Morning Update for 4 January 2022

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Indices at previous closing

Nifty50: 17,625 +271 (+1.5%)
Sensex: 59,183 +929 (+1.6%)
Nifty Bank: 36,421 +940 (+2.6%)


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Coal India soars on sales jump

Shares of India’s largest coal producer soared 6% and were top gainers in the Nifty50 pack, on Monday, as it posted a sharp rise in its offtake. The sales rose 15.7% year-on-year in December to 60.7 million tonnes

Even in the first nine months of FY22, it’s offtake rose 17.6% to 481.8 million tonnes. This comes at a time when there is a rebound in economic growth and a strong demand for electricity.


Federal Bank posts strong Q3 numbers 

In the December quarter, the private bank’s gross loans rose 12% year-on-year to ₹1.4 lakh crore. In the same period, the lender’s deposits also increased 9% to ₹1.7 lakh crore. 

The bank’s current account saving account (CASA) ratio, which is the cheapest source of funds, also rose to 36.6% in Q3FY22 from 34.4% in Q3FY21. Against this backdrop, the shares of the bank rose 5.1% yesterday.


NCC bags large orders 

The infrastructure company said that it bagged new orders worth ₹1,898 crore in December 2021. Of that, three orders worth ₹988 crore are related to its building division. The remaining two orders are pertaining to the water division and are worth around ₹910 crore. 

It received these orders from the state government agencies. Shares of the company rose and closed around 2% higher yesterday.


Sectoral indices (January 3)

Top gainers Top losers
Nifty Bank
2.7%
Nifty Pharma
▼ 0.4%
Nifty Financial Services
2.4%
NA

Global markets (at 8:00 am today)

Indices Today's movement
SGX Nifty ▼ 0.1%
Nikkei 225
(Japan)
1.3%
Hang Seng
(Hong Kong)
0.0%
SSE Composite (China) ▼ 0.5%
Dow Jones (US)
(January 3)
0.6%
NYSE (US)
(January 3)
0.3%
Nasdaq (US)
(January 3)
1.2%
S&P 500 (US)
(January 3)
0.6%

Fact of the day

PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay made 600 million pounds of snacks in the six weeks before the NFL championship game (Super Bowl) in 2020.

Source: Cheddar


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