1295: Marketbuzz Podcast with Kanishka Sarkar: Sensex, Nifty 50 to open in green, Infosys results in focus
-Welcome to CNBC-TV18’s Marketbuzz Podcast. Here are all the important updates ahead of the trading session of July 18
-As the market resumes trading today after a mid-week holiday, June quarter results seem to have taken the centre stage. In the next 2 sessions, 35% of the Nifty companies will be in focus due to earnings.
-On Wednesday, Asian Paints and LTI Mindtree reported their results whereas today IT major Infosys is due to announce its first quarter results after market hours. On Friday, Reliance, BPCL, JSW Steel, Ultratech as well as Wipro will report their earnings. And over the weekend, HDFC BANK and Kotak Mahindra bank will do so.
-All eyes are now on the Union Budget which is three trading sessions away. Meanwhile, Chris Wood, Global Equity Strategist of Jefferies believes that we are nowhere near to ending the bull run market in India.
-The GIFTNifty was trading with a premium of nearly 30 points from Nifty Futures' Tuesday close this morning, indicating a start in the green for the Indian Market.
-Thursday is also the weekly options expiry of the Nifty 50 contracts. Earnings reaction will be seen in stocks like Asian Paints, Just Dial, LTIMindtree, Hathaway Cables, Elcon Engineering and others.
-Stocks to track: Zensar Tech, L&T Finance, Zee Entertainment, IREDA, Nazara Technologies, Glenmark Pharma, Techno Electric & Engineering, Adani Green Energy,
-In terms of global cues, Asian equities fell this morning, as a global selloff in technology stocks deepened on concerns over tighter US restrictions on chip sales to China. Shares in Japan and South Korea dropped, with the Topix falling as much as 1.5%, weighed down by a stronger yen and further fallout from heavy selling in chipmakers around the world.
-Hong Kong and mainland Chinese stocks fluctuated in early trade, with the Hang Seng Tech Index down as much as 1.2%. US futures drifted higher after the S&P 500 fell 1.4% and the Nasdaq dropped 2.9%, its worst day since 2022, on Wednesday.
- In other news from around the world, back home, Karnataka has put the controversial bill on job reservations in the private sector on hold. Globally, US President Joe Biden has tested positive for covid-19.
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1295: Marketbuzz Podcast with Kanishka Sarkar: Sensex, Nifty 50 to open in green, Infosys results in focus