Posts for Ticker ‘IBN’

India Election Winners By ETF & Shares (PIN, EPI, IIF, IFN, INP, INFY, IBN, REDF, SAY, SLT, TTM, WIT)

India MapIt is rare that you see an election have this large of an impact, but the Indian stock market surged on the new election results.  The Congress Party won a decisive victory in India and this sent Indian stocks up 17% on average.  The move was so large that the Bombay Stock Exchange had to close after already seeing one halt.  This had a huge impact on stocks, which you can see reflected in the share prices in the high pre-market indications of the major ETF’s, closed-end funds, and active ADR’s listed below.

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Posted on: May 18, 2009 – 8:19 am in ADR, ETF, Emerging Markets, Index, Mutual Funds, Politics, Trading Alert, , , , , , , , , , ,

Indian ADR’s Unphased By Terror Attacks (INFY, IBN, REDF, SAY, SLT, TTM, WIT)

India_map_imageFresh attacks that appear to be targeted against foreigners in Mumbai, India have failed to thwart a market rally today even in Indian stocks.  Reports have foreigners being taken hostage at premiere hotels frequented by the wealthy and by business travelers and some 60 deaths have been reported.  Interestingly enough, this has also failed to take out the wind of the Indian ETF’s and Indian ADR’s which are actively traded here in the US.  Stock Moves in ADR’s:

  • Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) up 6.3% at $24.61
  • ICICI Bank (NYSE: IBN) down 2.7% at $13.26 (had been up before)
  • Rediff.com India Ltd. (NASDAQ: REDF) up 5.6% at $2.06
  • Satyam Computer Services (NYSE: SAY) up over 3% at $12.78
  • Sterlite Industries (NYSE: SLT) up 7% at $4.80
  • Tata Motors (NYSE: TTM) down 2.3% at $4.59 (was down most of day)
  • Wipro Ltd. (NYSE: WIT) up 4.3% at $7.48

We also added in an after-report list to the ETF’s and closed-end funds we track to show a broad interest as well.

Jon C. Ogg
November 26, 2008

Posted on: November 26, 2008 – 3:17 pm in ADR, Emerging Markets, , , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ABT, MO, AMGN, CRME, FNM, FRE, IBN, PNRA, SNDK, ZMH)

These are the top analyst calls we are focusing on early this Thursday morning in pre-market trading:

  • Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) Raised To Outperform at Wachovia.
  • Altria (NYSE: MO) started as Buy at UBS.
  • Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) downgraded to Market Perform at Wachovia.
  • Cardiome Pharma (NASDAQ: CRME) started At Outperform at Wachovia.
  • Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) raised to Outperform at KBW.
  • Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) raised to Outperform at KBW.
  • ICICI Bank (NYSE: IBN) downgraded to Underperform at Jefferies.
  • Panera Bread (NASDAQ: PNRA)  downgraded to Neutral at JP Morgan.
  • SanDisk NASDAQ: SNDK) downgraded to Neutral at JP Morgan.
  • Zimmer Holdings (NYSE: ZMH) raised to Overweight at Lehman Brothers.

Jon C. Ogg
March 20, 2008

Posted on: March 20, 2008 – 6:28 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

ETF Launch: PowerShares India Portfolio (PIN, INFY, IBN, SAY, SLT, TTM, WIT)

We have now seen two Indian stock ETF’s successfully launch in the last few weeks.  This morning there was another ETF launch on NYSE, although you can see the February news release with the full details.  The PowerShares India Portfolio Fund Exchange Traded Fund listed under the ticker symbol "PIN" and began trading on NYSE Arca today.  This ETF is based on the Indus India Index and tracks the performance of the Indian equity markets as a whole with representation across the consumer products, information technology, health sciences, financial services, and heavy industry sectors.

