Market Live: Nifty opens July series below 9500, Sensex sheds 100 pts

10:04 am Bumper Listing: Central Depository Services (CDSL) shares debuted with 68 percent gains on the National Stock Exchange. The share price opened at Rs 250 against the issue price of Rs 149.

The bumper listing was on expected lines as the issue has overwhelming response, oversubscribing 170 times. The grey market premium also indicated the strong listing.

At 10:04 am, the stock price was trading at Rs 264.80, up 77.7 percent, with volume of 1.5 crore shares after hitting a high of Rs 268 in morning trade.

9:50 am CDSL pre-opening: CDSL shares settled at Rs 250 in pre-opening trade, up by 67.78 percent or Rs 101 over its issue price of Rs 149.

It was on expected lines as the issue oversubscribed 170 times.

9:35 am IPO: The Reserve bank of India (RBI) has removed restrictions placed on purchase of shares in AU Small Finance Bank by foreign investors with the total foreign investment coming below the threshold caution limit.

The aggregate limit of total foreign investment that can be received by the company shall remain at 49 percent, the RBI said in a release. The restrictions placed on “the purchase of shares of the above company are withdrawn with immediate effect”, the release said.

AU Small Finance Bank (SFB) has hit the capital market with an IPO to raise around Rs 1,900 crore. Its share sale of 3,76,95,520 shares was oversubscribed 1.36 times on the second day of the offer on Thursday.

9:25 am CDSL to debut: After overwhelming response to issue price, Central Depository Services (CDSL) is all set to make its debut today. 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.

9:15 am Market Check: The market started off July series on a weak note, with the Nifty falling below 9500 level on weakness in banks stocks.

The 30-share BSE Sensex was down 115.22 points at 30,742.30 and the 50-share NSE Nifty slipped 37.20 points to 9,466.90.

Asian Paints, Tech Mahindra, Tata Motors, Tata Motors DVR, HDFC, HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank were under pressure while Bank of Baroda and Sun Pharma gained in early trade.

The broader markets were also under pressure, with the Nifty Midcap down 0.5 percent as about two shares declined for every share rising.

Jaypee Infratech, Aditya Birla Money, Aditya Birla Nuvo, Grasim Industries, Amtek Auto, Metalyst Forging and Shiva Cement gained 1-7 percent.

Fortis Healthcare was down 2.5 percent on Nomura downgrade. Jain Irrigation, Havells India, DCB Bank and InterGlobe Aviation were also under pressure.

The Indian rupee slipped 9 paise in the early trade at 64.72 per dollar versus 64.63 Thursday.

Ashutosh Raina of HDFC Bank expects the pair to trade in a range of 64.50-64.90/dollar for today.
Asian markets lost ground despite China manufacturing activity beating expectations. Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropped 1.08 percent while the Kospi slipped 0.2 percent and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 pulled back 1.45 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index declined 0.88 percent. On the mainland, the Shanghai Composite was off by 0.18 percent.