Welcome to Aftermarket Report, a publication the place we do a fast day by day wrap-up of what occurred within the markets—each in India and globally.
Market overview
Nifty opened flat at 24,315 however shortly dropped 500 factors to hit an intraday low of 23,816, lastly closing under 24,000 at 23,995, down 1.27%. The decline was broad-based, with three shares falling for each one which rose (722 advances vs. 2,144 declines on NSE). Contributing elements doubtless embrace weaker earnings, ongoing FII outflows, and technical stress as Nifty nears its 200-day transferring common at 23,456.
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What’s taking place in India
India’s manufacturing progress has rebounded, pushed by a surge in new orders and exports
Supply: Buying and selling Economics
What Occurred?
October PMI (Buying Managers Index) rose to 57.5 from 56.5 in September, signaling robust manufacturing enlargement
Demand and new product launches drive surge in manufacturing output
Manufacturing employment up as inflationary pressures proceed
Output has risen for the fortieth consecutive month within the sector since July 2021
Manufacturing volumes noticed an uptick, notably in shopper and funding items, as companies reported favorable market situations and sturdy demand pipelines
Why?
Gross sales grew because of greater order volumes, pushed by new merchandise and profitable advertising campaigns. Exports bounced again after slowing in September, with new offers throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the U.S. Greater demand and ongoing price will increase in supplies, labor, and transport led to greater costs for each provides and completed merchandise. Firms employed extra employees to maintain up with demand, which helped clear the backlog of orders for the primary time in a yr.
Supply: Enterprise Customary
PVR Inox inventory falls regardless of massive Diwali field workplace hits
What occurred?
PVR Inox shares fell 4.93% to Rs. 1,498 regardless of robust field workplace earnings throughout Diwali, the place “Singham Once more” and “Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3” collectively introduced in over ₹210 crore.
Why?
Latest quarterly outcomes confirmed a internet lack of Rs 118 crore, in comparison with a revenue of Rs 166 crore final yr, with income declining by 19%
Occupancy charges fell from 32.3% to 25%, indicating weaker demand even throughout the festive season
Ticket gross sales and meals & beverage gross sales dropped considerably: Ticket gross sales had been down 25% year-over-year, whereas gross sales of meals & beverage had been down 18% year-over-year.
Reliance Jio IPO in 2025
What occurred?
Reliance Jio, now India’s largest telecom firm with 479 million customers, is making ready to go public at a valuation of over $100 billion, Reuters studies. Nevertheless, its sister firm Reliance Retail has pushed again its IPO plans to after 2025 resulting from enterprise hurdles.
In the meantime, shares of Reliance Industries have fallen 7% within the final month following disappointing earnings, primarily resulting from issues in its oil-to-chemical (O2C) division.
Why?
Decrease world demand has impacted the oil-to-chemicals (O2C) section, decreasing revenue margins
Latest earnings confirmed slower income progress and decrease profitability
The O2C section is anticipated to face continued stress, elevating investor issues
What’s taking place globally
Berkshire Hathaway’s money pile hits record-breaking $325 billion
What occurred?
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has lowered its Apple funding to $69.9 billion, promoting roughly 100 million shares within the third quarter. As a substitute, Buffett is transferring cash into short-term Treasury payments, which has helped push Berkshire’s money reserves to a brand new excessive of $325.2 billion. This shift follows a sample the place Berkshire has additionally offered different main holdings like Financial institution of America.
Why the sell-off?
Buffett’s resolution to trim Berkshire’s Apple stake, which was as soon as price $178 billion, was partly pushed by issues over potential tax will increase on funding features. His cautious stance is evident in Berkshire’s current strikes—the corporate invested simply $1.5 billion in new shares final quarter, preferring to construct up its document money reserves as a substitute.
This implies Buffett sees few enticing alternatives in at the moment’s market and is retaining powder dry for future investments.
Supply: Monetary Instances
Oil costs rise as OPEC+ delays deliberate output enhance
Supply: TradingEconomics
What occurred?
Oil costs jumped nearly 2% after OPEC+ pushed again its deliberate manufacturing enhance from December to January. Brent crude hit $74.49 per barrel, whereas U.S. WTI crude reached $70.90.
Why?
