Wednesday 22 July 2015

Sensex, Nifty Set for Lower Opening Amid Weak Global Cues

09.00 a.m. Rupee opens lower at 63.58 per dollar against Tuesday's close of 63.54.

08.45 a.m. Market analyst Rajat Bose says 8,516 is the most critical support for Nifty today.

08.30 a.m. Analysts say earnings and the monsoon session of Parliament will be the key triggers for domestic stocks for the next few days. On Tuesday, Infosys reported stellar numbers for the June quarter, but HDFC Bank, Asian Paints and HUL all disappointed with weaker-than-expected earnings. Infosys, which has the third largest weightage in the Nifty, rose over 11 per cent and supported markets. Had it not been for Infosys, markets would have slumped even more, analysts say.

Bharti Infratel, Alstom India, Bajaj Finserv, Ceat, JSW Energy, Muthoot Finance, PVR, Tata Metaliks and United Breweries are some of the companies that will report earnings today.

08.25 a.m. The SGX Nifty, or the Nifty futures trading on the Singapore Exchange, traded 36.50 points or 0.43 per cent lower suggesting a weak start for stock markets. Spot Nifty had closed 74 points or 0.86 per cent down at 8,529 yesterday, while the BSE Sensex had ended 238 points lower at 28,182.

The BSE Sensex and the broader Nifty are likely to open lower on Tuesday tracking weakness in global markets and disappointing earnings growth by a large number of domestic companies. Nearly all markets in Asia traded with deep cuts after earnings dragged down US equities. Japan's Nikkei stock index was down 1.25 per cent, pulling away from Tuesday's nearly four-week closing high.

Overnight, Wall Street skidded on weak earnings from bellwethers IBM and United Technologies while Apple slumped in late trading after posting its results.

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