Special Report 06-Aug-2018
Global markets at a glance US stocks advanced on Friday as upbeat earnings helped investors shrug off heightened trade anxieties and weakerthan-expected July jobs growth. For the week, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq gained ground, up 0.8 percent and 1.0 percent, respectively, while the Dow was essentially flat. The S&P 500 notched its fifth straight weekly gain, its longest such streak of the year. The second-quarter reporting season nears its final stretch with 406 of the companies in the S&P 500 having reported, 78.6 percent of which came in above Street estimates, according to Thomson Reuters data. Asian stocks were steady on Friday, with gains from the tech-led rise on Wall Street capped by the latest exchange of trade threats between Beijing and Washington, while safe haven flows lifted the dollar to a two-week high. Investors also remain cautious ahead of the July US jobs report due later on Friday, which will give a reading on the health of the world's largest economy and possible clues about the pace of Federal Reserve interest rate rises. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan inched down 0.03 percent. The index was down about 0.6 percent for the week, during which it slumped to a two-week high on Thursday on US-China trade tensions.The trade war between the world's top two economies intensified midweek after US President Donald Trump raised pressure on China by proposing a higher 25 percent tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports. Previous day Roundup The Nifty50 after opening sharply higher extended rally as the day progressed and recouped all losses seen in the previous session to end at fresh record closing high on Friday.The index formed strong bullish candle on the daily candlestick charts. The renewed trade war tensions between world's largest economies US and China spooked the market on Thursday.
World Indices Index
Value
% Change
25,462.58
0.54
S&P500
2,826.75
0.06
NASDAQ FTSE100
7,413.50 7,659.10
0.16
22,561.23 27,867.39
0.16 0.69
DJI
NIKKEI HANG SENG
1.09
Top Gainers Company
CMP
Change
% Chg
Axis Bank
574.75
27.50
5.03
Vedanta
222.40
8.25
3.85
Yes Bank
373.20
11.40
3.15
GAIL
388.20
10.55
2.79
Lupin
886.00
21.15
2.45
CMP
Change
% Chg
Tech Mahindra Tata Motors Grasim Asian Paints
662.75 258.45 1,006.20 1,411.85
-6.25 -2.40 -8.00 -6.55
-0.93 -0.92 -0.79 -0.46
Hero Motocorp
3,250.55
-13.15
-0.40
Top Losers Company
Stocks at 52 Week’s HIGH Symbol
Prev. Close
Change
%Chg
ABBOTINDIA
7922.9
143.1
1.81
ADANIGREEN
66.55
3.3
4.96
AIAENG
1701.3
-1.3
-0.08
ASTRAZEN
1597.9
117.1
7.33
17
0.85
5
BALAXI
Stocks at 52 Week’s LOW The Nifty Bank index closed at 27,695.50, up 339.55 points on Friday. The important Pivot level, which will act as crucial support for the index, is placed at 27,521.47, followed by 27,347.43. On the upside, key resistance levels are placed at 27,796.27, followed by 27,897.04. Index stats The Market was very volatile in last session. The sartorial in dices performed as follow; Commodities[19.90pts], Consumption[36.90pts],PSE[25.20pts],CPSE [22.90pts],Energy[102.95pts],FMCG[176.70pts],Auto [ 4 1 .6 5 pt s ],P h a rm a [7 6 . 1 0 pt s ], IT [9 6 .4 5 p ts ] ,M e ta l [53.10pts],Realty[1.60 pts], Fin Serv sector[176.70pts].
Symbol
ANKITMETAL DIAMONDYD GAMMNINFRA GAYAHWS GOENKA
Prev. Close
Change
%Chg
0.55 1130.05 1.2 3.2 0.25
0.05 -9.55 0 -0.15 0
9.09 -0.85 0 -4.69 0
Indian Indices Company
CMP
Change
% Chg
NIFTY
11360.80
116.10
1.03
SENSEX
37556.16
391.00
1.05
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