Nifty above 8000 ahead of GDP data, Sensex flat; GAIL up 2%

GAIL, Lupin, Cipla, Sun Pharma and Axis Bank are top gainers while Bharti Airtel, BHEL, Vedanta, Tata Steel and Bajaj Auto are among losers in the Sensex.

The market is flat as the Sensex is up 15.84 points at 26408.22. The Nifty is up 8.10 points at 8010.05. About 1101 shares have advanced, 961 shares declined, and 89 shares are unchanged.

GAIL, Lupin, Cipla, Sun Pharma and Axis Bank are top gainers while Bharti Airtel, BHEL, Vedanta, Tata Steel and Bajaj Auto are among losers in the Sensex.

India's first quarter gross domestic product (GDP) will be released in the evening. It is expected to come in at 7.5 percent versus 6.7 percent in the year-ago period. But economists these days look at the GVA, that is the gross value added, which is expected to fall to 6.7 percent from around 7.4 percent in the first quarter of the previous year.

Oil prices fell in Asia today, coming under pressure as dealers took profits from huge gains in the previous session and tried to gauge the outlook for the US economy and its taste for crude. Oil has been on a roller-coaster ride in recent weeks over fears of a harder-than-expected slowdown in China, the world's top energy importer, at a time when world markets are awash with supplies.

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Friday Morning Stocks News For Traders

IFII view on market crash : With volatility appearing to ebb a bit following the Black Monday that hit global markets this week, leading market experts are now saying a major part of it was driven more by technicals than fundamentals. "There was forced selling on the part of momentum traders. And selling begets more selling," Bob Doll of Nuveen Asset Management told CNBC-TV18. While admitting that there have been growth concerns in emerging markets, Doll said the intensity of the crash -- which wiped off as much as USD 5 trillion off investor wealth globally -- meant there was more to it than fundamentals. However, Doll said he was underweight most emerging markets -- barring exceptions such as India -- and said strong economic data out of the US could mean the Federal Reserve could hike rates in September

RBI on stressed loans : Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan came down heavily on promoters of some large distressed companies taking advantage of banks' fear of an asset turning dud and making unjustified demands. "Some large promoters take advantage of bankers fear about assets turning non-performing to extract unwarranted concessions, without any sacrifice in the value of their stake," Rajan wrote in his Overview on the 2014-15 Annual Report of the central bank release on Thursday. The Reserve Bank follows a July-July financial year. 

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Nifty holds 7900, Sensex firm; pharma, oil stocks lead

The market has made a smart recovery led by pharma and oil stocks. The Sensex is up 360.03 points or 1.4 percent at 26074.69 and the Nifty is up 115.50 points or 1.5 percent at 7907.35. About 1653 shares have advanced, 467 shares declined, and 61 shares are unchanged. HDFC, Vedanta, Lupin, Cipla and Tata Steel are top gainers while BHEL, Bajaj Auto, Hero MotoCorp, Coal India and TCS are among laggards. Brent crude climbed by more than USD 1 a barrel on Thursday on an unexpected fall in US crude inventories and a rally in global equity markets, but a stronger dollar capped gains. In other financial markets, a rebound on Wall Street helped soothe investors' tattered nerves, while the dollar rallied as risk aversion eased. Regaining confidence after a sharp rebound on Wall Street where investors had been hit by worries over China's faltering economy, London copper futures also strengthened on Thursday. Data released on Wednesday showed US non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, which is a proxy for business investment, increased 2.2 percent in July, the biggest rise since June last year and handily beating expectations.

The market has maintained its strong uptrend following relief rally across global peers post temporary easing of nervousness in China. The Sensex gained 315.61 points or 1.23 percent at 26030.27 and the Nifty climbed 98.05 points or 1.26 percent to 7889.90, aided by banking & financials, healthcare, oil and metals stocks. The broader markets outperformed benchmarks with the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices rising 1.6-1.9 percent. About four shares advanced for every share declining on the Bombay Stock Exchange. Vedanta and Cairn India topped the buying list on Sensex, up 6-7 percent followed by HDFC, Infosys, Lupin and Tata Steel with 2.5-3 percent. ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries, SBI, Sun Pharma, Axis Bank and ONGC climbed 1.5-2 percent. However, Tata Motors, BHEL and Bajaj Auto saw selling pressure, down 1.6-3.5 percent.

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Choppy Sensex, Nifty under pressure; Europe extends losses

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State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, HDFC, Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, Dr Reddy's Labs, Cipla, Vedanta and Tata Steel dropped 1-3 percent. BHEL slipped 2.5 percent after Goldman Sachs downgraded stock to sell from neutral earlier with a target of Rs 207 per share as it believes that the new ordering momentum is unsustainable.


Gold Update :

 Gold edged up today after falling the most in five weeks the session before as global equities were revived after China cut interest rates and bank reserve requirements to support a flagging economy. But China's move appears to have only boosted equities temporarily, with US stock futures resuming their descent and Asian shares slightly lower. Further losses in equities could switch appetite back to safe-haven assets such as gold.


Market Check :

The market slipped again amid consolidation in afternoon trade, tracking further fall in European markets. France's CAC, Germany's DAX and Britain's FTSE extended losses, losing 2-2.7 percent. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 122.05 points or 0.47 percent to 25910.33 and the 50-share NSE Nifty slipped 24.75 points or 0.31 percent to 7855.95. The BSE Midcap also wiped its gains, trading flat. The rupee, too, depreciated by 20 paise to 66.30 against US dollar.

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