Wednesday 1 March 2017

Nifty May Open Flat Amid Mixed Global Cues As Trump Delivers “Nothing New”; Better Than Expected GDP May Help The Domestic Market (?); But Higher Fiscal Deficit & Tepid Core Sector Output May Also Drag Apart From Confusion About Yesterday’s GDP Methodology



Market Mantra: 01/03/2017 (08:30)


Watch 8975-8875 & 8995-9075 Zone In Nifty Fut (March), Which May Open Around 8920 Today


As par early SGX indication, Nifty Fut (March) may open around 8920 (+7 points), almost flat following mixed Global cues. Due to unusual ongoing hawkish script by various Fed speakers, FFR is now showing around 50% probability of a March rate hike against 35% last week and USD is also gaining some strength. As a result Japan is trading higher. Also, China PMI data flashed today was upbeat & better than expected; as a result China is also trading in positive.

At a glance, Trump’s “Phenomenal speech” just concluded has nothing new, which market does not know and USD bond yields & global market seems to be not convinced about lack of any specific details. But Trump also called for a $1 tln infrastructure fund approval from US congress in PPP mode and that somehow supporting the market sentiment right now.

Pharma may be under stress today as Trump again called for price rationalization; but also pointed out about too much regulation from FDA, which is a bar for innovation & affordability for pharmaceuticals in US.

After yesterday’s confusing GDP, domestic market may look into the Mfg PMI & Auto sales (Feb) today (estimate: 50.3; prior: 50.4). Better than expected PMI may also help the market after yesterdays’ upbeat Q3 GDP despite DeMo blues. Although, GDP is indicating huge jump in mfg activities, it may be due to inventory addition with the distributor/retail level. Also significant gap in GVA (6.6%) and GDP (7%) may be an indication of huge amount of pre-paid taxes with demonetized currency (??). Tepid FMCG, auto (especially 2W), Consumer durables sales may also be in disconnect with the Q3 GDP figure of 7%, which basically failed to capture the true direction of the informal economy or unorganized sector. The true figure may be available only in Jan’18; but as par some analysts, Q4 GDP may come sharply below expectation at 7.1% after revision and more informal data.

Hints for actionable trading idea:

Technically, Nifty Fut (March @8920) has to sustain over 8995 area for further rally towards 9035-9075 & 9125-9195 in the short term (under bullish case scenario).

On the other side, sustaining below 8975 zone, NF may fall towards 8910-8875* & 8815-8765 area in the near term (under bear case scenario).


Similarly, BNF (LTP: 20695) has to sustain over 20950 area for further rally towards 21050-21150 & 21350-21500 area in the near term (under bullish case scenario).

On the other side, sustaining below 20900-20750 area, BNF may fall towards 20600*-20500 & 20250-20000 zone in the near term (under bear case scenario).




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