Wednesday, 31 August 2016

Opening Bell - Sensex, Nifty flat in early trade

At 9:15 AM, the S&P BSE Sensex is trading at 28,377 up 33 points, while NSE Nifty is trading at 8,754 up 10 points.

The rupee opened marginally lower by 5 paise at 67.08/$ against US Dollar Wednesday as against the previous close of 67.02/$.

Asian markets opened mixed. Nikkei 225 gained 0.78%, while Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite are trading in red.

The Nifty ended with a decisive break above 8700 on Tuesday. Sentiments got a boost with the latest statement from the RBI, sharing optimism over the growth prospect in this fiscal. Also, firm opening of European markets further strengthened the rally.

Wall Street closed lower. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 0.26% to 18,454.3, the S&P 500 lost 0.2% to 2,176.12 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.18% to 5,222.99. US consumer confidence rose to an 11-month high in August, with households more upbeat about the labor market. Payrolls data on Friday could strengthen the case for higher US interest rates, as has been hinted over the past week by Federal Reserve officials.

Arun Jaitley said that Indo-US trade will get a boost due to business to business, business to Government and Government to Government interaction between the two countries. The Finance Minister said that foreign investment is important for India in order to have larger investment in infrastructure sector.

On the economy front, investors are also cautious ahead of the GDP data for the June quarter and fiscal deficit data for July on 31 August.

The inter-ministerial body Foreign Investment Promotion Board has approved six foreign investment proposals worth Rs 105 crore. The FIPB meeting chaired by Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das approved proposal of Ceva Sante Animale of Rs.88 crore.

RBL Bank will make its stock market debut today.The company's IPO was oversubscribed a staggering 69.62 times, with the qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) portion getting oversubscribed 85.08 times, non institutional investors chunk 198.06 times and retail investors portion 5.70 times, as per data available with the NSE.

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