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Stock Market Today: Sensex, Nifty End Lower, But Score Weekly Gains

Stock Market Today: Sensex, Nifty End Lower, But Score Weekly Gains
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) building in Mumbai. (Source: Vijay Sartape/NDTV Profit)  
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The benchmark indices erased early gains to end lower on Friday after the Nifty 50 hit a record high for the fifth consecutive session.NSE Nifty 50 ended with a record weekly closing level of 22,212.7, or 0.78% higher, while S&B BSE Sensex ended nearly 1% higher.On Friday, the S&P BSE Sensex closed down 15.44 points, or 0.02%, at 73,142.8, while the NSE Nifty 50 was 4.75 points or 0.02% lower at 22,212.7.

  • RBI allows bank and non-bank PPI issuers to issue payment instruments for public transport.

  • To permit authorised bank and non-bank PPI issuers to issue PPIs for making payments across various public transport systems.

  • Source: RBI circular

The shares of Kalyani Steels Ltd. rose on Friday to hit a life high after it signed a memorandum of understanding worth Rs 11,750 crore with the government of Odisha to set up manufacturing plant.

The scrip rose as much as 8.47% to hit fresh life high of 889. It recently hit life high on Feb. 19. It pared gains to trade 5.63% higher at Rs 865.70 apiece, as of 1:51 p.m. This compares to a 0.09% advance in the NSE Nifty 50 Index.

It has risen 174.69% in the last 12 months. Total traded volume so far in the day stood at 1.5 times its 30-day average. The relative strength index was at 83 indicating it was overbought.

  • Macquarie retained 'Neutral' On Maruti Suzuki price target Rs 10,608

  • Changing market mix to pose challenge to Maruti's market share in small PVs

  • Near-term demand for small cars will remain tepid due to product price hike

  • Rising consumer preference for SUVs and Micro-SUVs pose risk to market share recovery

  • Margin upside risk on lower discounts and operating leverage

  • Godrej Industries approved raising up to Rs 1,000 crore via issuance of NCDs.

  • Source: Exchange Filing

  • U.S. Dollar Index at 103.94

  • U.S. 10-year bond yield at 4.32%

  • Brent crude down 0.56% at $83.20 per barrel

  • Nymex crude down 0.60% at $78.14 per barrel 

  • Bitcoin was down 0.70% at $51,289.52

  • Life Insurance Corp of India's Mauritius branch resumed operation from Feb 23.

  • Source: Exchange Filing

  • Airtel Digital TV launched India's first anime entertainment channel with Sony India.

  • Anime entertainment channel Anime Booth are to be available to viewers in Hindi initially.

  • Source: Exchange filing

  • Banks placed bids worth Rs 2.05 lakh crore in 13-day VRR auction conducted today.

  • Notified amount for the auction was Rs 1 lakh crore.

  • Auction cut-off was at 6.62%.

  • Source: RBI

  • BCCI selected CeatT Ltd. as official partner to sponsor certain segments of IPL matches.

  • Ceat is to spend Rs 240 crore over five years for IPL sponsorship.

  • Source: Exchange Filing

  • Suprajit Engineering at 5.5x its 30 day average, up 4.7%

  • Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals at 5.2x its 30 day average, up 1.7%

  • Concord Biotech at 3.6x its 30 day average, up 1.63%

  • Adani Wilmar at 3.6x its 30 day average, up 5.4%

  • Welspun Living at 3.5x its 30 day average, up 5.3%

  • Juniper Hotels Ltd.'s IPO was subscribed 0.26 times or 26%, as of 10:57 a.m. on Friday.

  • GPT Healthcare Ltd.'s IPO was subscribed 0.88 times or 88% as of 10:58 a.m. on Friday

  • Federal Bank Ltd had 81.7 lakh shares changed hands in two large trades.

  • The lender's 0.3% equity changed hands between the price range of Rs 153.45 to Rs 153.4 apiece.

  • Buyers and sellers are not known immediately.

  • Source: Bloomberg

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  • Addresses key business aspects with wide portfolio,distribution, influencer partnership

  • Revenue target set at Rs 100 billion; breakeven expected in 3 years

  • Incumbents may face near term growth challenges

  • BofA maintained 'Buy' rating on Indus Towers with a Price target of Rs 280

  • Expect Vodafone Idea potential fundraise to be positive for Indus Towers

  • Expect Indus to distribute special dividend on receiving pending dues

  • Remain optimistic on improving revenue and new tower adds in FY25

  • Valuation and risk-reward attractive given 5x FY25 EBITDA multiple

  • Achieved total payment volume of $150 billion.

