Equities
It was a short week that saw a very volatile Nifty end flat (-0.14% in USD terms.) Here’s how the rest of the world markets fared:
| MINTs | |
|---|---|
| JCI(IDN) | +1.67% |
| INMEX(MEX) | +2.20% |
| NGSEINDX(NGA) | +0.62% |
| XU030(TUR) | +1.33% |
| BRICS | |
|---|---|
| IBOV(BRA) | -0.88% |
| SHCOMP(CHN) | -1.49% |
| NIFTY(IND) | +0.05% |
| INDEXCF(RUS) | -2.40% |
| TOP40(ZAF) | +0.76% |
Commodities
| Energy | |
|---|---|
| Brent Crude Oil | +1.87% |
| Ethanol | -7.56% |
| Heating Oil | +2.35% |
| Natural Gas | +2.16% |
| RBOB Gasoline | +1.11% |
| WTI Crude Oil | +0.65% |
| Metals | |
|---|---|
| Copper | +0.33% |
| Gold 100oz | -1.88% |
| Palladium | -1.08% |
| Platinum | -2.98% |
| Silver 5000oz | -2.00% |
Currencies
| MINTs | |
|---|---|
| USDIDR(IDN) | +0.09% |
| USDMXN(MEX) | +0.08% |
| USDNGN(NGA) | +0.91% |
| USDTRY(TUR) | +0.38% |
| BRICS | |
|---|---|
| USDBRL(BRA) | +1.56% |
| USDCNY(CHN) | +0.13% |
| USDINR(IND) | +0.19% |
| USDRUB(RUS) | +0.05% |
| USDZAR(ZAF) | -0.02% |
| Agricultural | |
|---|---|
| Cattle | -0.55% |
| Cocoa | -0.27% |
| Coffee (Arabica) | +0.25% |
| Coffee (Robusta) | -0.94% |
| Corn | -0.85% |
| Cotton | +1.35% |
| Feeder Cattle | -0.74% |
| Lean Hogs | -1.46% |
| Lumber | -0.82% |
| Orange Juice | +0.27% |
| Soybean Meal | +3.49% |
| Soybeans | +3.64% |
| Sugar #11 | -0.83% |
| Wheat | +4.66% |
| White Sugar | +6.50% |
Nifty Heatmap
Index returns
Top winners and losers
| RECLTD | +3.50% |
| CROMPGREAV | +7.67% |
| MCDOWELL-N | +11.58% |
| DLF | -9.44% |
| BANKINDIA | -6.21% |
| YESBANK | -5.89% |
Banks saw some profit taking, USL was lifted by Diageo’s open offer.
ETFs
| INFRABEES | +16.16% |
| GOLDBEES | +1.26% |
| NIFTYBEES | +0.05% |
| BANKBEES | -0.26% |
| JUNIORBEES | -2.43% |
| PSUBNKBEES | -4.54% |
Infrastructure was back with a bang.
Investment Theme Performance
| Consistent10* | +1.97% |
| Balance-sheet Strength | +1.43% |
| Long Term Equity* | +1.06% |
| Efficient Growth | +0.45% |
| Magic Formula Investing | +0.45% |
| Velocity* | +0.22% |
| Momentum 200 | +0.22% |
| Market Elephants | +0.21% |
| IT 3rd Benchers | +0.20% |
| Enterprise Yield | -0.11% |
| Financial Strength Value | -0.19% |
| Quality to Price | -0.67% |
| Growth with Moat | -0.75% |
| Market Fliers | -3.48% |
High beta tumbled and is Consistent10 has turned in 2x NIFTY returns since its inception!
Sector performance
Yield Curve
Weekend Reading
We have started a series of posts that introduces options. We discuss the intuition behind the math and quant models, greeks and strategies with a ton of charts and original content. If you have read about options before or have a vague idea of what they are, then this is a good take-off point.