Indian equities fell over 550 points, on Tuesday (July 29), because of CRR and Repo rate hike, hopeless worldwide signals and heavy selling action across the board.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised the CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio) by 25 basis points to 9%. On the other hand, Repo rate has also been augmented by 50 basis points from 8.50% earlier.

However the Bank Rate kept unchanged.

After opening negatively (Tuesday, July 29) at 14,085.53, the 30-share Index slipped further on account of CRR and Repo rate hike news.

Karvy Stock Broking Limited has maintained ‘Buy’ rating on Reliance Communications (RCom) stock with an intraday target of Rs 520.

According to Karvy, day traders can purchase the stock between Rs 495-497 with a strict stop loss of Rs 485. The stock pricing becomes more attractive, and reach above Rs 523, if the stock market remains positive.

The 30-share Index, BSE Sensex lost over 400 points as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised the CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio) by 25 basis points and Repo by 50 basis points.

At 11:59, Sensex stood at 13,907.92, down 441.19 points, while the broad-based NSE Nifty lost 103.45 points at 4228.65. It also touched a low of low of 13,903.69.

The overall market breadth was sharply negative as it experienced 886 progressions as against 1367 declinations.

Stock market analysts have maintained ‘buy’ rating on Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL) with a long term target of Rs 2,285.

According to them, interested investors can purchase the stock on declines with a strict stop loss of Rs 1,875.
 
Today (July 29), the company’s shares opened at Rs 1,950, as against its last closure at Rs 1,976.65 on Monday (July 28), on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Current EPS and P/E ratio stood at 79.98 and 24.16 respectively. The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 3,356 and a low of Rs 708 on BSE.

Karvy Stock Broking Limited has maintained ‘Buy’ rating on Bharti Airtel stock with an intraday target of Rs 825.

According to Karvy, day traders can purchase the stock above Rs 800 with a strict stop loss of Rs 780. The stock pricing becomes more attractive, and reach above Rs 828, if the stock market remains positive.

Shares of the company, on Monday (July 28), closed at Rs 794.40 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The total volume of shares traded at the BSE was 348793. Current EPS and PE Ratio stood at 32.90 and 24.16 respectively. The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 1149 and a low of Rs 688 on BSE.

Indian stock markets ended positively on Monday (July 28), led by Larsen & Toubro, Tata Power and ACC.

The broad based Nifty’s increase was led by oil & gas, capital goods and consumer durable stocks. But, metal and power stocks went down.

On global front, the majority of the Asian stocks went up on Monday, however, European shares declined during the early trade.

Finally, the Sensex marked its closure at 14,349.11 after making a gain of 74.17 points. It also touched a high of 14,421.61 and a low of 14,219.38 during the day.