  • Have become a leader in money processing volume in India.

  • Over the years, we've pivoted from a payment gateway provider to full stack financial solutions company.

  • Source: Razorpay's CEO Harshil Mathur at FTX 2024 event

  • State Bank of India: Downgraded to 'neutral' from 'buy' (downside of 4%).

  • ICICI Bank: Downgraded to 'neutral' from 'buy' (upside of 3%).

  • Yes Bank: Downgraded to 'sell' from 'neutral' (downside of 37%).

  • Bajaj Finance: Upgraded to 'neutral' from 'sell'.

  • HDFC Bank: Reiterates 'buy' (upside of 33%).

  • U.S. Dollar Index at 103.90

  • U.S. 10-year bond yield at 4.32%

  • Brent crude down 0.47% at $83.28 per barrel

  • Nymex crude down 0.51% at $78.21 per barrel 

  • Bitcoin was down 0.82% at $51,228.04

  • The yield on the Indian benchmark 10-year bond trade flat at 7.073%.

  • The India rupee was trading flat at 82.86.

  • Manappuram Finance Ltd's board approved raising Rs 600 crore via NCDs.

  • Source: Exchange filing

Vodafone Idea's stock rose as much as 8.28%, the most jump since Feb. 07.

It was trading 7.89% higher at Rs 17.60 per share, compared to a 0.12% advance in the benchmark Nifty 50 at 9:31 a.m.

It has risen 162.69% in the past 12 months. The total traded volume so far in the day stood at 13 times its 30-day average. The relative strength index was at 66.30.

Of the 17 analysts tracking the company, 15 maintain a 'sell' and two recommend a 'hold,' according to Bloomberg data. The average 12-month consensus price target implies a downside of 58.6%

Market breadth was skewed in favour of buyers. Around 2,086 stocks rose, 860 stocks declined, and 115 remained unchanged on BSE.

At pre-open, the NSE Nifty 50 was trading 0.32% or 70.70 points higher at 22,288.15, and S&P BSE Sensex was trading 0.34% or 247.08 points higher at 73,394.44.

  • The local currency weakened 2 paise to open at 82.87 against the U.S. Dollar.

  • It closed at 82.85 on Thursday.

  • Source: Bloomberg

  • The yield on the 10-year bond opened flat at 7.07%.

  • Source: Bloomberg

  • Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd has temporarily suspended operations of blast furnace at Hiriyur plant due to market conditions.

  • Source: Exchange filing

  • Expect growth to undershoot the RBI’s forecasts in FY25 (RBI: 7.0%, Nomura: 6.2%)

  • Expects one-year ahead inflation forecast (for Q4 FY25) to also be lower (RBI: 4.7%, Nomura: 4.1%)

  • Expects 100bps in rate cuts cumulatively starting from August.

  • Expects both growth and year-ahead inflation to undershoot the RBI’s forecasts in FY25

  • Rate cuts warranted, especially if inflationary pressures continue to be benign

Asian Shares Climb As Equities Hit Record Highs: Markets Wrap

  • Citi Research has initiated coverage with a 'buy' on Honasa Consumer and target price set at Rs 550 apiece.

  • The brokerage expects growth outperformance led by company-specific initiatives and masstige positioning.

  • Citi Research sees strong business prospects, robust growth opportunity, and improving financial metrics.

  • Consolidated revenue to post 25% CAGR over FY24-26E driven, the brokerage said.

  • Citi Research estimates Ebitda to grow at a faster clip of 55% CAGR.

  • Cautious approach is needed to manage last mile of disinflation.

  • Resilient growth allows time to "wait a bit longer" to achieve target.

  • Allows time to get clarity on weather related risks.

  • Status Quo even on stance, the RBI fears that markets are front running anticipation of policy pivot.

  • Reaffirms earlier stance highlighted in post policy note which pushed stance change to 'neutral'.

  • The brokerage expects the first rate cut to be in October from August earlier.

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  • Juniper Hotels: The public issue was subscribed to 0.23 times on day 2. The bids were led by retail investors (0.87 times), non-institutional investors (0.14 times), and institutional investors (0.6 times).

  • GPT Healthcare: The public issue was subscribed to 0.37 times on day 1. The bids were led by retail investors (0.66 times), non-institutional investors (0.18 times), and no bids from institutional investors.

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