Tuesday, 19 December 2017

Nifty Edged Up After A Roller Coaster Session On Less Impressive BJP Win In GJ



Market Wrap: 18/12/2017 (17:00)

NSE-NF (Dec):10411 (+51; +0.50%)

(TTM PE: 26.57; Abv 2-SD of 25; TTM Q1FY18 EPS: 391; NS: 10389; Avg PE: 20; Proj FY-18 EPS: 418; Proj Fair Value: 8360)

NSE-BNF (Nov):25641 (+131; +0.51%)

(TTM PE: 29.52; Near 3-SD of 30; TTM Q1FY18 EPS: 867; BNS: 25595; Avg PE: 20; Proj FY-18 EPS: 961; Proj Fair Value: 19220)

For 19/12/2017: Dec-Fut

Key support for NF: 10390/10315-10280/10230

Key resistance for NF: 10435/10475-10535/10580

Key support for BNF: 25400/25200-24950/24800

Key resistance for BNF: 25775/25875-26050/26200

Trading Idea (Positional):

Technically, Nifty Fut-Dec (NF) has to sustain over 10495 area for further rally towards 10535-10580 & 10640-10695 zone in the short term (under bullish case scenario). 

On the flip side, sustaining below 10475-10435 area, NF may fall towards 10390-10315 & 10280-10230 zone in the short term (under bear case scenario).

Technically, Bank Nifty-Fut (BNF) has to sustain over 25775 area for further rally towards 25875- 26050 & 26200-26325 zone in the near term (under bullish case scenario).

On the flip side, sustaining below 25725 area, BNF may fall towards 24300/25200-25100/24950 & 24800-24650 area in the near term (under bear case scenario).

Indian market (Nifty-Fut/India-50) today (18th Dec) closed around 10411, edged up by almost 0.50% on less impressive likely BJP win in GJ election; it made an opening session panic low of 10060 after opening around 10200, gap down by almost 157 points as BJP unexpectedly slips in the early trend, quite divergently from the exit poll prediction of 110 seats for BJP or the party’s own estimate for more than 150 seats; in the opening minutes, INC was seen leading in a neck & neck race.

But market soon recouped the early steep loss on gradual improvement in BJP’s tally and eventually jumped to day high of 10460 on bargain hunting & huge short covering as it’s clear that BJP is set to win by a thin margin, but able to form the Govt with magic halfway number.

As par latest trend, BJP is set to win around 100-105 seats vs INC’s 78-73 seats; i.e. the result is slightly below exit polls median projections, but lower than 116 seats of BJP in 2014 vs 2/3rd majority of 120 and BJP’s own estimates of 150; i.e. overall BJP’s likely victory may be far less impressive.

After market hours final tally from GJ came as 99 vs 77 in favour of BJP, much less than the median exit poll projections of around 110-115; incidentally NOTA (none of the above candidate) votes were casted significantly this time, which was deciding factor in many closely contested seats and may be in indication that certain section of the public is against the BJP Govt for many issues like DeMo, GST, rural agrarian crisis, un/under-employment etc, but at the same time they are also not ready to support the INC.

Although, INC is out from another state (HP), no one perhaps expect an INC win in GJ this time too. But the close fight in GJ this time shows that NAMO is still the king-maker of BJP; i.e. too much dependency on NAMO and it’s his leadership & trust of people, which matters most. In 2014, people actually voted for NAMO’s leadership quality and Modinomics model for GJ and not for BJP. The same trend is visible in GJ and recent poll in UP and the will be also a prime factor for 2019 general election.

Also, rural/farmer distress is now a reality after DeMo & other structural reason; it’s the urban support which is helping BJP right now.; youth un/underemployment & the complex form of GST is another headwind, which may continue to hog the limelight in 2019 general election. Govt/Modi may be compelled to take the path of political populism instead of structural reforms to win votes in 2018-19.

For INC, this may be a respectable defeat and RAGA will be a serious contender for 2019 election and the game will be not one sided which is very important for a vibrant democracy. An 11% vote swing from 2014 against BJP and 5% in favour of INC may be just a warning signal that in politics everything is possible as RAGA/INC will be charged up from being a “no factor” few months ago. After politics, market will now focus on economics; earnings, PSBS recaps. NPA resolution etc; the list is long.

Govt may now embark more on social welfare & rural infra spending along with compromises on GST revenue (more recalibrations) and other political dolls with four states election in 2018, having large rural voters. This may further complicate the fiscal math in the coming days with Oil (Brent Crude) hovering above $60; India’s 10YGSEC yield yesterday hits a high of around 7.22% and closed around 7.18%. Higher bond yields/borrowing costs may not be good for the Indian corporates.

All eyes now may be on actual budget & fiscal deficit figure, Q3FY18 earnings and macros as the election phobia is now over; but less than expected seats in GJ with reduced margin/voting share and lack of landslide victory may also keep the market disappointed. As equity market is a slave of earnings, Nifty EPS need to justify the stretched valuations as focus will now shift from politics to economics.

Today global cues were positive on renewed US taxreform optimism as passage of the legislation is now a mere formality. But higher tax/fiscal deficits because of US corp/personal tax cut may continue to be a headwind for the market; all eyes may be now on the actual fine prints of the tax reform bill.

Market may also hope that after disappointing GJ election, Govt must think twice before any structural reform like DeMo & poor implementation of GST with a complex format, but the overall theme may be reform & perform.

Today Nifty was helped mostly by VEDL, ICICI Bank (ICICI Sec IPO launch), SBI, TCS, Maruti, L&T, M&M, Bajaj Fin, Eicher Motors & HDFC Bank (fresh fund raising for growth & analysts’ optimism) by almost 48 points cumulatively.

Nifty was dragged mostly by IOC, Infy, ITC, Yes Bank, HPCL, Kotak Bank, HDFC, TECHM, UPL & HCL Tech by around 19 points altogether.

Overall, today Indian market was helped by banks & financials (PSBS/RECAPS optimism), auto, mixed techs, media, metals, pharma, consumption, while dragged by reality, mixed energies/OMC (petro products price was not increased despite GJ election is over) and mixed private banks.






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