On Monday, Indian share markets fell over 244 points amid sell off on the first day of the new year led by losses in banks, IT and automobile stocks.
TCS, HUL, IndusInd Bank and BPCL lost the most on both indices, while BHEL, Wipro, Tata Power and Indiabulls Housing were the top gainers.
Top Stocks in Focus
SBI share price will be in focus after the bank announced reducing its lending interest rate by 30 basis points (bps) to 8.65%.
IndusInd Bank raised US$ 500 million term loan from overseas lending bodies to expand its business. The fundraising, along with the funds raised during the ongoing financial year from multilateral institutions ADB and OPIC, will help the bank expand its lending to clients, the reports noted.
Maruti Suzuki share price will hog limelight after it reported a 10.3% rise in December sales. The automaker sold 130,066 units in December, compared to 119,286 in same period last year.
Meanwhile, Atul Auto reported sale of 2890 units, with a rise of 13.1% for the month of December 2017 as compared to 2556 units sold in December 2016. The company's total sales for April - December 2017 stood at 31,120 units, up by 2.3% as compared to 30,410 units in the same period last year.
GAIL share price will be in focus as it has commissioned India's second largest rooftop solar PV power plant at its Petrochemical Complex at Pata, Uttar Pradesh. With an expected PLF of around 15% annually over 7.9 million KWh of electricity is targeted to be generated for captive use of India's largest gas based petrochemicals plant.
The Sajjan Jindal-led company terminated a pact to acquire Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd.'s 500MW plan in central India after the indicative time for completing the transaction ended on 31 December.
Global Economy Week Ahead
The new year kicks off with data on the US labor market and minutes from the Federal Reserve, as well as an update on eurozone inflation.
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve will release minutes from its 12-13 December policy meeting, when officials voted to raise short-term interest rates for the third time in 2017. The minutes also could shed light on how US central bank officials saw the Republican tax overhaul affecting the economy in 2018 and beyond.
While on Friday, Eurostat will release flash December inflation data for the Eurozone and the Labor Department will release its December report on the US labor market. The always closely watched jobs report will show year-end trends for hiring, unemployment and wage growth.
Upcoming IPOs
Bandhan Bank Ltd on Monday filed its draft initial public offering (IPO) prospectus. The bank said that it will be offering 119.3 million shares in its proposed initial share sale, through a mix of primary and secondary share sale.
The IPO consists of a fresh issue of up to 97.6 million shares and an offer for sale of up to 14.1 million shares by International Finance Corp. (IFC) and up to 7.6 million equity shares by IFC FIG Investment Co. IFC and IFC FIG collectively own 4.94% stake in the bank. The share sale will see a dilution of around 10% stake.
Some of the other firms which are gearing up with their IPOs in 2018 are Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Continental Warehousing Corporation, Bharat Serum and Vaccines Ltd, Acme Solar, NSE, ReNew Power, ICICI Securities among others.
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Rupee Rallies To 5-Month High
The local currency advanced for a third day to the highest since August on the back of possible inflows into bonds.
The dollar-rupee pair dropped 0.3% to 63.67 Monday after touching 63.65 earlier, the weakest level since August 2017.
The RBI last month announced raising investment limits for foreign investors in central government bonds for Jan-March quarter by Rs 64 billion, and by Rs 58 billion in state government notes. Foreigners bought Rs 1.4 trillion worth of rupee bonds in 2017 and US$7.7 billion of stocks.
From Commodities Space
Gold prices ruled flat at Rs 30,400 per ten grams on the first trading day of the year 2018 due to scattered deals. However, silver rose Rs 120 to Rs 40,100 per kg on increased offtake by industrial units and coin makers.
Reportedly, the near absence of cues from global markets, which remained closed yesterday on account of New Year Holiday, also influenced the sentiment.
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From Cryptocurrencies Space
Bitcoin prices were hovering below the US$14,000 mark in a soft start to the New Year 2018. Bitcoin prices were at around US$13,700 - down around 1% - on cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp.
Bitcoin had a great run in 2017, though it witnessed some volatility. Bitcoin prices jumped nearly 14 times from the start-of-the year price of around US$1,000.
This led authorities in many countries, including India, to warn the public to be wary of virtual currencies. Bitcoin hit a record high of around US$20,000 in mid-December, before witnessing one of its biggest selloffs since 2013.
Interestingly, there are over 800 cryptocurrencies in existence today, with new ones being added to the list every day.
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