MOSt
Advisor
Monthly Markets Newsletter
May 2017
In This Issue
•
Market Outlook for the month
•
Investment Ideas
• Equity Market Outlook
• Derivatives & Commodities Market Outlook
• Model Advisory Portfolios
• Recommended Funds
• NFO
Key Highlights in April 2017 - New Highs
Liquidity drives market to new highs
FOMC keeps interest rates unchanged in its May policy.
Currency (INR) appreciates sharply
Dear Investor,
Market in April 2017:
Liquidity driven momentum takes
market to new highs. After delivering 19% returns in FY17,
the Nifty made a good start to FY18 with 1.4% gains in April-
2017. Notably, the index delivered positive returns for the
fourth consecutive month, led by benign global cues, strong
domestic liquidity and a good start to the 4QFY17 result
season. Indian currency has also rallied 5.4% in the first four months of CY17,
bolstering dollar index returns. Mid and small caps basket continues to roar. The mid-
cap index, after delivering 35% returns in FY17, rose 5.2% in April. The market also
saw ninth consecutive month of domestic mutual fund inflows (USD 1.5b in April).
FII turned cautious and did some profit taking. Their outflows came in at USD 0.3b
after two months of inflows.
Over last 12 months, MSCI EM and MSCI India have delivered 15-16% returns each.
However, over last five years, MSCI India outperformed MSCI EM by 96%. In April,
India-Sensex (+12%), Korea (+9%), Brazil (+9%) and Indonesia (+7%) were the best
performers among the key global markets in local currency terms. However, at 22.5x
Pre. Mth
Global Market
Index
30-Apr 17
MoM (%)
YoY(%)
Sensex
Nifty
FTSE
Dow
Nasdaq
Hang Sang
29,918
9,304
7,204
20,941
6,048
24,615
1.0
1.4
-1.6
1.3
2.3
2.1
16.8
18.5
15.4
17.8
26.7
16.8
Economic Pulse
Key Indicators Current Mth
IIP
WPI
10 Year Yield
USD/ INR
Crude ($)
Gold (10 gms)
-1.2%
5.70%
6.96%
64.24
51.73
28887
2.7%
6.55%
6.68%
64.85
52.83
28527
trailing 12 months and 19x FY18E P/E, valuations do not offer much comfort unless
accompanied by a big earnings surprise.
Q4FY17 earnings so far have been in line and in a few cases better than expected.
Sales, EBITDA and PAT for 41 MOSL universe companies that have reported their
4QFY17 results have grown at 15.8%, 12.3% and 6.8% v/s expectations of 16.7%,
8.2% and 1.1%, respectively. Among large caps Reliance Industries, Maruti and HDFC
Bank delivered better set of numbers. Private Banks, Housing Finance, Cement and
select automobile companies have shown strong earnings traction in Q4FY17. While
early 4QFY17 results have shown strong trends, we believe progress of monsoon,
currency movement and GST implementation will be the key catalysts for market.
Outlook May 2017:
On Global front, FOMC voted not to raise its key interest rate,
as central bank officials expressed concern over the pace of economic growth.
Geopolitical concerns and world economic growth may turn out to be key limiting
factors for stretched equity markets. We however, remain optimistic on the market
and expect Nifty to hit 10K levels in FY18.
Dharmesh Kant
Vice President- Head - Retail Research
Thought for the month
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