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NEW DELHI: Spooked by trade war worries, a sinking rupee and rise in crude oil prices, Dalal Street investors joined their global peers in a sell-off exercise.
Although, the bulls made a comeback on Friday, the week belonged to the bears.
Equity benchmarks Sensex shed 0.74 per cent during the week to end at 35,423 while NSE's Nifty bled 1 per cent to settle at 10,714.
Here are key factors that Dalal Street will track in the coming weekTrade Tariffs: Import tariffs announced by the US President Donald Trump on Chinese products will come into effect on July 6.
Earlier in June, Trump laid out a list of more than 800 strategically important imports from China that would be subject to a 25 per cent tariff starting on July 6, including cars.
In response to it, China’s Commerce Ministry had said it would respond with tariffs “of the same scale and strength” and that any previous trade deals with Trump were “invalid.”
Reuters reported China would impose 25 per cent tariffs on 659 US products, ranging from soyabeans and autos to seafood.
Canada has also vowed to impose retaliatory tariffs on US imports from July 1.
Rupee: The domestic unit touched its nadir in the week gone by.
Although, it made a sharp recovery on Friday, it is still Asia's worst-performing currency this year.
According to Moody’s Investors Service, RBI's efforts to tighten the availability of rupees in the market and halt a slide in the currency may squeeze profitability of the country’s lenders as it raises their funding costs, Bloomberg reported.
Crude prices: Oil posted biggest weekly rise in more than two months on shrinking stockpiles and supply disruptions from Canada to Libya.
Futures advanced 8.1 per cent last week in New York, above London-traded Brent crude’s gain of 5.1 per cent, Bloomberg reported.
The world’s two most important oil benchmarks - Brent and WTI are diverging as Saudi Arabia’s pledge to lift output weighs on the European market, the report said.
Macro data: India's manufacturing sector data for June is slated to release on Monday.
The Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) fell from 51.6 in April to 51.2 in May.
Services sector data for June will be unveiled on Wednesday.
Services activity witnessed a slowdown in May as the Nikkei India Services Business Activity Index fell to 49.6 from 51.4 in April.
Auto stocks: Shares of auto companies will be in focus as the automakers will start releasing sales numbers for June from Sunday.
Auto companies continued to register robust sales in May, driven by rural demand and government's infra push.
Maruti Suzuki India, a leader in passenger vehicles, sold a total of 172,512 units in May, an increase of 26 per cent while Tata Motors registered a strong growth of 58 per cent YoY at 54,295 units, against 34,461 units.
Hyundai Motor India registered 7.14 per cent growth in sales to 45,008 units.
Stock-specific actions: Last week saw some big-ticket developments in individual names.
First, IRDAI approved LIC’s plan to buy 51 per cent stake in IDBI Bank.
The life insurer is expected to invest Rs 10,000-13,000 crore in tranches in the state-run lender.
This apart, Tata Steel and Germany’s Thyssenkrupp signed final agreement on Saturday to establish a long-expected steel joint venture.
In addition, state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) sold its entire stake in ratings firm Icra for a consideration of Rs 109 crore.
New kids on the block: Shares of RITES and Fine Organic Industries will list on the bourses on Monday.
Initial public offerings of both the companies, which ran from June 20 to June 22, saw huge investor demand.
While Railways consultancy firm RITES' public offer was subscribed a mega 67 times, Fine Organics issue was subscribed nearly 9 times.
Tech factors: The Nifty50 index on Friday settled above its 50-day moving average.
In the process, it formed a large bullish candle on the daily chart, similar to a ‘Long White Day’ and would face resistance at other key short-term moving averages in the 10,730-10,750 range.
If Nifty continues to show similar strength in the next session, then the possibility of bottom formation at Thursday’s low of 10,557 will be much higher.
The same can be confirmed with a close above 10,785 by Monday, said Mazhar Mohammad of Chartviewindia.in.
However, VK Sharma, Head - Private Client Group Capital Markets Strategy, HDFC Securities, believes it would be too early to define it as a bullish trend reversal.
Traders should only take aggressive longs once Nifty closes above 10,850, Sharma advises.
US jobs data: Investors across the globe will keep an eye on the US jobs data for June, which is scheduled to be released on July 6.
The US economy continued to add jobs at a solid pace in May, with nonfarm payrolls rising 223,000 and the unemployment rate falling to an 18-year low of 3.8 per cent.
