3:30 pm Market
closing: It was a super run up to the Budget as bulls seem excited ahead of
FM arun Jaitley's speech tomorrow. The Sensex was up 473.47 points or 1.6
percent at 29220.12,and the Nifty ended 160.75 points or 1.8 percent at
8844.60. About 1817 shares have advanced, 1065 shares declined, and 204 shares
are unchanged.
PSU banks lead the upmove while HDFC Bank twins, ICICI Bank
and Axis Bank were top gainers in the Sensex. Among the losers were ITC, GAIL,
Wipro and HUL.
3:28 pm Market
Expert: "After having seen a pragmatic & a transformational
Railway Budget which laid down a vision for modernization/up gradation of
overall rail infrastructure & enhancement of customer experience, which was
beyond the announcement of new trains, the investing community was clearly
encouraged by the Economic Survey which pointed out that the current
macroeconomic scenario in India is more favorable than in other
economies," says Devang Mehta, Senior VP & Head - Equity Advisory at
Anand Rathi Financial Services.
"India has reached a sweet spot and that there is a
scope for Big Bang reforms now. It also opens up space for the Reserve Bank of
India to cut interest rates. Coupled with the forecast of a normal monsoon,
this is likely to boost growth in the coming financial year. This also raises
the expectations from the Union Budget due to be presented tomorrow," he
adds.
3:25 pm Market
extends gains: Realty and PSU banks led the market upmove today with the
BSE Realty Index rising over 4 percent. All sectoral indices except FMCG are
trading in green.
ICICI Bank and L&T are top contributors to Nifty's gain.
3:21 pm Clean Energy:
India's renewable energy industry is likely to generate business opportunities
worth $160 billion in the next five years, the Economic Survey said on Friday,
the day before a budget that is set to boost clean energy funding.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is banking on renewables to
fight climate change rather than committing to emission cuts like China. He has
set ambitious clean-energy targets including raising solar capacity fivefold to
100 gigawatts (GW) by 2022.
"It offers a very good opportunity for businesses to
set and scale up industry, leapfrog technologies and create volumes," the
economic survey report said.
The report, authored by the government's chief economic
adviser, Arvind Subramanian, said "immediate plans" include scaling
up total renewable capacity to 170 GW from 33.8 GW.
U.S.-based SunEdison and First Solar have already said they
would build more than 20,000 megawatts of clean energy capacity in India by
2022.
3:18 pm Chief
Economic Advisor says: Economic Survey was written without being
constrained by politics. According to advisor, the big picture today is that
India is in a sweet spot.
3:14 pm Market
Extends gains: The Sensex is up 488.65 points or 1.70 percent at 29235.30,
and the Nifty up 166.90 points or 1.92 percent at 8850.75.
3:10 pm TRAI says:
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issues draft amendment to telecom
tariff order 1999 for tariff revision. TRAI intends to reduce ceiling tariffs
for national roaming services.
TRAI proposes ceiling tariff of 65 paise per minute for
outgoing local calls, ceiling tariff of Re 1 per minute for outgoing
inter-circle call.
The regulator proposes ceiling tariff of 45 paise per minute
for incoming roaming calls. It proposes ceiling tariff of 20 paise per SMS for
outgoing local SMS and 25 paise per SMS for outgoing inter-circle SMS.
3:06 pm PM Modi says:
The Government is ready to change Land Bill if it is proved anti-farmer, says
PM, adding, "We can make changes to Land Acquisition in interest of
farmers."
The Government has altered Land Acquisition Bill based on
demands of chief ministers. PM Modi urged opposition to support Land Bill.
3:04pm Expert on
Economic Survey: The Economic Survey indicates much larger fiscal headroom
becoming available to the Government on account of expected growth in the
economy, lower oil prices and better targeting of subsidies, says Ranen Banerjee
Partner - Public Finance and Urban Development, PwC India.
The Finance Commission Report, Railway Budget and now the
Economic Survey convey a lot of confidence among the policy makers, he adds.
PwC expects that the Finance Minister will be able to reverse
the decline in gross capital formation and also give further push to local
consumption by leaving more money in the hands of the taxable population in his
first full year budget.
3:00 pm Market
Update: Buying interest continued in the market. The Sensex shot up 411.47
points or 1.43 percent to 29158.12 and the Nifty climbed 143.05 points or 1.65
percent to 8826.90 while the BSE Midcap gained 1.5 percent and Smallcap rose
1.23 percent.
Advancing shares outnumbered declining ones on the Bombay
Stock Exchange by a ratio of 1735 to 1067 on the BSE.
Tata Power, Bank of Baroda and JSPL topped the buying list
on Sensex, up 5 percent each followed by Larsen & Toubro, Sesa Sterlite,
ICICI Bank, SBI, NMDC and IDFC with 3.5-4.5 percent.
