Key updates and highlights for today morning. Reading time: 4 mins.
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US Fed hikes interest rates by 25 bps. Inflation remains key focus and rate cuts are not expected in Base case scenario in 2023, but signals it is nearing the end of rate hikes.
2. US markets down 1.6% post rate hike, USD falls, while Crude gained 2%. US futures are up 0.55% today morning. SGX Nifty indicates minor red to a flat opening on weekly expiry.
3. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala awarded Padma Shri (posthumously), India's 4th-highest civilian honour; received by wife Rekha Jhunjhunwala.
Kumar Mangalam Birla awarded Padma Shri for contribution in trade and Industry.
4. Govt amends export policy of biofuels to allow export for both fuel & non-fuel purposes without restrictions. Ethanol focused stocks to gain.
5. Govt to sell up to 3.5% stake in Hindustan Aeronautics via OFS at a floor price of Rs 2450/. Govt holds 75.15% in HAL; the block size is lower than market expectation of 5%.
6. Premium hotels revenue likely to surge 80% in fiscal year 2023-24, given strong bookings across Leisure, Corporate events: CRISIL
7. L&T signs Technology transfer agreement with France based McPhy for Pressurized alkaline Electrolyzer technologies used in Green Hydrogen.
8. Gensol Engineering acquires Scorpius Trackers Pvt Ltd for 135 Crs, a solar trackers-specialist with own patented tracker controller, software and structure designs that will help deliver Solar projects faster.
9. Coromandel International, a leader in Crop Protection chemicals to enter new segments of CDMO and Specialty/ Industrial chemicals. Board approves plan to invest Rs 1000 cr over next 2 years to leverage macro tailwinds in the chemical sector.
10. GR Infraprojects & Patel Engineering Joint Venture emerges L-1 bidder. Wins order worth Rs 3637 crores for tunneling project in Arunachal Pradesh.
GR Infra wins another project of 872 crores for six laning of Surat-Nashik-Solapur highway.
(Positive)
11. Chalet Hotels acquires 100% of Sonmil Industries for 75 cr and Dukes Retreat, Khanala For 82 cr.
12. Sportskeeda, a subsidiary of listed Nazara Tech has acquired 73.3% of US NFL play Pro Football Network LLC for $1.8 M.
This thread covers different terms associated with an option chain excluding greeks that will be covered later.
2/n Option Chain is divided into 2 parts:
1⃣Calls (Ce)
2⃣Puts (Pe)
2/n When to buy Call vs Put:
🔸Call: When a trader is expecting the market to go up
🔸Put: When a trader is expecting the market to go down
Remember, one can also sell an option strike instead of buying:
3/n 🔸If you expect the market to go down you can sell a Call option rather than buying a Put option
🔸If you expect the market to go up you can sell a Put option rather than buying a Call option
If someone is:
🔸Bullish - Buy Call/Sell Put
🔸Bearish - Buy Put/Sell Call
A hammer is a bullish trend reversal single candlestick that forms after a correction. It indicates a change in trend, i.e. from downtrend📉 to uptrend📈.
The candlestick has a long lower wick with a short body and little to no upper wick
3/n Chart view - highlighted candle
🔸A long wick indicates a weak trading session where sellers pushed prices down during the session.
🔸However, the green candle finish shows that buyers entered to end the session strongly.
Cola war is back. Reliance Consumer is reviving Campa Cola, and launching it at a discounted price to leaders Coca Cola & Pepsi.
Can Campa Cola pose a real threat to Varun Beverages? We analyze in this thread:
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2/ Chances are if you are under 30, you would have never heard of Campa Cola till a week back. Well, Campa Cola was a market leader and a rage through the 80s and early 90s.
Campa was created by Pure Drinks Group in the 1970s - they were pioneers of Soft drink industry in India.
3/ There were very few players in 1980s, and Campa dominated with its brand slogan "The Great Indian Taste". They had bottling plants in Mumbai, Delhi and Haryana.
Come 1990s, popularity of Campa declined after entry of foreign brands Coke and Pepsi and it gradually faded away.