Weekly Recap: October

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Equities

Major
DAX(DEU) -6.32%
CAC(FRA) -6.68%
NKY(JPN) -4.86%
SPX(USA) -2.16%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) -3.46%
INMEX(MEX) -2.65%
NGSEINDX(NGA) -1.86%
XU030(TUR) -0.82%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) +4.47%
SHCOMP(CHN) +0.45%
NIFTY(IND) -1.08%
INDEXCF(RUS) -2.55%
TOP40(ZAF) -4.05%

Commodities

Energy
Brent Crude Oil -4.18%
Ethanol +4.04%
Heating Oil -3.48%
Natural Gas -4.43%
RBOB Gasoline -7.66%
WTI Crude Oil -5.83%
Metals
Copper +0.00%
Gold 100oz +0.69%
Palladium +0.44%
Platinum -1.99%
Silver 5000oz +0.58%

Currencies

USDEUR:-0.13% USDJPY:-1.46%

MINTs
USDIDR(IDN) +0.72%
USDMXN(MEX) +0.18%
USDNGN(NGA) +0.49%
USDTRY(TUR) +0.20%
BRICS
USDBRL(BRA) -2.06%
USDCNY(CHN) -0.14%
USDINR(IND) -0.45%
USDRUB(RUS) +1.70%
USDZAR(ZAF) -1.23%
Agricultural
Cattle +1.77%
Cocoa +1.08%
Coffee (Arabica) +10.84%
Coffee (Robusta) +5.01%
Corn +4.28%
Cotton +3.95%
Feeder Cattle +0.92%
Lean Hogs +1.99%
Lumber +0.38%
Orange Juice -3.85%
Soybean Meal +10.54%
Soybeans +0.60%
Sugar #11 +3.25%
Wheat +4.13%
White Sugar +1.08%

Credit Indices

Index Change
Markit CDX EM -14.82%
Markit CDX NA IG +2.60%
Markit CDX NA IG HVOL +22.00%
Markit iTraxx Asia ex-Japan IG +18.07%
Markit iTraxx Australia +11.93%
Markit iTraxx Europe +4.57%
Markit iTraxx Europe Crossover +93.24%
Markit iTraxx Japan +7.25%
Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe -0.82%
Markit LCDX (Loan CDS) -0.17%
Markit MCDX (Municipal CDS) +3.90%
Markets seesawed between “good news is bad news” (US recovery means end of ZIRP) and “bad news is bad news” (slowing global growth) resulting in some serious whiplash. Credit blew out, European markets tanked and oil got crushed…

Nifty Heatmap

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Index Returns

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Sector Performance

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Advance Decline

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Market cap decile performance

Decile Mkt. Cap. Adv/Decl
1 (micro) -6.80% 69/66
2 -2.31% 63/70
3 -0.18% 66/69
4 -2.54% 65/70
5 +0.24% 62/72
6 -1.06% 60/75
7 +0.00% 72/63
8 -0.35% 74/61
9 -0.53% 66/69
10 (mega) -1.15% 66/69
Small-caps bore the brunt of the market correction.

Top winners and losers

RCOM +5.06%
UNIONBANK +5.37%
BHEL +11.11%
NMDC -8.95%
JINDALSTEL -8.72%
IDEA -8.45%
JSPL continued to get pummeled, it is now -38.74% for the year.

ETFs

GOLDBEES +0.67%
BANKBEES +0.45%
INFRABEES +0.45%
CPSEETF -0.41%
NIFTYBEES -1.03%
PSUBNKBEES -1.09%
JUNIORBEES -3.01%
Negative for the most part…

Yield Curve

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Bond Indices

Sub Index Change in YTM Total Return(%)
GSEC TB -0.03 +0.21%
GSEC SUB 1-3 +0.04 +0.36%
GSEC SUB 3-8 -0.06 +0.66%
GSEC SUB 8 +0.05 -0.04%
The long end was affected by RBI’s OMO – apparently they were mopping up excess liquidity…

Nifty OI

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Bank Nifty OI

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Theme Performance

Momentum carried through this week, but barely. Most themes ended in the red.

Thought for the weekend

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