Indian Indices Continue Momentum; Banking Sector Up 3.4%

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After opening the day in the green, stock markets in India have continued their momentum and are presently trading on a positive note. Sectoral indices are trading on a positive note with stocks in the banking sector and capital goods sector witnessing maximum buying interest.

The BSE Sensex is trading up 306 points (up 0.9%) and the NSE Nifty is trading up 56 points (up 0.6%). The BSE Mid Cap index is trading up by 0.1%, while the BSE Small Cap index is trading flat. The rupee is trading at 65.17 to the US dollar.

In the news from the IPO space, State-owned General Insurance Corporation of India has made a tepid stock market debut today after having concluded the Rs 113.7-billion initial public offer (IPO).

The scrip of the company got listed at Rs 850 on the bourses, a 6.8% discount to its issue price of Rs 912.

The IPO was oversubscribed 1.4 times during October 11-13.

GIC Re is the largest reinsurance company in India in terms of gross premiums accepted in Fiscal 2017, and accounted for approximately 60% of the premiums ceded by Indian insurers to reinsurers during Fiscal 2017.

According to CRISIL Research, it ranked as the 12th largest global reinsurer in 2016 and the 3rd largest Asian reinsurer in 2015, in terms of gross premiums accepted. GIC provides reinsurance across many key business lines including fire (property), marine, motor, engineering, agriculture, aviation/space, health, liability, credit and financial and life insurance.

To know more about the company, you can read our IPO note on General Insurance Corporation of India Ltd (requires subscription).

Speaking of IPOs, 2017 is set to be a record year for initial public offerings. However, is it worth investing in IPOs?

If past record is anything to go by, barring a few names that have quality, most IPO companies fail to live up to the hype. Also, the BSE IPO index has underperformed the Sensex over the past decade, as can be seen from the chart below:

BSE IPO Index vis-a-vis Sensex

So, an investor blindly following the IPO hype might have done better following the Sensex.

But does that mean that we should completely ignore IPOs? Here's a snip from a recent issue of The 5 Minute WrapUp answering the same...

While it's necessary to be cautious on IPOs, you don't need to completely ignore them either.

For every Reliance Power - like issue, there have been issues like Maruti, TCS, and Jubilant Foodworks Ltd (with returns over 4,000%, 1,000% and 500% respectively) that have made investors rich.

The percentage of such issues, unfortunately, is very low (Check this IPO performance snapshot). The odds are stacked against a retail investor.

A careful evaluation of each IPO on its merits - its fundamentals, and most importantly, valuations - is the only way to spot future multi-baggers.

To learn how to navigate the treacherous world of IPOs, do read our special report on finding money-spinning IPOs.

In the news from commodity markets, crude oil has continued its momentum seen this week and is witnessing buying interest today. Most of the gains are seen as top crude oil exporter Saudi Arabia said it was determined to end a supply glut.

As per the news, Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said that the focus remained on reducing oil stocks in industrialized countries to their five-year average. He also raised the prospect of prolonged output restraint once an OPEC-led supply-cutting pact ends.

Apart from that, large drop in gasoline stockpiles also aided crude oil prices. As per the data reported by the American Petroleum Institute (API), Gasoline inventories fell by 5.8 million barrels, compared with analysts' expectations for a 17,000-barrel decline. Further, distillate fuel stockpiles, which include diesel and heating oil, fell by 4.9 million barrels, compared with expectations for an 860,000-barrel drop.

The above news led to optimism of lower supply levels and aided crude oil prices.

One shall note that the OPEC and non-OPEC producers including Russia have agreed to reduce crude oil output by about 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) until March in order to reduce global oil inventories and support prices.

The group is now in talks to extend the above expiry in March.

To keep a tab on the movements in crude oil and other commodities, you can read the stock market commentary from the Daily Profit Hunter team. Their commentary tracks the developments in the global economy as well as stock, currency, and commodity markets.

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