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02-Jan-20251 min readvipin kumar

GST collections rose 7.3% Y-o-Y to Rs 1.77 lakh crore in December- Daily Market Update 2 Jan 2025

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Goods and Services Tax collections rose to Rs 1.77 lakh crore in December, staying above the Rs 1.7 lakh crore mark for a tenth consecutive month, data released on January 1 showed.

Tax collections were 7.3% higher than in December 2023, when they stood at Rs 1.65 lakh crore, but were lower than the Rs 2.1 lakh crore mark hit in April. The pace of growth was also the slowest in three months.

Overview and Outlook

Global Stock Market Today

  • US equity markets were closed yesterday.
  • European equity markets were also closed yesterday.
  • Most of the Asian markets were trading lower on their first trading session of 2025.
  • GIFT Nifty is down by 50 points, Nifty futures likely to open around 23850 levels.

 

News highlights from across the globe

  • The Brent crude was trading 0.34% higher at $74.64 a barrel.
  • The Indian rupee weakened by four paise to close at 85.65 against the US dollar.

 

Important news updates from the domestic front

  • NMDC reported iron ore total sales at 3.91 million tonnes in December, down 6.7% year-on-year. Iron ore total production was at 4.71 MT, up 5.1% year-on-year.
  • Tata Motors total commercial vehicles sales dipped 1% year-on-year to 33,875 units, while total domestic sales was up 1% to 76,599 units and total passenger vehicle sales rose 1% to 44,289 units.
  • CSB Bank’s gross advances jumped 26% on a yearly basis to Rs 28,914 crore in the October-December quarter and reported a 22% growth in deposits at Rs 33,406 crore.
  • Maruti Suzuki India’s total production volume rose 30% to 1.57 lakh, passenger cars production volume was up 21% at 78,553 units and total passenger vehicle production volume rose 30% to 1.55 lakh.
  • South Indian Bank’s gross advances jumped 12% on a yearly basis to Rs 86,965 crore in the October-December quarter and reported a 6.28% growth in deposits at Rs 1.05 lakh. The CASA ratio fell to 31.16% from 31.80% in the year-ago quarter.
  • RailTel Corp received a work order worth Rs 78 crore from Bharat Coking Coal.
  • NTPC’s third quarter power generation saw a growth of 3.82% as compared to the corresponding period in the previous financial year. The company generated 326 billion units of electricity in the October-December period.
  • DCX Systems received export purchase order worth Rs 19.3 crore from its customer Elta Systems Ltd., Israel for manufacturing and supplying of backplane module assemblies.
  • Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders: The Defence Ministry approved the extension of additional charge of chairperson and managing director to Sanjeev Singhal.
  • Rajesh Exports will be subscribing to 2.55 crore shares of its arm ACC Energy Storage of Rs 10 each at a premium of Rs 50 per share.

 

Nifty Overview & Outlook

Benchmark Nifty index settled higher at 23743 levels after adding 98 points to its previous closing values.

Small cap index outperformed the benchmark , gained over 1% whereas Mid cap index traded in line with the benchmark, rose 0.49%.

Majority of sectoral indices, barring Realty and Metal index, tracked at NSE settled in green. Nifty Auto index was the top performer, gained 1.34% followed by Media and Consumer Durable index that rose 0.81% & 0.77% respectively.

Technically, Nifty index is trading sideways in a range (23450-23950 levels) for past couple of sessions. Either side break from this range will set the tone for next directional move in that direction.

 

Derivatives Overview & Outlook

Yesterday, Nifty, Banknifty and Finnifty futures rose marginally without any significant change in open interest. On the other hand, Midcapnifty futures added 11% of open interest as long buildup.

All F&O sectors, barring Metal and Realty, ended on a positive note. Amongst them, Banking, Finance, Chemicals, Infrastructure and Power stocks witnessed maximum addition of long positions along with some short covering in FMCG and Oil & Gas stocks.

On options front, put writing was seen at multiple strikes along with call writing at OTM strikes. Maximum put positions are at 23000 PE and maximum call positions are at 24500 CE followed by 24300 CE.

 

Institutional Trading Activity

Yesterday, FIIs sold stocks worth Rs 1783 Cr in the cash segment, sold stocks futures worth Rs 759 Cr also sold index futures worth Rs 767 Cr. DIIs were net buyers in the cash segment to the tune of Rs 1690 Cr during the week.

 

Nifty Futures, Banknifty Futures and Finnifty Key Levels

Nifty – Resistances 23950-24050; Supports 23770-23620

Banknifty – Resistances 51800-52100; Supports 51100-50900

Finnifty – Resistances 23900- 24000; Supports 23720-23620

 

F&O Security in Ban Today: MANAPPURAM

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