International

Global equity markets managed to overcome the economic blues during the week on hopes that policymakerswill do more to stem the ongoing slowdown.The MSCI ACWorld Index finished 0.54% with emerging markets,especially those in Asia underperforming, even as central banks in Asia/EM cut rates to boost growth.The AsianDevelopment Bank reduced its growth forecasts for the Asia ex-Japan region to 6.6% from 6.9% owing toslowdown in exports and China/India. Global benchmark bond yields continued to ease while commodity pricesadded gains. Crude oil prices moved up on the back of expectations of policy action and geo-political tensionsin the Middle East.This alongside gain in some other commodities helped the Reuters Jefferies CRB index add2.45%. In currency markets, the euro recovered some ground after a successful Italian sovereign debt sale.

• Asia-Pacific: Regional equity markets underperformed global counterparts on concerns economicgrowth was slowing down. However, fears of a sharp slowdown receded after China GDP growth came inline with market expectations and select monthly economic indicators - new loans and fixed assetinvestment growth - showed improvement. China’s economy grew by 7.6%yoy in Q2-2012 as against 8.1%in the previous quarter. Bank of Japan left policy rates unchanged but increased the size of its asset purchaseprogramme by ¥5 trillion to ¥45 trillion ($564 billion). South Korea’s central bank unexpectedly cutbenchmark policy rate by 25 bps to 3% while Indonesia maintained status quo. In Australia, the jobless raterose by a tick to 5.2% as number of jobless increased by 27,000. Singapore GDP contracted 1.1%qoq,annualized rate primarily due to weakness in manufacturing sector.On the M&A front,Dentsu is acquiringUK based Aegis for about $5 bln and Superior Aviation Beijing is acquiring Hawker Beechcraft for closeto $1.8 bln.

• Europe: Regional markets got a boost from policy decisions to support Spain, hopes of policy supportfor the global economy and successful Italian debt sale. German equities in particular notched stronggains. Eurozone finance ministers agreed on more details about the Spanish bank rescue package andenvisaged the first €30 bln of the €100 bln aid to be disbursed by end of July.They also agreed to giveSpain an additional year for meeting deficit reduction targets as the Spanish government unveiled plansto save €65 bln through tax increases and spending cuts. Italy managed to sell €5.25 bln debt, the higherend of its planned issue, even after Moody’s downgraded its sovereign rating two levels to Baa2. For thefirst time on record, France sold €7.7 bln of six-month t-bills at negative yields. In UK, themanufacturing sector expanded at a faster-than-expected pace of 1.2%.

• Americas: A strong rally in financial stocks towards the close of week helped the S&P 500 and Dowfinish marginally higher. Tech dominated Nasdaq however ended lower. On the economic front, USconsumer confidence declined sharply and the US trade deficit by 3.8% to $48.7 bln narrowed due tofall in oil prices.The minutes from US Fed’s last policy meeting indicated majority policymakers wereof the view that additional stimulus be provided if economic momentum deteriorates further. Brazil’scentral bank maintained a dovish policy stance and cut the benchmark Selic lending rate by 50 bps to8%. The country’s retail sales declined raising concerns the slowdown was spreading to consumptionsectors. On the corporate front, JP Morgan reported a $4.4 bln trading loss but re-affirmed its positive

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outlook for earnings this year. Intel is acquiring a 15% stake in Dutch company ASML for about $4 blnandWellPoint offered to buy Amerigroup for close to $5 bln. CFTC is investigating Peregrine Financialfor defrauding clients and the company filed for bankruptcy.

