WEEK IN A NUTSHELL
WIN-dow to the week that was
Week in a Nutshell (WIN)
Week
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17 Aug
2013
Key WIN-dicators
Nifty lost about 1% for the week. What looked like a good pull back week
for the equity markets after the recent correction turned out to be a week
of extreme nervousness on the macros.
Strong economic data from the US, its jobless claims being at a near 6
year low and the strengthining USD completely spooked the pull back
here. Rumours of capital control being extended to investments did not
help the sentiments as well.
The INR touched an intra week low of 62.1/$ before closing at 61.7/$. In
fact the RBI and the government had to make specific statements negating
the fears of capital controls. Fearing further tightening – the only tool RBI
has used to defend the INR – the 10 year G sec’s yields spiked to 8.89% - up
almost 60 bps in the week, call rates at 5 year high and banks hiking base
rates.
The week also saw the government hiking import duty on gold further to
10% and RBI again banning the Gold on lease – a convenient option for
Gold imports. All this culminated into a near 5% fall in the equity markets
on Friday, taking away all the gains of the week and ending in the negative.
SBI results capped off what was a disastrous quarter of net stress addition
for the entire PSU banking sector – SBI’s (net slippages + change in
standard restructured loans) for the Q was elevated at INR 116b (1.1% of
loans) vs INR85.3b in 4QFY13 and avg Q run-rate of INR82.5b in FY13
The results season has come to an end, and the aggregates do not provide
anything to cheer about. The aggregate PAT saw a decline of 2.3% a first
since the quarter of Sep-2009. The current quarter saw more downgrades
than upgrades with FY14EPS revised upwards for 52 companies and
downwards for 81 companies. Sensex EPS for FY14 saw a downgrade of
3.5% and now stand at 1,280 (growth of 7%). FY15 Sensex EPS cut by 3%.
Some of the highlights of this edition:
1QFY13 Last week’s Result Notes
India Economics:
WPI, RBI Moves to help INR
CAP GOODs:
Tender Tracker
Nifty (-1%)
Inflationary build up at 3.1%, almost
the level of Jul-12
Britannia: Gross margins up
230bp
Measures taken by RBI has not
improved INR materially
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WIN – Week In a Nutshell
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