Monthly Recap: The levee breaks

nifty monthly heatmap

The Nifty ended the month -3.40% (-4.30% in USD terms.)

Index Performance

IT was the only place to be long… everything else was just wrong.

monthly index performance

Top Winners and losers

DIVISLAB +7.71%
UBL +7.83%
HCLTECH +15.81%
RANBAXY -28.65%
JPASSOCIAT -26.08%
CANBK -21.65%
Well done HCL Tech, well done. Ranbaxy got tagged by the US FDA and JP Associates is the leading contender for one of the biggest break-downs this year.

ETFs

GOLDBEES +1.77%
NIFTYBEES -3.18%
INFRABEES -4.53%
JUNIORBEES -6.81%
BANKBEES -9.68%
PSUBNKBEES -13.23%
Brutal.

Advancers and Decliners

advance decline chart

Yield Curve

india yield curve

Investment Theme Performance

Sector Performance

monthly sector performance

Thought to sum up the month

Well, we had too much to drink (infrastructure debt binge, etc.) before the GFC and spent the rest of the next 5 years barely recovering (NPAs, capital raises, etc.) from the hangover. But it looks like we are going to get trampled by the herd again.

 

Source: The levee breaks