03:30pm Market Closing: The
market recouped all its losses in late trade supported by metals, FMCG and
select oil stocks. The Sensex rose 12.13 points to 28516.59 and the Nifty
gained 0.4 point at 8660.
The broader markets continued its outperformance.
The BSE Midcap Index gained 0.7 percent and Smallcap rallied 1.2 percent. About
1657 shares have advanced, 1096 shares declined, and 171 shares are unchanged
on the BSE.
03:05pm Double whammy for farmers: Food
Corporation of India (FCI) has refused to procure wheat damaged by rain. FCI
officials say they will not procure damaged wheat at minimum support price
(MSP) as the crop's quality is very poor.
The corporation has already rejected wheat crop
from Kota in Rajasthan where recent rains and hailstorm damaged the crop. FCI
which procures wheat from farmers at MSP of Rs 1450 per quintal rejected a
large quantity of the produce on the ground that it has lost lustre and does
not meet quality norms.
While some farmers are protesting, others have
been forced to sell wheat in open market for up to Rs 1390 per quintal.
Heavy rains and hailstorm in recent weeks have
damaged crops across North India with farmers suffering heavy losses. Several
farmers, who took loans for farming, have allegedly committed suicide after
their crop was damaged.
Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said
wheat production is likely to suffer and it may decline by 4-5 per cent in the
current crop year from the initial estimates of 95.76 million tonnes due to
unseasonal rains.
02:50pm MMTC rallies: Company
has received orders for import of steam coal from Coal India and Andhra Pradesh
Power Development Company Limited for approximately 0.75 million metric tonne
(out of 5 million metric tonne that CIL have initially tendered) and 1.6
million metric tonne, respectively for supply during the FY 2015-16.
02:30pm India Inc wants rate cut: Unhappy
with the RBI's decision to keep policy rate unchanged, India Inc on Tuesday
said banks must immediately pass on the benefit of earlier rate cuts to borrowers
to kickstart growth and stimulate investment.
RBI lowered interest rates by a total of 0.50
percent since January 2015, but banks are yet to pass on the benefit to
borrowers. "With the RBI choosing not to reduce the policy interest rate,
demand revival in the economy and pick up in the investment cycle would remain
a tall order".
"The ball is clearly in the court of the
banks to rise to the occasion since credit off-take has remained weak despite
front loading of the two rate cuts," Assocham President Rana Kapoor said.
Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan today kept
policy rate unchanged awaiting clarity on impact of unseasonal rains on food
inflation even as he wanted banks to pass on benefits of previous two rate
cuts.
"Industry is facing a tough environment as
the demand is decelerating and costs of doing businesses are rising," PHD
Chamber President Alok B Shriram said.
"There must be transmission by the banks of
the front loaded repo rate cut by RBI to the lending rates," he added. The
repo rate, at which RBI lends to the banking system, will continue to be at 7.5
percent and the cash reserve ratio, which is the amount of deposits parked with
the central bank, will remain at 4 percent .
"A cut in policy rates even by a modest 25
basis points would have been a mood elevator and propelled industry and
consumers to augment demand.
02:02pm Market Check
The market trimmed losses supported by Reliance
Industries. The Sensex dropped 86.94 points to 28417.52 and the Nifty declined
38.55 points to 8621.35. About 1404 shares have advanced, 1204 shares declined,
and 162 shares are unchanged on the BSE.
The Reserve Bank of India left key policy rates
unchanged today. It expects inflation to cool down to 4 percent by August but
firm up again to 5.8 percent by year-end. The central bank says they will look
through seasonal and base effect for inflation. The Reserve Bank has estimated
FY16 GDP at 7.8 percent, 30 basis points more than the CSO expectation.
RBI Governor, Raghuram Rajan says there is more
room to cut interest rates but will watch out for data, adding that banks over
time will be forced to match markets and bring down rates. The governor also
says that US Fed's policy changes will not constrain RBI's move on rates.
The rupee weakened marginally to 62.37 a dollar
against a close of 62.18 in previous session on account of fresh demand for the
dollar from importers and weakness in the equity markets.
Global markets like Shanghai and Nikkei closed
with handsome gains today, up 1-2.5 percent while European markets gained more
than 1 percent. In positive macro data, UK Services PMI jumped to 58.9 in March
against 56.7 in February. For more information please visit this site www.appsmine.org
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