Daily Market Update- Equity 1 March 2023 | Globe Capital Market LTD.
01-Mar-2023
Daily Market Update- Equity 1 March 2023

Benchmark Nifty index ended lower at 17303 levels, extended losses for the eighth session in a row, fell 89 points from its previous closing values.

Overview and Outlook

Global Market Update

  • US equity markets ended lower in range 0.10%-0.71%
  • European equity markets down in range 0.11%-0.75%
  • Asian equity markets are trading in green
  • SGX Nifty is little changed ( as on 8:20 AM)

 

News highlights from across the globe

  • Asian markets opened on a positive note after the U.S. equities closed lower, rounding out a turbulent month that saw global stocks drop about 3%.
  • The yield on 10-year Treasuries advanced to 3.94%. Crude prices were trading around $83-mark.

 

Important news updates from the domestic front

  • Tech Mahindra Ltd.: The company said in a statement that it has expanded its partnership with Microsoft as an Azure Operator Nexus Ready Systems Integrator. The collaboration will allow telecom operators and enterprises to build, host and operate LTE and 5G networks by using virtualised or containerised network functions leveraging Azure Operator Nexus.
  • Vedanta Ltd.: In a filing to Singapore Stock Exchange, Vedanta Resources, which owns a majority stake in the company, assured that it is capable of meeting its upcoming maturities in the quarter ending June 2023. The company said it is in an advanced stage to secure a fresh loan of $1 billion, as well as close to finalise $750 million bilateral facilities with various relationship banks.
  • Adani Enterprises Ltd.: The company’s subsidiary Mundra Aluminium has been granted the Kutrumali bauxite block located in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts of Odisha. The mineral block has 128 million tonnes of bauxite reserves.
  • Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd.: S&P Global affirmed its ‘BBB-‘ rating for Adani International Container Terminal Pte. Ltd., a 50:50 joint venture of the company with Terminal Investment Ltd. The outlook is stable.
  • Reliance Industries Ltd.: The company incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary named Reliance SOU to develop properties for commercial use.
  • HDFC Ltd.: The company’s subsidiary HDFC Investments will sell 34,146 shares (2.05% shareholding) of Softcell Technologies Global Pvt. Ltd. for Rs 2.05 crore to an undisclosed buyer, bringing down its shareholding to 9.95%. The housing finance NBFC increased its retail prime lending rate on housing loans by 25 basis points, effective March 1, 2023.

 

Nifty Outlook

Benchmark Nifty index ended lower at 17303 levels, extended losses for the eighth session in a row, fell 89 points from its previous closing values.

Broader market outperformed the benchmark as Midcap and Small cap index were up by 0.46% & 0.41% respectively leading to almost flat market breadth as 1163 declines were recorded against 1114 advances at NSE.

All the sectors tracked at NSE ended mixed. Nifty Media and Realty index were the top gainers up by 2.46% and 1.14% respectively. On the other hand, Nifty Pharma lost a maximum of 1.31% followed by Nifty IT and Metal that was down 0.85% each.

Going ahead, we reiterate our bearish view on Nifty index till it is trading below 17600 spot levels. Hence, we suggest traders to maintain sell on rise trading strategy till it is trading below the above mentioned levels. On the down side, 17000 will act as an important support level.

 

Derivatives Overview & Outlook

Yesterday, Nifty and Banknifty futures shed around 5.5% & 6.5% of open interest respectively as short buildup.

On the sectoral front, long buildup was seen among Capital Goods, Cement and Media stocks whereas short buildup was seen among Metals, Oil & Gas and Pharma stocks.

On options front, call writing was seen at multiple strikes with maximum writing at 17400 CE and maximum positions are at 17400 CE and 17000 PE.

 

FII & DII Trading Activity

Yesterday, FIIs sold stocks worth Rs 4559 Cr in the cash segment, bought stocks futures worth Rs 1070 Cr and sold index futures worth Rs 1358 Cr. DIIs were net buyers in the cash segment to the tune of Rs 4610 Cr.

 

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