Wednesday, 15 November 2017

Nifty May Trade In Stress On Tepid Global/Asian Cues Amid Lower USD & Oil And China Slowdown Concern; Indian Market May Focus On Macros & Earnings



Market Mantra: 15/11/2017 (09:00)

SGX-NF: 10185 (-46)

For the Day: updated: 12:30

Key support for NF: 10175/10145-10100/9970

Key resistance for NF: 10225/10260-10320/10360

Key support for BNF: 25300-25100

Key resistance for BNF: 25650-25750

Trading Idea (Positional):

Technically, Nifty Fut-Nov (NF) has to sustain over 10280 area for further rally towards 10320-10360 & 10400-10475 zone in the short term (under bullish case scenario). 

On the flip side, sustaining below 10260-10225 area, NF may fall towards 10175/10145-10100 & 9970-9825 zone in the short term (under bear case scenario).

Technically, Bank Nifty-Fut (BNF) has to sustain over 25550 area for further rally towards 25650-25750 & 25825-25950 zone in the near term (under bullish case scenario).

On the flip side, sustaining below 25500 area, BNF may fall towards 25300-25100 & 24950-24700 area in the near term (under bear case scenario).

As par early SGX indication, Nifty Fut (Nov) may open around 10185, gap down by almost 46 points on muted global/Asian cues and worries about domestic macros; overnight US & EU market was also closed muted. 

USD gone lower on US tax reform jitters and EUR gone higher on upbeat EU/Germany economic data (GDP) yesterday and a combination of lower USD & higher EUR is not good for either Asian or EU equities, being export savvy in nature. Today’s inline JP economic data & GDP @1.4% for Q3 may have also supported the Yen, dragging the JP market further.

Even for Indian market, a consistent lower USD is not good for Nifty earnings as almost 60% of those earnings are heavily export income dependent; but a lower USD is certainly good for the import oriented Indian economy despite the fact that the whole country is running on extreme currency leverage; almost 80% of crude oil requirement are being imported by the country.

An overnight fall of 2% in crude oil on subdued demand forecast by EIA coupled with surprised build in US crude stocks has also affected the energies sector globally and along with that other commodities/metals are also in pressure on China slowdown fears. 

Thus, a combination of lower USD & lower oil is affecting the overall global/Asian market sentiment to some extent, although it may be good for Indian perspective, as the market is concerned over surging CAD & fiscal deficit after terrible trade data for Oct. 

China market is also under pressure on liquidity tightening & surging bond yields amid Govt effort to deleverage the economy and ongoing production/capacity cuts to keep the China sky clear in winter.

Apart from hurricane distorted US PPI, USD got some further drag on reports that Moh El Erian, the celebrity analyst, now at Allianz (former PIMCO chief) may be entrusted with the next Fed VC post; Erian may be seen as dovish or at least much more less hawkish than another potential VC candidate Taylor.

Also, ongoing US tax reform legislation hangover is weighing on USD; as par latest report, US Senate abruptly adjourned the tax bill debate yesterday and now it may happen hopefully by today/tomorrow as RNC is considering repelling the Obamacare individual mandate also along with the tax reform bill.

Apart from US tax reform uncertainty, USD is also under pressure on various US political entertainments, which may keep Trump busy after he returns from his 12 day marathon Asian tour. Also, market may be concerned over any NK “retaliation” in response to Trump’s recent sets of rhetoric after his Asian tour. 

As par a former US Ambassador to UN (Bolton), NK is very close to develop a nuke enabled ICBM that could hit US mainland and thus resolution of this issue is very much important as it could proliferate nuke weapons around the world.

But the real solution may lies on US as it has to accept NK as a nuclear power and negotiate accordingly to bring the isolated nation on the main stream.

Overnight, US market finished lower on US tax reform/corp tax cut suspense & mixed earnings/concern of stretched valuations; it was further dragged by energies (lower WTI), Apple, GS, Walt Disney, DuPont, Boeing & GE; DJ-30 fell by 0.13%, S&P-500 lost almost 0.23% to close around 2579, while NQ-100 dropped by almost 0.29%.

Overall, US market was yesterday dragged by energies, materials, telecoms while supported by defensive plays & high dividend paying like utilities & consumer staples; an inverted & flattened US bond yield is inducing the market to focus more on high dividend paying stocks (appeal for yield hungry investors from so called bond proxies stocks).

As par some influential DNC Senator, the RNC tax plan will force SMES/small business owners to subsidize the big corporate tax cuts and will also harm the US economy by reducing tax revenue for infra/fiscal capex that supports the economic growth. 

Thus, although market may be still expecting some types of compromise between US Senate & House/RNC over fate of US tax reform bill and the main issue of corp tax cut, there are still many barriers to overcome.

Global market may be also concerned about stretched valuation, central banks tightening (QT), geo-political tensions, China debt bomb & a slowing economy there despite an overall global environment of goldilocks economy. But any delay in UA corp tax cut to 2019 may be also a big trigger for the market correction from here.

Although the flattening of the US bond yield may be indicating some slow down or even a technical recession with time lags of 36 months, it may be due to central bank (Fed) presence in the bond market. 

But it may be also indicating an outgrowth of Fed hikes in a low inflation environment and tends to be associated with lower growth and higher rates (risk premiums) in the future and thus market is somehow worried about it.
US stock future (SPX-500) is now trading around 2568, down by almost 0.35% on muted Asian cues before EU market opening, which is also set to trade in red on higher EUR.

Back to home, Indian market (Nifty/India-50) is now trading around 10185, down by almost 0.45% on muted global/Asian cues and concern for domestic macros after terrible trade data and higher inflation.

Surging oil and higher USD may be a big concern for Indian economy & the market right now apart from Govt’s “war on black money”. Also, PSBS recaps & resolution of NPA is a major factor for the Indian market right now. 

As par latest report, Govt may ask for the special DeMo dividend from RBI again, which is so far elusive & even non-existent for PSBS recap fund!!

Indian market may be clearly worried about the mechanism & ultimate result of this PSBS bond recaps and any credit growth thereof.



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