Market Live: Nifty opens above 9500, Sensex gains 150 pts; Axis Bank surges

10:28 am CDSL listing: After overwhelming response to issue price, Central Depository Services (CDSL) is all set to make its debut on exchanges on Friday, June 30. The final issue price is fixed at Rs 149, the higher end of price band.

According to sources, the grey market premium for the stock is around Rs 90-100, which indicated that the listing may be around Rs 225-250 per share.

The Rs 524-crore initial public offering of CDSL, which was opened for subscription during June 19-21, received tremendous response from all types of investors, oversubscribing 170.16 times.

The portion set aside for qualified institutional buyers oversubscribed 148.71 times while non-institutional investors’ category comprising high net-worth individuals subscribed 563 times.

The reserved portion of retail individual investors applied for 23.83 times the shares on offer.

10:02 am Eris lists: Eris Lifesciences started off first trade at Rs 614.55 on the National Stock Exchange, up nearly 2 percent over issue price of Rs 603. The moderate upside was due to tepid response to the issue and subdued market conditions.

The stock touched a high of Rs 628 (up 4.14 percent) and low of Rs 605.60 in early trade.

At 10:02 hours IST, it was trading at Rs 608.25, up 0.87 percent over issue price, with more than 18 lakh shares volume on the NSE.

The company’s public issue, which was oversubscribed 3.29 times, opened for subscription during June 16-20.

Eris Lifesciences is into manufacturing of branded pharmaceutical products in select therapeutic areas.

9:59 am Market Outlook: Jayant Manglik, President, Retail Distribution, Religare Securities expects volatility to remain high, due to scheduled F&O expiry and GST implementation ahead.

Traders are already struggling. He feels the upcoming events will further add to their worries. He reiterated his view to keep leveraged positions hedged and avoid highly volatile counters for day trade.

9:55 am Listing: Eris Lifesciences settled at Rs 611 in pre-opening trade, marginally higher over issue price of Rs 603.

9:49 am F&O data: ICICIdirect said FMCG, telecom and automobile stocks are witnessing high rollover of positions while the media, finance and banking space is witnessing relatively low rolls into the June series

Roll activities have found further momentum while total Nifty open interest has increased further by almost 2 percent due to continuous fresh additions seen in the next series.

July series has added close to 3 million shares against closure of 2.58 million shares in the June series. The roll spread has remained subdued near just 13 points (excluding dividend of almost 24 points in the July series). Data suggests short accumulation in the July series as the Nifty failed to sustain its highest Put base of 9500 strike. The near month open interest for the Nifty is on the lower side but looking at high open interest prevailing in stocks, VWAP activity cannot be ruled out.

9:37 am Buzzing: Shares of LT Foods rose 2 percent intraday as the company has started new rice processing plant at Rotterdam, Netherlands.

The company has commenced operations at its first rice processing plant in Europe at Rotterdam, Netherlands.

The company has made an investment of USD 15 million in this plant, which has initial capacity of 60000 tonnes and scope for further expansion in the future.

“The company is planning to expand its geographical footprint in important markets of Europe and UK through this plant by increasing its sales from the current 5000 tonnes to 60000 tonnes over the next 3 years,” company said in press release.

9:27 am FII View: Sanjay Mookim of Bank of America Merrill Lynch feels the impact of GST on listed company volumes and earnings may extend beyond the June quarter.

“At rich valuations, any hiccup in numbers could be a risk; though we think the Indian market continues to be joined at the hip to global/EM equities,” he said.

He stayed cautious in the near term.

9:15 am Market Check: Equity benchmarks opened strong on Thursday ahead of expiry of June F&O contracts later today and due to positive global cues.

The 30-share BSE Sensex was up 146.19 points at 30,980.51 and the 50-share NSE Nifty rose 44.90 points to 9,536.15.

Axis Bank, Infosys, Tata Motors DVR, Infosys, Tata Steel, Bharti Infratel, Eicher Motors, Bank of Baroda and L&T were trading higher in early trade while Bank Nifty gained 100 points.

Nifty Midcap rose more than 100 points as about six shares gained for every share falling on the NSE.

Tinplate, Goa Carbon, Amtek Auto, Metalyst Forgings, Jaypee Infratech, Jaiprakash Associates, Mindtree, Hexaware, Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Shree Renuka, Bajaj Hindusthan, Sintex and India Cements rallied 1-5 percent. However, RCF fell 5 percent on offer for sale issue.

The Indian rupee has opened higher by 9 paise at 64.46 per dollar against previous close of 64.55.

The dollar fell close to one-year lows against the euro and slipped against sterling as investors priced in tighter monetary policy in Europe.

This after Bank Of England Governor Mark Carney said that the central bank is likely to need to raise interest rates as the British economy comes closer to operating at full capacity. Also the release of disappointing US housing sector data continued to weigh on sentiment.
Asian bourses traded higher, taking cues from a stronger finish in US markets, with traders expected to digest comments from top central bankers overnight.