Rakesh Kumar

In a regulatory filing today, the State Bank of India said it has sold Rs 4,000 crore of the Basel compliant Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bonds at a coupon rate of 7.74%. #MOMarketUpdates #Indianstockmarket #MotilalOswal #statebankofIndia #SBI #Sensex #nifty

Reliance Industries - Private equity player Silver Lake will be investing Rs 7,500 crore into Reliance Retail, a subsidiary of the company of 1.75% stake. The investment values Reliance Retail at a pre-money equity value of Rs 4.21lakh crore. KKR & Co. is in advanced talks to invest at least $1 billion in the retail business.Brent Crude- Brent crude break below $40 a barrel follows two months of the global oil benchmark holding mainly between $42 and $45 a barrel. The coronavirus pandemic is still raging and Bank of America Merrill Lynch said it would take three years for global oil demand to recover from Covid-19. The market expectation that the weak global economy may slow down oil demand. #MOMarketUpdates #MotilalOswal #reliance #IndianStockMarket #NSE #BSE #crudeoil

Share of domestic consumer durable and electronics companies Dixon Tech and Amber Enterprises surged to record high today on account of gaining benefit by the government to encourage production in the local players. Amber is one of India’s largest contract manufacturers of air-conditioners and spares for top global brands such as LG, Daikin, Blue Star, Panasonic, CarrierMidea and Hitachi. Dixon Technologies, which makes consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile phones, has seen its shares jumped 300% from the recent low to record high of above 9500mark. Expects positive for other Indian players like IFB Industries. #MOMarketUpdates #MotilalOswal #indianstockmarket #consumerdurable #BSE #NSE #nifty #sensex

The government may gradually resume running Trains for long-distance. The Metro services will restart from today in a graded manner in Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Lucknow. #MOMarketUpdates #Indianstockmarket #MotilalOswal #nifty #Sensex #BSE #NSE

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

Cable and wire companies stocks are witnessing fresh buying after the media news that the companies may further hike price by 4-5% on account of rising raw material price. It will be third time by the company to hike price. Expects positive for Polycab, Finolex Cable, KEI Industries and Havell’s India. #MOMarketUpdates #Indianstockmarket #MotilalOswal #Polycab #Havells #FinolexCables #Sensex #Nifty #digitization

1) Increase in Silver price will be positive for the Silver mining companies on account of large silver mining.2) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday relaxed gold lending norms, allowing lenders to give up to 90% of the value of the gold pledged as loans. Currently, banks can lend up to 75% of the value of gold jewellery and ornaments. This will provide better liquidity to cash-strapped borrowers opting for gold loans. The relaxation in LTV will be available till 31st March 2021. #MOMarketUpdates #gold #MotilalOswal #HindustanZinc #Indianstockmarket #Nifty #sensex #Commodities #Silver

1) Bharti Airtel is collaborating with Amazon Web Services to boost its cloud business and widen reach among small and medium enterprises, Chief Information Officer Harmeen Mehta says in an online press conference. Stock gained 2%.2) The banking stocks were in momentum on the expectation of RBI to cut interest rate by 25bps from 4% to 3.75%. However, RBI may keep unchanged CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio). RBI commentary will be important for the market. The financial sector is keeping a close watch on the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) monetary policy, particularly on the regulator’s decision on the extension of the moratorium or an altogether different rescheduling or restructuring of loans. Expects interest sensitive sectors like Banks, Auto and NBFC stocks will be momentum ahead of policy meeting. #MOMarketUpdates #MotilalOswal #Airtel #IndianBanks #RBI #IndianStockMarket #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