Mutual Fund News of 20th August 2018

20Aug2018

MarketsforYou

GlobalIndices

GlobalIndices 17‐Aug Prev_Day Abs.Change

%Change

DowJones 25,669 25,559 111 0.43

Nasdaq 7,816 7,807 10 0.13

FTSE 7,559 7,556 2 0.03

Nikkei 22,270 22,192 78 0.35

HangSeng 27,213 27,100 113 0.42

IndianIndices 17‐Aug Prev_Day Abs.Change

%Change

S&PBSESensex 37,948 37,664 284 0.75

Nifty50 11,471 11,385 86 0.75

Nifty100 11,747 11,648 99 0.85

NiftyBank 28,129 27,827 302 1.09

SGXNifty 11,485 11,417 69 0.60

S&PBSEPower 1 ,977 1,964 14 0.70

S&PBSESmallCap 16,866 16,710 157 0.94

S&PBSEHC 15,014 14,828 186 1.25

Date P/E Div.Yield P/E Div.Yield

17‐Aug 24.69 1.16 28.11 1.17

MonthAgo 23.08 1.20 27.35 1.19

YearAgo 23.78 1.23 25.30 0.97

Nifty50Top3Gainers

Company 17‐Aug Prev_Day

%Change

YesBank 393 378 3.90

Lupin 881 850 3.71

AurobindoPharma 656 635 3.24

Nifty50Top3Losers DomesticNews

Company 17‐Aug Prev_Day

%Change

GAIL 388 394 ‐1.55

HeroMoto 3242 3283 ‐1.23

EicherMotors 28476 28804 ‐1.14

AdvanceDeclineRatio

BSE NSE

Advances 1629 1113

Declines 1076 667

Unchanged 157 99

InstitutionalFlows(Equity)

Description(Cr) YTD

FIIFlows* ‐1372

MFFlows** 72753

*16

Aug2018;**7

Aug2018

EconomicIndicator

YoY(%) Current YearAgo

CPI

4.17%

(Jul‐18)

2.36%

(Jul‐17)

IIP

7.00%

(Jun‐18)

‐0.30%

(Jun‐17)

GDP

7.70%

(Mar‐18)

6.10%

(Mar‐17)

20August2018

SinceMay‐17,MOSPIhasrevisedbaseyearofIIP&WPIfrom2004‐05to2011‐12,andforCPI

from2010to2012

IndianEquityMarket

IndicesPerformance

P/EDividendYield

Sensex Nifty

5.30%

(Mar‐18)

7.00%

(Dec‐17)

QuarterAgo

Inflow/Outflow

‐371

4.58%

(Apr‐18)

• The government has allowed import of petcoke for usage as feedstock

in few industries. Cement companies account for around three‐fourths of

the country’s petcoke requirement and will benefit from the

announcement. The Supreme Court had banned the use of the fuel in and

around New Delhi in 2017 and since then there has been no clear policy

stance on t he issue.

• The number of students going abroad to study from India is going up

steadily every year while fewer students are coming from other countries

to study here, according to a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) report. The

report said while spending on tuition and hostel fees by Indian students

studying overseas has gone up 44% from $1.9 billion in 2013‐14 to $2.8

billion in 2017‐18, expenses of foreign students in India has come down

from $557 million in 2015‐16 to $479 million in 2017‐18.

• The draft proposing red‐labelling of packaged food products with high

levels of fat, sugar and salt has been put on hold by the government.

Food safety regulator FSSAI in Apr had released the draft of Food Safety

and Standards (Labelling and Display) Reg ulations 2018 und er which it

was proposed t hat red‐label marking will be made mandatory on such

packaged food products. The expert panel will be headed by the former

director of National Institute of Nutrition and its current director.

• In order to arrange an extra 160,000 hospital beds required under

Ayushman Bharat‐National Health Protection Mission (AB‐NHPM),

popularly called Modicare, the government may look at the public‐private

partnership (PPP) model. Modicare aims to provide free health insurance

of Rs. 5 lakh per family to almost 40% of the population, which is more

than 100 million p oor and vulnerable families based on the socio‐

economic caste census. Around 33% of the people covered will not have

previous health insurance coverage.

MarketsforYou

• Asian markets ended on a mixed note because of the Turkish currency

rebounding and optimism over U.S.‐China trade talks on th e one hand

and a widening vaccine scandal in China on the other. U.S. and China

have agreed to meet at the end of Aug to discuss trade issues, just before

the new set of levies by both nations come into effect. Chinese markets

were hit as healthcare stocks declined over a vaccine scandal. Today (as

of Aug 20), Asian markets opened mixed as investors remained focused

towards U.S. and China tariff talks. While Nikkei was trading down 0.22%,

Hang Seng was up 1.08% (as at 8 a.m. IST).

• As per the last close, European markets closed almost lower as

investors remained cautious amid Turkey's ongoing currency crisis.

However, reports that U.S. and China are set to resume trade

negotiations improved market sentiment, thereby restricting the losses.

• As per the last close, U.S m arkets closed almost higher amid reports

that U.S. and China negotiators are planning for talks to try to end the

trade impasse.

