Market at a Glance The Indian equity market is likely to open soft today tracking positive Asian markets. Meanwhile, the investors are keeping an eye over the monthly inflation data for July to be released later in the day. The ease in the headline inflation would help the RBI ease key policy rates. Further, the investors will keep a close eye over the release of quarterly numbers, that will further direct the trend of the market. Meanwhile, the Asian markets are trading steadily as investors are awaiting a raft of economic data from Europe and the US later in the day. Japan's Nikkei edged higher, on low volumes due to the holiday season, with the exporters gaining strength as the dollar strengthened against the yen in the New York. In SGX Nifty, Aug'12 contract last traded at 5,372, up by 1.00 point from previous settlement.
While the Indian stockmarkets were not generous to investors (declined week-on-week), the rain gods gave a handful to Mumbai and as usual, the city choked during the last week! This did have an impact on the daily volumes traded, which was low in the first three days, only to gain momentum in the later half. Despite a weak start, there was selective buying interest in some sectors. But sentiment was dampened following the Prime Minister's decision to keep disinvestments of public sector units on hold (read Neyveli Lignite Corporation). This time, it was not only the 'Left' that was 'as usual' against the move, but also an important ally from Tamil Nadu (DMK). Incidentally, DMK was a strong supporter of disinvestments of PSUs under the erstwhile NDA government. Besides these domestic concerns, global factors such as North Korea testing missiles and renewed worries about interest rates increasing in Japan added to the nervousness. In this backdrop, it was a tug-of-war between the bulls and the bears with bears winning the battle towards the end of the week.
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