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# Nifty ends above 25000 mark, rings massive gains for 5th straight day as sentiments continued to be buoyed by the big bang GST reforms buzz. India VIX at 11.81.

NIFTY (+70, 25051)
Sensex (+213, 81858)
Bank Nifty (-167, 55699)

# After a cautious start, Nifty bulls regroup and most importantly, the benchmark ends at day high as risk appetite improved further on backdrop of 3-positive catalysts:

1) The Modi Government is aiming to rationalize GST rates in just 2 slabs, probably by next GST council meeting.

2) S&P Global Ratings upgraded India’s long-term sovereign credit rating to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB-’, the first upgrade since 2007.

3) WTI oil depressed near $62 a barrel amidst easing geopolitical tensions after Russia-Ukraine peace efforts after US President Donald Trump urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to prepare for a summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

# Technically speaking, Nifty’s immediate support seen at its 100 DMA at 24605 mark and then the biggest interweek/intermonth support still seen at 24336 mark.

Hurdles at Nifty 25250 and then at 25670 mark.

# Long Story Short: Expect Nifty to consolidate its last 5-days of gains in yesterday’s trade.

# Adv-Dec 26—24
# INDIA VIX 11.78 (-0.08%)
# NIFTY PCR (21st Aug) 1.35
# NIFTY PCR (28th AUG) 1.12
# USD/INR Futures (Aug) (+0.04%, 87.09)

# SECTOR GAINERS:
NIFTY IT (+2.69%)
NIFTY FMCG (+1.39%)
NIFTY REALTY (+1.06%)

# SECTORS LOSERS
NIFTY MEDIA (-1.98%)
NIFTY PHARMA (-0.44%)
NIFTY FINANCIAL SERVICES (-0.44%)

# TODAY’S MARKET RE-CAP:

1) Nifty (+0.28%) enjoyed strong session and moved closer to the psychological 25000 mark despite concerns of Trump’s tariff hikes on India remain. Nifty continues to trade above its 21 DMA (24765) and 100 DMA (24591).

2) Bank Nifty (-0.30%) witnessed an uninspiring session and was seen consolidating its last 4-days of gains. Bank Nifty’s new all-time-high continues to be at 57628.40 mark

3) The market breadth (26:24) was in favor of bulls.

4) The Nifty Mid-cap (+0.69%) and Nifty Small-cap (+0.29%) indices ended with smart rebound gains.

5) Amongst sectoral indices ending in green were Nifty IT (+2.65%), Nifty FMCG (+1.4%) and NIFTY REALITY (+0.99%) while sectors ending in red were Nifty Media (-1.97%) AND Nifty Defence (-0.66%)

# Bottom-line: Nifty will look for fresh positive catalysts to move up further, hurdles now seen at 25250 mark.

# STOCKS IN SPOTLIGHT:

1) Centum Electronics galloped to fresh all-time-high after the company entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bharat Electronics (BEL) to jointly develop advanced defense electronics solutions.

2) Lupin (-1.40%) was depressed after the company announced the launch of Bosentan tablets for oral suspension, 32 mg in the United States, following approval received by its alliance partner, NATCO Pharma, from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA).

3) PG Electroplast was seen consolidating after the company announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with PAX India, a subsidiary of PAX Global Technology, to manufacture Point-of-Sale (POS) devices in India.

4) Nifty FMCG stocks were in demand in today’s trade and stocks leading from front were: Godrej Consumer Products (+2.17%), Varun Beverages (+2.4%), Hindustan Unilever (+0.27%), Dabur India (+2.38%) and Marico (+3.44%), Colgate-Palmolive (India) (+3.91%), Britannia Industries (+3.87%).

# BULLS OF THE DAY:
INFY (+3.83%)
TCS (+2.61%)
NESTLEIND (+2.55%)
HINDUNILVR (+2.43%)
NTPC (+2.00%)

# BEARS OF THE DAY:
BEL (-2.17%)
SHRIRAMFIN (-1.64%)
BAJFINANCE (-1.62%)
TATAMOTORS (-1.46%)
INDUSINDBNK (-0.95%)

# The Next Big Catalyst for Dalal Street:

The two big catalysts this week:

1) All eyes will be on the Jackson Hole Symposium, as the street will watch the speech by US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell scheduled on August 22.

2) The FOMC Minutes to be released on August 20.

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