2:50 pm Interview:
"Housing for all should be demand booster for sanitation industry, says
Cera Sanitaryware. The management told that there are no orders from government
yet, but the company is seeing enquiries from corporates who want to build
toilets for CSR (corporate social responsibility).
Margins from orders for low cost housing will be lower than
other products, it adds.
2:49 pm Expert on
Economic Survey: “Economic Survey rightly highlights the need for big bang
reforms and focus on investment cycle to revive to economy," says Rajat
Rajgarhia,MD - Institutional Equities at Motilal Oswal Securities.
The Economic Survey also highlights the need for fiscal
consolidation and delivering the subsidies in a proper manner so it meets the
purpose, he adds.
"With inflation below target levels and space for
monetary easing, the Budget can well lay out clear roadmap to accelerate the
growth momentum for India. Investors across the globe are looking at this event
with lot of interest and will surely have a favorable view, once the Budget
lays out the growth agenda," Rajgarhia says.
2:47 pm PM Modi says:
Government believes in optimum utilisation of infrastructure. Have prevailed on
black money issue in G20. Nobody will be shielded in black money probe.
2:42 pm Economic
Survey:The Economic Survey 2014-15 has recommended that private investment
must remain primary engine of the economy’s long-term growth. It expects growth
to be boosted from FY17 onwards once the Goods and Services Tax is implemented.
It said that greater public investment in Railways will
boost manufacturing competitiveness. The Rail Budget has hiked its Plan outlay
for FY16 by 52 percent to Rs 1 lakh crore and set a capex target of Rs 8.5 lakh
crore over the next five years. The Survey expects liquidity conditions in FY16
to remain comfortable and said that lower inflation has opened up space for
reduction in interest rates.
2:37 pm Brokerage
view: Deutsche Bank has buy rating on Jubilant Foodworks with a target of
Rs 1850 per share. Bedrock of longstanding positive view on Jub Food is from
higher operating leverage resulting in a 53 percent earnings CAGR over FY15-17E
forms.
2:32 pm Economic
Survey: Indian firms mopped up Rs 2.81 lakh crore from the markets during
April-December period of the ongoing fiscal, with debt emerging as the most
preferred route to garner funds for business needs, says the Economic Survey
2014-15. The trends remained sluggish in the primary stock market � where the
companies raise funds through the sale of shares via instruments like IPOs and
FPOs � despite a bullish equity market. It has been private placement of
corporate bonds that was used the most to meet funding requirements of
businesses during April-December period of the current fiscal (2014-15).
2:27 pm Gainers &
losers: Tata Power is up 5.5 percent, L&T, ICICI Bnak, SBI and Sesa
Sterlite are top gainers in the Sensex. Among the losers are ITC, GAIL, Wipro,
TCS and HUL.
2:20 pm PM Modi says:
Have raised over Rs 1 lakh crore from coal block auctions so far. Land
acquisition ordinance is not anti-farmer. MNREGA will stay and we will take it
forward.
2:15 pm PM Modi says:
The nation has progressed due to efforts of every govt. Corruption remains an
issue of concern.
2:10 pm PM Modi
addresses Lok Sabha ahead of Budget. He says issue is about development, not
about names of schemes. Stressing on Swach Bharat campaign, the PM also adds
that cleanliness is key issue, need to address the root problem.
Don't miss: ITC slips
3%, fear of excise duty hike spook investors
It’s a terrific day on Dalal Street as the market is
enthused by the Economic Survey and government's commitment to fiscal
consolidation. The Nifty scored a century hitting 8800 while the Sensex rose
more than 400 points.
The Macro-Economic Survey for FY15 painted an optimistic
picture says India has reached a sweet spot and there is scope for big bang
reforms now. FY16 GDP growth is seen at 8.1-8.5 percent. Economic Survey says
the government will adhere to a fiscal deficit target of 4.1 percent of GDP in
FY15.
The Sensex climbed up 401.94 points or 1.40 percent to
29148.59 and the Nifty rose 130.40 points or 1.50 percent to 8814.25. About
1713 shares have advanced, 989 shares declined, and 199 shares are unchanged on
the BSE.
The market will have special trading session on Saturday for
Union Budget FY16.
Pratik Gupta of Deutsche Equities says Union Budget will be
growth oriented like the Rail Budget was. He expects much higher allocation to
banks for recapitalisation. He also says the brokerage will buy Indian markets
on every dip.
Shares of ICICI Bank, L&T, Sesa Sterlite, Tata Power,
Tata Motors, SBI and Hindalco topped the buying list on Sensex, up 3-5 percent.
Global markets are quietly positive. China closed with gains
of more than 0.3 percent while European markets too traded in the green.
Investors are closely watching the second reading of the US Q4 GDP numbers
later today. Analysts expect US GDP growth of 2.1 percent after 3.9 percent in
third quarter.
