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04-Feb-20251 min readvipin kumar

Trump pauses Mexico and Canada tariffs for One month- Daily Market Update 4th Feb 2025

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US President Donald Trump shelves the escalating trade war against Canada and Mexico by one month.

Trump on late Monday agreed to delay 25% tariffs against Mexico for one month after a conversation with Mexican counterpart Claudia Sheinbaum. In return, Mexico will send 10,000 troops to the border to help stop the entry of fentanyl and migration into the US.

Overview and Outlook

Global Stock Market Today

  • US equity markets settled lower in range 0.25% to 1.15%
  • European equity markets also ended lower in range 1% to 1.42%
  • Asian equity markets trading with a positive bias.
  • GIFT Nifty is up by 125 points, Nifty futures likely to open around 23540 levels.

 

News highlights from across the globe

  • Stocks in the Asia-Pacific region are trading higher after US President Donald Trump shelved his tariff plans by one month, easing the global trade war tensions.
  • The dollar index — which tracks the greenback’s performance against a basket of 10 leading global currencies was 0.23% down at 108.73 also crude oil prices fell on the delay of a trade war.

 

Important news updates from the domestic front

  • Power Grid Corp. Q3FY25 (Consolidiated, YoY) – Revenue down 2.75% at Rs 11233.03 crore vs Rs 11549.79 crore. Ebitda down 6.61% at Rs 9537.98 crore vs Rs 10212.89 crore. Margin at 84.91% vs 88.42% down 351 bps. Net profit down 4.13% at Rs 3861.63 crore vs Rs 4028.25 crore.
  • Tata Chemicals Q3FY25 (Consolidated, YoY) – Revenue down 3.8% at Rs 3,590 crore versus Rs 3,730 crore. Ebitda down 19.9% at Rs 434 crore versus Rs 542 crore. Margin at 12.1% versus 14.5%. Net loss at Rs 53 crore versus profit of Rs 158 crore.
  • Garden Reach Q3 (YoY) – Revenue up 37.7% at Rs 1,271 crore versus Rs 923 crore. Ebitda up 54.6% at Rs 75.3 crore versus Rs 48.7 crore. Margin at 5.9% versus 5.3%. Net profit up 11.3% at Rs 98.2 crore versus Rs 88.3 crore.
  • Welspun Enterprises approved the sale of 19% stake of Welassure to Rakshak Securitas.
  • Cipla will invest 900 million South African Rand in equity share capital of wholly owned subsidiary Cipla Medpro South Africa Proprietary Ltd. The investment will be utilised to reduce inter-group debt and improve the capital structure of the subsidiary.
  • HFCL has decided to temporarily halt its planned Optical Fiber Cable manufacturing project in Poland. Instead, it will leverage its competitive advantage by serving European customers directly from its Indian manufacturing facilities.
  • Barbeque Nation has entered into a pact to acquire up to 51% stake in Willow Gourmet at a consideration of Rs 17 crore.
  • Vodafone Idea gets a GST demand order worth Rs 24.01 lakh including penalty and interest by West Bengal Tax Authority
  • Mahanagar Gas has invested in 43 lakh shares of International Battery Co., totaling Rs 35.35 crore. This investment has increased the company’s stake in the entity to 44%.
  • Sun Pharma appointed Aalok Shanghvi as the chief operating officer.

 

Nifty Overview & Outlook

Tracking weak global cues amid escalating tariff war, benchmark Nifty index opened with a gap on the down side and settled at 23361levels after a cut of 121 points from its previous closing values.

Mid cap index fell inline with the benchmark as it was down 0.65%, on the other hand, small cap index underperformed the benchmark, fell over 2%.

Majority of sectoral indices tracked at NSE settled in red. Amongst them, Oil & Gas index was the worst performer, fell 2.22% followed by Metal, PSU Bank and FMCG index that were down over 1.5% each.

Nifty index is trading in a broadening formation on daily charts. Going ahead, we expect it to trade sideways with positive bias. On levels front, 23250-23150 zone will act as immediate support for intraday on the down side while resistance is placed around 23480 levels.

 

Derivatives Overview & Outlook

Yesterday, short buildup was seen in Midcap Nifty and Finnifty futures with an increase in open interest by 2.3% and 2.7% respectively along with some long unwinding in Nifty and Banknifty futures with decrease in open interest by around 1.5% each.

Majority of F&O sectors settled lower. Amongst them, Capital Goods, Power, Realty and Infra stocks witnessed maximum addition of short positions whereas some long buildup was seen among IT stocks.

On options front, further call writing along with put addition was seen at multiple strike. Maximum positions are at 24000 CE and 21000 PE closely followed by 23000 PE.

 

Institutional Trading Activity

Yesterday, FIIs sold stocks worth Rs 3958 Cr in the cash segment, sold stocks futures worth Rs 1512 Cr and also sold index futures worth Rs 1667 Cr. DIIs were net buyers in the cash segment to the tune of Rs 2708 Cr.

 

Nifty Futures, Banknifty Futures and Finnifty Key Levels

Nifty – Resistances 23500-23600; Supports 23320-23250

Banknifty – Resistances 49600-49800; Supports 4930-49100

Finnifty – Resistances 23320- 23420; Supports 23180-23020

 

F&O Security in Ban Today: NIL

 

Important Results Today : ASIANPAINT, BAJAJELEC, HAPPSTMNDS, GODREJPROP, JKTYRE, LEMONTREE, TITAN

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