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Weekly-market: Second straight weekly loss for markets
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Saturday, November 20, 2010 |
| Market Commentary | | Second straight weekly loss for markets | The markets posted back-to-back weekly loss as sentiments turned bearish owing to telecom scandal, microfinance turmoil, Ireland debt woes and China's rate hike fears |
Major news for the week: - Inflation inches down to 8.58% in October
- Spectrum probe worries haunt telecom space
- Axis Bank buys Enam Securities in Rs2,067-crore deal
- Tata Motors global sales surge 18% in October
- Vedanta seals $6 billion financing for Cairn India deal
Bears were on a roll for the second consecutive week, with the Sensex and the Nifty breaking important psychological levels of 20000 and 6000 respectively. The domestic markets fluctuated between gains and losses all through this week and ended down over 2%. The mounting worries over Ireland?s debt and China's rate hike fears spooked the markets across the globe leading to heavy sell-off. The sentiments were also hit by recent sell-off by foreign institutional investors (FIIs). At home front, some telecom companies? stocks fell on news that they are reportedly under the government scanner over 2G spectrum allocations. The rumors that India?s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may resign on account of 2G scam led to panic among investors. Telecom scandal and microfinance turmoil also weighed on the markets. The domestic markets retreated sharply from its all-time closing high two weeks ago. The Nifty shed more than 420 points in two weeks and the Sensex dropped over 1400 points. Post market hours on November 19, 2010, People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced hike in reserve requirement ratio by 50 basis points, which will be effective from November 29, 2010. India?s inflation eased to 8.58% in October 2010 as against 8.62% seen in the previous month. Food inflation dropped to 10.3% for the week ended November 06, 2010 as compared to 12.3% seen in the previous week. Wrapping the week, the Sensex shut lower by 572 points or 2.84%, at 19585 and the Nifty closed down by 182 points or 2.99%, at 5890. Global Indices All the major Asian indices posted losses on fears of possible rate hike in China to curb inflation, with Shanghai Composite falling the most by 3.24%. However, Japan?s Nikkei index ended the week with gains of 3.06%. The European markets closed the week with decent gains except FTSE 100 index that fell over 1%. The US markets shut on a flat note. Sectoral and stock screening All the 13 sectoral indices were under bear grip for the second week in a row. The BSE Realty was the biggest loser for second week, down by 9.29%, followed by BSE Consumer Durables (CD) that fell by 7.40%. BSE Oil & Gas and BSE Power slid by 4.71% and 4.40% respectively. The remaining sectoral indices slipped in the range of 0.08-3.75%. | | Looking into 'A' group stocks, the star performer of the week was Educomp Solutions that gained by 18.19% after a domestic brokerage upgraded the stock?s rating, followed by Bharti Airtel that surged by 7.45% and Hero Honda Motors rose by 1.11% after a leading brokerage house Credit Suisse upgraded the stock?s rating. On flip side, Hindustan Copper slid the most by 17.79%, followed by Indiabulls Financial Services that fell by 17.08% and Unitech lost by 16.57% on 2G spectrum probe fears. FII/MF Activity The FIIs turned sellers this week and sold Indian shares worth a net of Rs392.4 crore. The local investors continued its selling activity and sold Indian stocks worth a net of Rs77.10 crore during the week. | TOP MOVERS (GROUP A) |  | | | | | Educomp Solutions | 605.85 | 18.19 | | Bharti Airtel | 328.85 | 7.45 | | Hero Honda Motor | 1,945.7 | 7.11 | | | Hindustan Copper | 334.75 | -17.79 | | Indiabulls Financial | 186.95 | -17.08 | | | | | | | FII/MF ACTIVITIES* |  | | | | Gross purchase | 13,075 | 552 | | | | | | | | | | *As on November 15, 2010 | | | | Outlook In the upcoming week, activity of FIIs along with the developments in the external environment will be the main factor to decide the course of the markets. Back home, any news over the 2G scam may also decide the direction of the markets. The volatility may continue as traders roll over positions in the derivatives segment from the near-month November 2010 series to December 2010 series ahead of the near-month expiry of futures & options (F&O) contracts on November 25, 2010. |
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