Tuesday, 15 November 2016

Nifty Plunged By Another 200 Points As DXY Hits 100 Amid “Trumponomics” Aided By Concern About Domestic Consumption Story As A Result Of Govt’s “Surgical Strike” On “Black/Unaccounted Money” & Probable Weak Earnings For FY-17



Market Wrap: 15/11/2016 (16:30)


Nifty Fut (Nov) today plummeted by around 2.40% to close around 8126 after making an opening session high of 8288 and late day low of 8124. NF also closed below key technical level of 8195-8135 zone and consecutive closing below this zone may also open the flood gates for 7900-7200 area in the coming days/months.

Indian market today opened lower by around 56 points after extended weekend on the back of continued pressure on EM currencies as a result of “Trumponomics” & strong DXY (dollar index) coupled with rising yield and domestic headwinds of demonetization (war on black money) and its effect on economic activity & overall H2FY17 corporate earnings. Analysts are now expecting an overall Nifty EPS growth of around 10% in FY-17 against earlier estimate of 15%.

Although, after EU session kicked off, the “Trumpflation” trade has begun to fade by some extent and Copper & Bond Yield fall slightly from the recent record high, Indian market did not react positively as domestic concern continues and USDINR surged towards 68 levels.

Globally, in the current bond market routs, around $9 tln bonds are in severe risk as a result of Trump's rhetoric about more fiscal stimulus package to "rebuild" America and coupled with that the tax cut plans may increase US fiscal deficit & inflation in the coming quarters, which may also prompt Fed for a rapid rate hike (at least 2-3 hikes in 2017 against earlier expectation of 1 hike).

In that scenario, USDINR may also surge towards 71 level, which may prompt for more FII selling in the Indian market and this out-flow concern may have also dampened the Indian market mood.

The Indian market sentiment also affected by the continuing “Board Room Battle” between Tata & Mistry and weak earnings by some of the key Nifty constituent like Tata Motors.

Also, there were visible selling pressure on the NBFC spaces and some private banks having greater retail liabilities. As a result of Govt’s war on black/unaccounted money and subsequent chaos & cash-flow issues, NPL/NPA may increase multifold, especially from the rural regions and CV finance portfolio may also be affected apart from the “jolt” in India’s consumption story, which may be dependent “too much” on the parallel economy of the country for decades (like real estates, autos & expensive 2W, cement, consumer durables etc).

In short, confidence of Indian public on its high denomination currency may also be rattled and popularity of NAMO may be also in question after this demonetization crisis and resultant hardships of common people. 

As a result, various political parties including BJP are indulging in serious political battles and “war of words” as par their convenience. Eventually, this may have a serious effect on the passage of final GST bill in the forthcoming Winter Parliament session and its implementation from April’17 may looks difficult at this point as Govt is pre-occupied with this demonetization chaos and will also be busy for the budget presentation on Feb-1 (2017). 

Lack of political consensus because of this so called “war on black money” and series of forthcoming state elections may also slow the overall economic reforms from the NAMO Govt and it may be also difficult to roll out GST even by Sep’2017.

Apart from the domestic headwinds and high probable Fed rate hike in Dec’16, there are various geo-political events and EU political risks as a result of increasing “Anti-Establishment” notions fuelled by “Brexit” & “Trumpism”, concern of further Chinese Yuan devaluation, fund outflow & debt. Also Russia may be hardening its stance on Syria issues taking advantage of some probable “power vacuum” as a result of “weak” Trump & his election rhetoric about providing “Nato protection” to its EU allies for an “appropriate fees”.

Thus between Dec’16 to March’17, there will be various geo-political and economic events which may add significant volatility for the global financial as well as the Indian market.

Technically, consecutive closing below 8485 may invite for 7975-7925 area for NF in the short term and 7200-6800 zone in the mid-term (by March’17).



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