vasudeva, Chairman and Managing Director of ONGC, told a press briefing here. "There is an option of internal accruals... of short-term borrowing and liquid assets... We will exercise the most beneficial option available with us." On Saturday, ONGC announced the acquisition of the Central government's entire 51% stake in HPCL for over Rs36,900 crore. ONGC’s shares closed at Rs200.70, up 3.74% on the NSE, while Hindustan Petroleum shares closed at Rs401.80, down 3.32% on the NSE.

The top gainers and top losers of the major indices are given in the table below:
 
Top Gainer (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions)
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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