• Indian equity markets closed in the green on positive global cues as U.S.

and China ag reed to hold talks later in Aug, just before the new set of

levies by both nations come into effect. Investor sentiment was boosted

also by rebound in Turkish currency lira.

• Key benchmark indices S&P BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 gained 0.75% each

to close at 37,947.88 and 11,470.75, respectively. S&P BSE Mid‐Cap and

S&P BSE Small Cap increased 0.88% and 0.94%, respectively.

• The overall market breadth on BSE was strong with 1629 scrips

advancing and 1076 scrips declining. A total of 157 scrips remained

unchanged.

• On the BSE sectoral front S&P BSE Basic Materials stood as the major

gainer, up 2.04% followed by S&P BSE Fast Moving Consumer Goods t hat

grew 1.79%. S&P BSE Metal and S&P BSE Bankex grew 1.71% and 1.27%.

The only loser was S&P BSE Oil and Gas, falling 0.15%.

FIIDerivativeTradeStatistics 17‐Aug

(RsCr) Buy Sell OpenInt.

IndexFutures 2381.37 2813.90 28720.14

IndexOptions 160706.20 158172.20 64602.56

StockFutures 12107.33 12127.98 86192.75

StockOptions 8693.24 8866.68 10281.65

Total 183888.14 181980.76 189797.10

17‐Aug Prev_Day Change

PutCallRatio(OI) 1.66 1.60 0.06

IndianDebtMarket

PutCallRatio(Vol) 1.15 1.04 0.11

17‐Aug Wk.Ago Mth.Ago YearAgo

CallRate Closed 6.37% 6.12% 5.84%

CBLO Closed 6.40% 6.23% 5.84%

Repo Closed 6.50% 6.25% 6.00%

ReverseRepo Closed 6.25% 6.00% 5.75%

91DayT‐Bill Closed 6.67% 6.53% 6.13%

364DayT‐Bill Closed 7.26% 7.19% 6.24%

10YearGilt Closed 7.75% 7.75% 6.53%

G‐SecVol.(Rs.Cr) Closed 36452 29694 33146

CurrencyMarketUpdate

FBILMIBOR Closed 6.55% 6.30% 6.00%

3MonthCPRate Closed 7.50% 7.65% 6.55%

5YearCorpBond Closed 8.61% 8.71% 7.40%

1MonthCDRate Closed 6.62% 6.50% 6.09%

3MonthCDRate Closed 7.18% 7.05% 6.19%

1YearCDRate Closed 8.02% 7.98% 6.48%

CommodityMarketUpdate

Currency 17‐Aug Prev_Day Change

USD/INR Closed 70.23 N.A.

GBP/INR Closed 89.37 N.A.

EURO/INR C losed 79.97 N.A.

InternationalNews

JPY/INR Closed 0.63 N.A.

Commodity 17‐Aug WkAgo Mth.Ago YearAgo

NYMEXCrude($/bl) 65.88 67.56 67.98 47.02

BrentCrude($/bl) 69.33 70.19 70.31 50.26

Gold($/oz) 1184 1211 1227 1288

Gold(Rs./10gm) 29361 29477 30044 28989

Source:ThomsonReutersEikon

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20August2018

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DerivativeStatistics‐NiftyOptions

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Disclaimer:

DerivativesMarket

DebtWatch

CurrencyMarket

CommodityPrices

• The domestic debt market remained closed on account of Parsi New

Year.

• Data from the Conference Board showed that the leading economic

index in U.S. grew 0.6% in Jul 2018 following a 0.5% increase in Jun 2018.

The coincident economic index also grew 0.2% in Jul 2018 after rising by

0.3% in Jun 2018. The lagging economic index fell 0.2% in Jul 2018 after it

rose 0.2% in the previous month.

• Eurostat data showed eurozone inflation increased for the third

consecutive month in Jul 2018, in tandem with initial estimates. The data

touched its highest level sinc e late 2012. The harmonized i ndex of

consumer prices increased 2.1% YoY in Jul, after climbing 2% in Jun 2018.

MarketsforYou

• Nifty August 2018 Futures closed at 11,488.45, a p remium of 17.70

points, above the spot closing of 11,470.75. The turnover on NSE’s

Futures and Options segment decreased to Rs. 17,76,483.56 on Aug 16

compared with Rs. 5,52,873.53 on Aug 17.

•ThePut‐Call ratio stood at 0.92 against previous session’s close of 0.84.

•TheNiftyPut‐Call ratio stood at 1.66 compared with the previous

session’s close of 1.60.

• India VIX decreased 3.48% t o 13. 1700 from 13.6450 in the previous

trading session.

• Open interest on Nifty Futures stood a t 31.87 m illion as against the

previous session’s close at 30.72 million.

• The domestic currency market remained closed on account of Parsi Ne

Year.

• The euro rose against the greenback on reports that China and the

United States will hold a new round of trade talks later this month which

make m arket participants o ptimistic of ease in tr ade tensions between

the two countries. Euro was last seen trading at $1.1405, up 0.26

against the previous close of $1.1375.

• Gold prices trader higher following weakness in greenback on reports

that White House economic advisor has confirmed that U.S. and China

officials will meet later in Aug 2018 to resume trade talks.

• Brent crude traded h igher amid r eports of resuming of talks between

the U.S. and China in Aug 2018.

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