Wednesday 28 November 2018

Nifty surged on hopes & hypes of US-China trade truce, PSBS recaps and an improving opinion poll in Rajasthan state election for BJP

The Indian market (Nifty Fut) closed around 10688.45 Tuesday, surged by almost +0.45% (+49.25) on hopes of US-China trade truce, PSBS recaps by the higher amount and an improving opinion poll in Rajasthan for BJP. The Indian market opened around 10610.90, in negative tone and made a low of 10585, slumped by almost -0.50% on negative global cues amid renewed concern of an all-out US-China trade war after Trump commented late Monday he would push ahead with additional China tariffs at 25% (from present 10%) on $200B of Chinese goods initially, threatening another $267B, if China does not seek a trade deal with the US.

But soon after the European market opening, the global risk-on sentiment as-well-as the Indian market zoomed on a report that China’s President Xi and his US counterpart Trump agree to reach mutually beneficial agreements on trade but it soon nosedived after a China clarification that this related to the 1st Nov phone call by Trump to Xi and nothing new and by that time, the Indian market was almost in the closing session.

Additionally, almost at the same time, there was another India specific news that the government may rework its FY-19 estimates for PSU Banks (PSBS) recaps, which may be raised to Rs.80-100B from a prior estimate of Rs.65B.

As a result, PSBS surged, helping the overall market sentiment as additional recipes by the government may address the issue of MSME and NBFC/HFC funding ahead of the general election. The government is also pressurizing the RBI to let some PSBS under lending restrictions (PCA) to lend again to “kick start” the economy. Private banks are not so much interested to lend the MSME and NBFC/HFC sector aggressively because of NPA risk and thus PSBS has to fund them, whatever may be the outcome in the future. In that sense, PSBS is a victim of political populism in India.

Overall, the Indian market gained by around 2.90% in November (till Tuesday) on the back of over 30% plunge in Brent oil and 4.15% slump in USDINR coupled with a fall in Indian 10Y Bond yields from 8.231% to a low of 7.669% (-56 bps) in line with global trend and some RBI/government action. The market is now discounting no hike in Dec by RBI (dovish hold) and the spread between RBI repo rate (6.50%) and the Indian 10Y Bond yield is now around almost 120 bps, near to the historical average of 100 bps. But as India’s core inflation continues to hover around elevated levels of above 6%, RBI may be cautiously dovish.

The Indian market is also helped by an ease of NBFC liquidity and RBI-government duet tensions. But some fall in USDINR is also restricting a runaway Nifty rally, as almost 50% of Nifty earnings are coming from exports, while a fall in bond yields is also positive for Indian PSU banks as almost 50% of their EBITDA is generating from a bond portfolio.

Nifty jumped early Wednesday on positive global cues on hopes of US-China trade truce:

On early Wednesday, Nifty jumped almost +0.35% (+37.15) on positive global cues amid renewed hopes of US-China trade truce as the WH CEA/NIC Kudlow clarified Trump’s Monday comments about China tariffs of 25%. Kudlow said: “Trump 'means what he says' and may hike tariffs on China if there is no further breakthrough in talks with Xi at the G20 and Trump believes that there is a good possibility a deal can be made with China’s Xi. Although the White House is 'disappointed' so far in China trade talks, if China comes to the G20 table with new ideas, there’s a good possibility Trump can make a deal in the dinner meeting with Xi”.

But Kudlow also warned that “talks on Saturday evening may not conclude with a statement and the White House sees Trump-Xi meeting as a chance for Xi to change the tone and the substance of these talks".

On early Wednesday, the overall rally in the Indian market is quite limited after a report that there is no plan on PSB recaps over budgeted amount this fiscal and bank-wise quantum to be decided after evaluation of Q2 results and the recaps may be limited to the original plan of Rs.65B; i.e. remaining Rs.42B as of now to be done in FY-19.

Technical View (Nifty, Bank Nifty, USDINR-I):

Technically, Nifty Fut-I (NF) has to sustain over 10785-10805 for a further rally 10875*/10905-10975/11025-11085/11165-11230/11295 in the near term (under bullish case scenario). 

On the flip side, sustaining below 10765-10725 NF may fall to 10680*/10620-10595/10550 and 10495/10450-10410/10340 in the near term (under bear case scenario).

Technically, Bank Nifty Fut-I (BNF) has to sustain over 26550 for a further rally to 26625/26700-26900*/27200 and 27350/27550-27750/28000 in the near term (under bullish case scenario).

On the flip side, sustaining below 26500 BNF may fall to 26450/26200- 26050*/25900 and 25700/25425-25350/25200 in the near term (under bear case scenario).

Technically, USDINR-I has to sustain over 70.25 for a further rally to 70.75/71.15-71.85*/72.20 and 72.75/73.05-73.35/73.75 in the near term (under bullish case scenario).

On the flip side, sustaining below 70.00, USDINR-I may fall to 69.45/69.30-68.95*/68.50 and 68.25/67.65-67.20/66.95 in the near term (under bear case scenario).

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