India Stocks: Indian shares to open lower on caution after IT slide
18/04/2023 04:02
BENGALURU, April 18 (Reuters) - Indian shares were set
to open lower on Tuesday over worries about weak tech spending
after lacklustre fourth-quarter earnings from the top two IT
firms triggered a fall in equities in the previous session.
India's NSE stock futures listed on the Singapore exchange
SINc1 were down 0.20% at 17,728.50 as of 8:26 a.m. IST.
Information technology stocks led the correction on Monday
when the Sensex fell below the psychological 60,000 mark after
logging gains in each of previous nine sessions.
The IT index .NIFTYIT sank to a six-month low on Monday
and is down 5.64% thus far into the year, after losing 26% in
the previous year, weighed by the onset of a rate hike cycle.
"Infosys came under severe hammering after its earnings
failed to meet estimates," said Shrikant Chouhan, head of equity
research (retail) at Kotak Securities. Infosys INFY.NS fell
over 9% on Monday.
Weak earnings have added to the concerns in the sector,
which has been dragged down by worries of slowing tech spending,
recessionary fears and contagion from the global banking crisis
over the last few months.
Analysts expect consolidation in the benchmark Nifty 50
.NSEI index after the recent rise. "Managing risk holds the
key," said Ajit Mishra, vice president of technical research at
Religare Broking, citing an uptick in volatility during the
earnings season.
Wall Street equities closed marginally higher overnight
after top financial services firms JP Morgan and Wells Fargo
posted better-than-anticipated earnings. Asian markets were
mixed ahead of China's GDP growth data in the March quarter.
MKTS/GLOB
Foreign institutional investors snapped their 10-day buying
streak on Monday, selling 5.33 billion rupees ($65 million)
worth of equities.
Sustained FII buying had supported the recent rise in
domestic equities.
Stocks to Watch:
** Angel One ANGO.NS : Co posts 30% jump in consolidated
net profit in March quarter, as orders surge. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N36K30E
** Jubilant FoodWorks JUBI.NS : Co's stake in Hashtag
Loyalty diluted after Coca-Cola buys 15% stake in Hashtag
Loyalty for 1.05 billion rupees. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN36K1NJ
** Hathway Cable and Datacom HAWY.NS : Co reports
consolidated loss of 146.2 million rupees in March
quarter. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN36K1HN
** Earnings today: ICICI Lombard ICIL.NS , Schaeffler India
SCHE.NS , CRISIL CRSL.NS , Tata Coffee TACO.NS .
($1 = 81.9610 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by
Dhanya Ann Thoppil)
((bharath.rajeswaran@thomsonreuters.com; +91 9769003463))