Chandana Pradhan

Defence-oriented stocks are reacting to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's tweets on Sunday where an embargo was imposed on the imports of 101 defence items. The Ministry of Defence has prepared the list of those items. Contracts worth nearly 4 lakh crore will be placed upon the domestic industry within the next six to seven years. The list includes Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) with indicative import embargo date of December 2021, of which the army is expected to contract nearly 200 of them at the cost of over Rs 5,000 crore. The embargo on imports is planned to be progressively implemented between 2020 and 2024. #MOMarketUpdates #DefenceStocks #indianstockmarket #Nifty #sensex #bse #NSE #MotilalOswal

1) HDFC Bank- Shashidhar Jagdishan is currently an Additional Director and Head of Finance, HR at HDFC Bank. Jagdishan was the bank's top choice among 3 shortlisted candidates. The bank had recommended Shashidhar Jagdishan, Kaizad Bharucha and Sunil Garg's names for the post. Jagdishan joined HDFC Bank in 1996. Aditya Puri is set to retire in October 2020. HDFC Bank gained 3% after the news. 2) MCX witnessed smart rally today on account of impressive quarterly results. The market expectation that the MCX will be the major beneficiary on account of rising trading volumes on Gold and Silver. Natural Gas and Oil volatility (Natural gas gain 20%) will be a benefit for MCX. 3) The BMC has allowed shops to remain open on all seven days of the week during Unlock 3 from August 5. This comes after the Central government last month announced the third phase of Unlock 3 and issued new COVID-19 guidelines. Expect positive for Liquor stocks like United Spirits, Hotel (Indian Hotel) and Malls (Trent, Phoneix Mills). Gas #MOMaketUpdates #HDFCBank #MCX #Unlock3 #Gold #Silver #Natural #Indiastockmarket #MotialOswal #NSE #BSE #Nifty50

1) Wockhardt said it had agreed with the UK government to fill-finish COVID-19 vaccines. The manufacturing will be undertaken at CP Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Wockhardt based in Wrexham, North Wales. "As per the terms of the agreement, the company has reserved manufacturing capacity to allow for the supply of multiple vaccines to the UK government in its fight against COVID19, including AZD1222, the vaccine co-invented by the University of Oxford and its spinout company, Vaccitech, and licensed by AstraZeneca," the company said.2) Tata Motors reported better than expected Q1 results. Tata JLR EBITDA and EBITDA margin ahead of expectation. Company reported consol revenues declined ~48% YoY to Rs32000cr (expectation Rs25400cr), Consol EBITDA declined 79% YoY to Rs640cr – expectation loss Rs3010cr, Consol Adj. Net loss at Rs8380cr vs estimates Rs9800cr. JLR net realizations grew 20% YoY (+28% QoQ) to GBP58.5k (v/s est GBP49.2k). JLR net revenues declined 44% YoY to GBP2.9b (v/s est GBP2.4b). JLR EBITDA margins at 3.5% (-70bp YoY, -130bp QoQ, v/s est -3.6%). Beat on EBITDA was driven by a strong mix and cost cutting of GBP500m. S/A business revenues declined 80% YoY to Rs2670cr (v/s estimates Rs2240cr), EBITDA loss at Rs700cr vs estimates loss Rs1170cr & Net loss of Rs2140cr vs Rs2550cr. &Wockhardt #MOMarketUpdates #Indiastockmarket #Tatamotors #Nifty50 #NSE #BSE #Nifty #Sensex

1) The government has moved to curb imports on coloured TVs and place them into the restricted category. More than 25% of TVs in India are imported from countries such as China and Vietnam. This ban applies to LED televisions of all sizes, and any importer must have a licence to import. It’s a very beneficial move for local manufacturers as TVs sold in India will have to be manufactured in India.2) State Bank of India reported a standalone profit of Rs 4,189.34 crore for the quarter ended June 2020, a growth of 81.2% over a year-ago period driven by stake sale in life insurance business, but the provisions and lower non-interest income limited growth. The provisions and contingencies at Rs 12,501.3 crore increased by 36% year-on-year including additional provision of Rs 1,836 crore on account of COVID-19 related accounts, ad-hoc provision of Rs 1,614 crore for wage revision and Rs 5,230.4 crore towards fraud accounts. However, provisions on sequential basis fell 7.4%. Net interest income, the difference between interest earned and interest expended, increased 16% to Rs 26,641.56 crore in June quarter compared to Rs 22,938.8 crore in year-ago period. #MOMarketUpdates #SBI #DixonTechnology #MotilalOswal #IndianStockMarket #NSE #BSE #ManufacturedInIndia #Nifty

The gains today were again led by Divis Labs, Dr. Reddy's, which ended at an all-time high with gains of 5% due to strong quarterly results. #MOMarketUpdates #Nifty #NiftyPharma #BSE #NSE #IndianStockMarkets #MotilalOswal

1. Tata Coffee Ltd on Tuesday reported a 77% increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 62 crore for the quarter ended June. Its net profit stood at Rs 35 crore in the year-ago period. Consolidated total income for the quarter higher at Rs 592 crore compared to Rs 472 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous year, an increase of 26%, driven by improved performance from the value-added businesses.2. Pharma major Dr Reddy recorded smart rally after the company reported strong Q1 results. The company reported impressive revenue growth in European and North America. #MOMarketUpdates #DrReddy #TATACoffee #MotilalOswal #Companyresults #indianstockmarket #NSE #BSE #Nifty #Sensex

Shares of ICICI Securities fell the most in four months after ICICI Bank CEO Sandeep Batra during the post-earnings call said that the bank would dilute 4% stake in the company during the current financial year. Shares fell as much as 10% to Rs 480. It has recorded 10 lakh shares traded on NSE and the trading volumes for the stock today are 32% above its 20-day average. Company has reported strong Q1 results. #MOMarketUpdates #ICICISecurities #IndianStockMarket #Nifty #BSE #NSE #MotilalOswal

Tech Stocks - Northbound journey continued in the tech stocks after better than expected Q1 results announced by Infosys, HCL Tech and Wipro. Both the Tech giants Infosys and HCL Tech closed on a record high today. HDFC Bank- HDFC Bank reported Q1 net profits at Rs6660cr grew at 19.6% YoY (inline to our estimates at Rs6680cr) , NII growing at 8% YoY (3% QoQ) to Rs15660cr (expectation Rs15390cr). Other income declined 18% YoY to Rs4070cr (34% below estimates at Rs6140cr) affected by decline in fees & commission income (37% YoY/49% QoQ decline) due to lockdown . Total provisions spiked to Rs3890cr (49% YoY increase) – Expectation Rs4150cr. GNPA at 1.4% vs 1.3% (QoQ) – expectation 1.3%. NNPA at 0.3% vs 0.4% (expectation 0.4%). #MOMarketUpdates #HDFCBank #HCL #Infosys #MotilalOswal #Indianstockmarkets #nifty #sensex #nifty50 #nse #bse

Airtel Allies With Verizon to Offer Video Calling in India - India’s No. 2 mobile phone carrier is allying with Verizon Communications to offer group video calling, a service that’s booming as the pandemic has made face-to-face meetings too risky for many. Bharti Airtel will provide Verizon’s Blue Jeans platform in India. Market Cap is in crs. #MOMarketUpdates #Airtel #MotilalOswal #Nifty50 #NSE #BSE #IndianStockMarket #Investing