Fed rate cut lifts Indian shares to record high
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By Bharath Rajeswaran
BENGALURU, Sept 19 (Reuters) -Indian shares climbed to a record high on Thursday, buoyed by expectations of a rise in foreign inflows after the U.S. Federal Reserve kicked off its monetary easing cycle with a large half-percentage point rate reduction.
The Nifty 50 index .NSEI gained 0.15% to 25,415.8, while the S&P BSE Sensex .BSESN added 0.29% to 83,184.8.
"The Federal Reserve's rate cut is expected to boost Indian equities and attract foreign investment in the short term," said Vipul Bhowar, senior director of listed investments at Mumbai-based wealth advisory firm Waterfield Advisors.
The Fed's dot plot also signalled that the central bank has projected another half-a-percentage point cut in 2024.
"However, concerns about the underlying weaknesses in the U.S. economy persist and could lead to increased market volatility," Bhowar said.
The IT .NIFTYIT and pharma .NIPHARM indexes, which added about 1% and 0.6% respectively in early trade, reversed gains to settle 0.3% and 0.4% lower. Two analysts attributed the drop to profit booking at record levels.
IT and Pharma companies earn a significant share of their revenue from the U.S.
Banking .NSEBANK, consumer .NIFTYFMCG and realty stocks .NIFTYREAL added about 0.5% each, while the oil and gas index .NIFOILGAS shed 1.3%, dragged by oil marketing companies.
The broader, more domestically focussed small- .NIFSMCP100 and mid-caps .NIFMDCP100 lost 1.3% and 0.7%, respectively.
"The margin of safety in terms of valuations for small- and mid-caps has reduced due to the recent sharp rally," said Neeraj Chadawar, head of fundamental and quantitative research at Axis Securities.
"There could be some correction in broader markets with flows likely to shift to large-caps," Chadawar said.
Among individual stocks, state-owned power producer NTPC NTPC.NS rose 2.4% after its green energy arm filed for a $1.2 billion initial public offer.
Telecom companies such as Vodafone Idea VODA.NS fell 20%, while Indus Towers INUS.NS dropped about 9% after the country's top court rejected their plea to correct alleged errors in calculating the license fee they owe the government.
Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala and Sumana Nandy
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