Weekly Weeklychange (%) change (%)

MSCI AC World Index -0.54 Xetra DAX 2.29

FTSE Eurotop 100 0.83 CAC 40 0.38

MSCI AC Asia Pacific -2.79 FTSE 100 0.06

Dow Jones 0.04 Hang Seng -3.58

Nasdaq -0.98 Nikkei -3.29

S&P 500 0.16 KOSPI -2.44

India - Equity

A weak start to the earnings season and subdued IIP growth numbers led Indian equity markets to close the week

in the negative territory. Large cap stocks underperformed mid and small caps.The BSE IT index closed sharply

lower as index heavyweight Infosys stock lost ground after it delivered weaker-than-expected performance and

reduced growth guidance for the rest of FY13.On the other hand, peerTata Consultancy Services fared relatively

well and this helped curb losses. FMCG and Healthcare stocks outperformed broad markets. FIIs bought equities

to the tune of $275 mln in the first four trading days of the week.

Trends in headline IIP index

Source: CSO, Citi Research

• Macro: India’s industrial production moved back into positive territory in May – output grew by 2.4% as

against a 0.9% decline in the previous month. The expansion was led by manufacturing (2.5%) and

electricity (5.9%) sectors, while mining output contracted by 0.9%. An analysis by user-based industries

indicated continued decline in investment activity while consumption held up well. The April numbers

were revised down to -0.9% from +0.1% growth reported earlier. Overall, the latest IIP data reiterates the

need for government policy action to alleviate headwinds facing industry. Even as growth remains

subdued, the central bank may not favour rate hikes due to elevated inflation levels and upside risks from

the weak monsoons.

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Provisional data release indicates India’s trade deficit narrowed in June as a sharp drop in oil import costs

helped overcome impact of a 5.45% drop in exports.

As per latest data, growth in gross indirect and direct tax collections for the June quarter was below targeted

levels. Indirect tax collections, comprising customs, excise and service tax, increased by 13.8% as against

full-year targeted growth rate of 27%. Gross direct tax collections increased by 6.8% vis-à-vis the targeted

15% growth, mainly due to a slowdown in corporate tax collections (up 3.5%yoy). However, at a net level,

direct tax collections reported a 47.2% rise as government slowed disbursement of refunds. It is important

the government takes steps to both augment revenues and curb expenditure in order to return to the fiscal

consolidation path. Implementation of Goods & Services Tax and Direct Tax Code would be significant

steps towards boosting tax collections.

Weekly change (%)

BSE Sensex -1.75

S&P CNX Nifty -1.69

S&P CNX 500 -1.60

CNX Midcap -1.08

BSE Smallcap -1.25

India - Debt

Indian benchmark bond yields at the medium to long end of the curve eased as IIP recorded only a modest

increase and April data was revised downwards. Lower-than-expected yields at bond auctions also helped long-

dated bonds gain.

• Yield Movements:Yield on the 10-year and 30-year Indian benchmark treasury bond eased about 6 bps from

last week’s level while that on the 1-year paper firmed up 6 bps. Consequently the yield curve flattened and

spreads between short (1-year) and long dated (30-year) gilt yields decreased to 55 bps from 68 bps.

• Liquidity/ Borrowings: Liquidity situation remained easy – overnight call money rates eased to about 8%

from 8.2% levels earlier and repos averaged Rs.49,359 crore as against Rs. 43,117 crore.

Interbank Liquidity Trend

Source: RBI, Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley Research

• Forex: The Indian rupee strengthened about 0.51% against the US dollar this week on newsflow the trade

deficit narrowed in June. As of July 6, forex reserves stood at $287.6 bln, $2.4 bln lower than last

week levels.

• Macro: As per latest data, deposit and credit growth decelerated to 13.4% yoy (from 14.3%) and 16.5% (from

17.8%) previously.Consequently the loan-deposit ratio eased from highs of 77.1% to 76.4%.While overall GDP

growth and corporate capex have slowed in recent times, credit growth continues to be relatively robust possibly

due to increased demand for working capital.

13.07.2012 06.07.2012

Exchange rate (Rs./$) 55.14 55.42

Average repos (Rs. Cr) 49,359 43,117

1-yr gilt yield (%) 8.03 7.97

5-yr gilt yield (%) 8.02 8.07

10-yr gilt yield (%) 8.31 8.37

Source: Reuters, Bloomberg

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