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Monthly Market                      by 20 basis points to negative      data, next batch of Q3FY16 corporate earnings,
                                    0.1% which is expected to           Union Budget, global markets movement, FII’s
Roundup                             stimulate optimism for global       and DII’s investment, the movement of rupee
                                    growth.                             against the dollar and crude oil price movement
The New Year commenced              The month finally ended with        will decide the stock market’s direction during
with carnage on Dalal Street        downward bias as S&P BSE            the month. Now, the all eyes will be on the
as benchmark indices declined       Sensex delivered negative return    Union Budget which is scheduled on 29th
by almost 5% in January 2016.       of 4.77% to settle at 24870.69 and  February and it will be the major trigger for
The main cause of sharp selloff     Nifty 50 lost 4.82% ending the      Indian equity markets. We recommend long-
during the month was China’s        month at 7563.55.                   term investors should focus only on investing
Yuan devaluation, geo-political     On the institutional side, foreign  in fundamentally strong companies.
tensions in the Middle East,        institutional investors (FIIs)
correction in crude oil prices and  sold Rs 11,126.44 crore worth of      Technical Outlook: February
weak global markets. However,       equities during the month while
Indian equity markets saw           domestic mutual fund houses           The current price action on the monthly
a strong recovery in the last       continued their buying spree          chart has formed a bearish candlestick
week of the month triggered         with net purchases of Rs 6,720.60     pattern which suggests that the monthly
by rebound in crude oil prices,     crore in January 2016.                trend still remains down. In coming month
Bank of Japan's negative interest                                         if Nifty trades and close above 7701 level
rate policy and China's central     Market Outlook: February              then it is likely to test 7914 – 8127 – 8376
bank decision to pump in an                                               levels. However, if Nifty trades and close
additional 100 bn yuan ($15.21      Indian equity markets will            below 7426 level then it can test 7213 – 6999
bn) into the financial system       remain volatile in February           – 6751 levels.
fuelled a rally in global markets.  ahead of the most eventful            Broadly, we are of the opinion that 7200
Bank of Japan's surprise move to    month. The outcome of RBI's           remains a make or break level going
cut its benchmark interest rate     policy review, macroeconomic          forward. As long as Nifty holds this level
                                                                          there is a possibility that this pull back
Economic Data Wrap Up – January                                           rally may test the above mentioned levels.

¡	 India's Dec Nikkei                    5.61% from 5.41% in Nov.                           3 ARIHANT CAPITAL ¡ FEBRUARY 2016
     manufacturing PMI fell to
     49.1 from 50.3 in Nov.         ¡	 India’s Dec WPI inflation
                                         rose to a 12-month high of
¡	 India’s Dec Nikkei                    (-) 0.73% from (-) 1.99% in
     Services PMI rose to 53.6           Nov.
     from 50.1 in Nov.
                                    ¡	 India’s Nov FDI inflows
¡	 India’s Nov IIP growth fell           rose to $3.98 bln from $2.70
     to a four-month low of (-)          bln YoY.
     3.2% from 9.8% in Oct.
                                    ¡	 India’s Dec trade deficit
¡	 India’s Dec CPI inflation             widened to $11.66 bln vs
     rose to a 15-month high of          $9.78 bln in Nov.
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