OPEC+, a coalition of oil-producing international locations together with Russia, prolonged its present output reduce of two.2 million barrels per day for one more month, aiming to help costs amid weak demand
The delay shocked market watchers, suggesting OPEC+ has a stronger dedication to cost stability than anticipated. The group plans to step by step ease cuts within the coming months whereas the extra cuts stay till the top of 2025
Supply: Yahoo Finance
Eurozone manufacturing exhibits indicators of stabilization
Supply: S&P World
What occurred?
Manufacturing exercise within the eurozone contracted for the twenty eighth consecutive month in October however at a slower tempo than in earlier months
The Eurozone’s manufacturing sector remains to be shrinking, with the HCOB Manufacturing PMI at 46.0 (up barely from 45.9). Whereas this exhibits some enchancment, any studying under 50 means the sector remains to be contracting.
Manufacturing output and new orders confirmed modest features, with the output index climbing to 45.8 whereas new orders hit a four-month excessive of 44.2. Although nonetheless in decline, these enhancements counsel the sector’s downturn could also be easing.
Why?
Factories are chopping costs on the quickest tempo since April as demand stays weak, although falling much less sharply than earlier than. This value discount technique, mixed with slowing inflation, helps the European Central Financial institution’s current strikes. The ECB has already reduce charges 3 times this yr and may decrease them once more in December to assist stabilize the economic system.
Supply: Investing.com
Quarterly outcomes
On this part, we’ll dive into all the important thing highlights from at the moment’s intriguing outcomes, overlaying probably the most impactful performances and standout moments. The numbers are comparable on a year-on-year (YoY) foundation.
Exide Industries (-3.03%)
What occurred?
Web revenue declined 13.66% YoY to Rs. 233.4 crore from Rs. 270.32 crore, impacted by greater bills.
Income grew barely to Rs. 4,450 crore from Rs. 4,371.52 crore a yr in the past.
Bills elevated by 2.8% YoY to Rs. 4,157.63 crore.
EBITDA margin at 11.3%, down from 11.8% final yr.
Why?
Margins had been impacted by greater prices, notably in uncooked supplies.
Robust demand in two-wheeler, four-wheeler, industrial-UPS, and photo voltaic segments.
Investments within the lithium-ion challenge and subsidiary Exide Power Options Restricted added to bills.
Administration chatter
On this part, we pick attention-grabbing feedback made by the administration of main firms.
JP Chalasani, Group CEO, Suzlon Power on entry into the Photo voltaic enterprise:
We by no means spoke about stepping into photo voltaic and We’ve been on document at all times saying that we’d stay in our core enterprise, and something linked with that’s what we are going to preserve doing. However on the similar time, we stated that if there’s any consumer who needs us to do the total challenge which incorporates photo voltaic and wind elements, we’re keen to take that up job and two for the consumer as a result of they need one single provider. There’s no such contract for a hybrid challenge given to us. So, due to this fact we stepping into photo voltaic at this stage doesn’t exist. – Hyperlink
Rashesh Shah, Chairman, Edelweiss Monetary Providers on SEBI’s new asset class
We will certainly wish to take a look at it. Our early-stage evaluation for that class is that plenty of that’s going to be a proxy or consuming into the PMS and fairness AIF market. As you realize, there are plenty of fairness AIFs on the market, and there’s PMS the place there’s much more flexibility on the market. Very comparable merchandise on the mutual fund platform may have earnings tax benefits as in comparison with AIF. We predict this new asset class underneath mutual funds goes to be for equity-oriented methods. – Hyperlink
Abhishek Somany, MD & CEO, Somany Ceramics on Tile Trade demand
Throughout the nation, the demand has been muted. In actual fact, the South might be barely extra affected as a result of the bottom was greater, however in any other case I believe it’s throughout the nation the place we have now seen the muted demand. The rains have been fully throughout the nation and lined your entire nation. Additionally, from Morbi perspective, which is the cluster that makes tiles, plenty of that will get into the South market as a result of it’s simple for them to move by sea from the Kandla port, it goes instantly into the Kerala market, instantly into Tamil Nadu market. So, from that perspective, the South will get a lion’s share of Morbi produce aside from the West. So, total, the demand has been muted. – Hyperlink
Calendars
Within the coming days, We now have the next quarterly outcomes and different main occasions:
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