According to the press release at NYSE, the following NYSE listed ADR shares are a part of the index currently included in the Indus India Index:

  • Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY), ICICI Bank (NYSE: IBN) Satyam Computer Services (NYSE: SAY), Sterlite Industries (NYSE: SLT), Tata Motors (NYSE: TTM), Wipro Ltd. (NYSE: WIT)

As a reminder, because of percentage foreign ownership limitation rules and because of ADR conversions, many US-traded ADR’s actually trade at premiums to shares traded locally in India.  WisdomTree also recently launched an ETF that tracks Indians stocks at the local exchange level.

Jon C. Ogg
March 5, 2008

Posted on: March 5, 2008 – 12:58 pm in ETF, , , , , , ,

Financial Market Reactions On Bhutto Assassination (INP, IFN, IIF, MINDX, IBN, TTM)

It is unfortunate to have to analyze tragic international or domestic terrorism news from a financial angle on horrible news such as the murder of a foreign leader or a challenger for that leadership ahead of an election.  Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a suicide attack at a campaign rally that also killed killed more 20 others (reports still vary).  The news of her death was reported after the Pakistan markets were closed. 

Investors are looking to see how far down the Karachi Stock Exchange will drop and one of the best proxies as to see how this will affect the Pakistani stocks is to look at the closest markets.  India is the closest and most tied (good and bad) to Pakistan, and the worries that this could create additional instability in the region has the ETF and the Indian funds that trade in the U.S. down considerably:

  • The major ETF that tracks India is the iPath MSCI India Index ETN (NYSE: INP), and it is trading down some 5% at $96.10 today.  Its 52-week trading range is $46.13 to $110.09.
  • There are two closed-end funds that track the performance of Indian stocks. India Fund, Inc. (NYSE: IFN) is also down some 5.1% at $59.40 today, and its 52-week trading range is $35.51 to $71.54.  The second is less actively traded, but the Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc. (NYSE: IIF) is down some 6% at $50.75, and its 52-week trading range is $38.29 to $66.56.
  • One open-ended mutual fund that we will not know how that trades really until tomorrow after we have a chance to see how those trade is the Matthews India Fund (MINDX).  These only trade at N.A.V. at the end of each day and these traded at $24.29 yesterday.  This fund started out 2007 at $15.62, so it is also up considerably.
  • A couple of the more liquid stocks that trade as ADR’s in the U.S. are ICICI Bank Ltd. (NYSE: IBN) and Tata Motors Ltd. (NYSE: TTM), and both are down close to 5% today.

This is potentially a very large political and geopolitical event that could end up with much greater repercussions than a mere 3%or 5% move.  The hardest part of interpreting these price reactions is that Wall Street is staffed with a skeleton crew this week and part of next week.  These are the go to stock and fund names to track the financial market reactions to the situation.

Jon C. Ogg
December 27, 2007

Posted on: December 27, 2007 – 12:08 pm in ADR, ETF, Mutual Funds, , , , , , , , , ,

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (July 13, 2007)

AOB started as Outperform at CIBC.
AUY started asOutperform at Credit Suisse.
BGFV cut to Sector Perform at CIBC.
BJ raised to Equal Weight at Lehman.
BLK started as Outperform at Wachovia.
CCL raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
CHE cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
CIT cut to Sector PErform at CIBC.
CREE started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
DWA started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
EMC cut to Mkt Perform at Morgan Keegan.
FRO cut to Reduce at UBS.
HAL raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
HDB started as Buy at Jefferies.
IBN started as Buy at Jefferies.
NATI raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
NDN raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
PPDI cut to Hold at Jefferies.
RCL raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
RNOW started as Hold at Cantor Fitzgerald.
RSH cut to Sell at B of A.
SEB raised to Buy at Jefferies.
SWK started as Neutral at B of A.
SWY raised to Equal Weight at Lehman.
VRSN raised to Buy at Jefferies.
VSCN cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.
WON cut to Sell at Citigroup.
ZBRA raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.

Jon C. Ogg
July 13, 2007

Posted on: July 13, 2007 – 6:43 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,