Indian markets opened higher as FPI turned buyers and Brent eased to $72.45. The move removes key headwinds, with Geojit's chief strategist calling the shift sustainable.
Alpha Score of 57 reflects moderate overall profile with weak momentum, strong value, moderate quality, moderate sentiment.
Indian stocks opened higher Tuesday. The Sensex gained 176 points to 78,461.16. The Nifty added 34.1 points to 24,464.45.
The triggers were straightforward: foreign portfolio investors stopped selling and turned buyers, while Brent crude settled at $72.45 a barrel, back to levels seen before the West Asia tensions escalated. Crude's retreat removes a direct drag on India's import bill and corporate margins. The shift in FPI behavior, though not yet a strong trend, marks a clear reversal from sustained selling that had weighed on the rupee and equities over prior weeks.
"Two factors which were weighing on Indian markets – the crude price hike and sustained FPI selling – are now behind us and has reversed," said VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Investments Limited. "Crude is back to the pre-war level and FPIs have turned buyers." The buying is not yet a strong trend. The fact that they have stopped selling and turned buyers is a significant shift, likely to sustain supported by fundamentals, he added.
From the Sensex pack, Titan, Infosys, Eternal, Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech and TCS led the advance. Infosys hit the session high early; its Alpha Score stands at 57/100, rated Moderate, in the Technology sector. On the lagging side, Trent fell 9.8%, while Larsen & Toubro, Bharat Electronics, ITC and Tata Steel also slipped.
Asian markets offered a mixed backdrop. South Korea's Kospi tanked 7%. Japan's Nikkei, Shanghai's SSE Composite and Hong Kong's Hang Seng were all lower.
The combination of lower crude and returning foreign flows gives the Indian market a cleaner setup than it had for most of the past quarter. Brent at $72.45 improves the terms of trade for a net crude importer, easing pressure on the current account and on inflation. Meanwhile, even a modest FPI bid after months of selling changes the liquidity dynamics for large-caps. The key variable is whether the buying broadens. Tuesday's move suggests the macro headwinds that kept foreign capital on the sidelines have eased, at least for now.
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