Nifty Rejig: D-Mart, HDFC Life And SBI Life Among Front Runners That Could Be Included

Four stocks in Nifty could see a rejig in the upcoming September review.

The Nifty has shed almost 40 percent in just two months from its January highs amid global weakness. The sharp decline is more profound in stocks with a few of them having fallen more than 50 percent.

In fact, the fall was across sectors and indices due to weakness in corporate earnings and economic growth worries after the pandemic forced te biggest nations to come to a standstill mode.

The National Stock Exchange does a half-yearly review of indices in September and given the sharp fall in stock prices, there could be a major reshuffle in Nifty50 at least.

"However, considering the significant decline in shares of some indices, we believe that there will be some specific changes in the upcoming review, ”said ICCI Direct.

According to the brokerage, Avenue Supermarts (D-Mart), HDFC Life, SBI Life, Divis Labs, Dabur India and Pidilite Industries are likely stocks which could be included in the benchmark Nifty50 in the September review.

One of the criteria for inclusion in the Nifty is that security must have F&O contract, which means the stock must be traded in futures & options segment.

" Then it will not be added in the Nifty. In such a scenario, despite being the largest among the replacement pool, it will not be a part of the Nifty," ICICI Direct said.

In such a scenario, Divis Lab, HDFC Life, Dabur and SBI Life could be part of the Nifty; and hence in case D-Mart remains without F&O contracts then these four stocks could be part of Nifty.

The brokerage feels the next a close contender is Pidilite Industries, which could also be part albeit with a lower probability if it outperforms the rest incoming months.

In case D-Mart gets an F&O contract in the next couple of months, then along with it Divis Lab, HDFC Life should be part of the Nifty, it said. ". Relative outperformance will be key."

Combined weights of upcoming stocks are likely to be 2.9 percent in the Nifty against outgoing stocks weightage of just 1.5 percent, according to the brokerage.

Stocks which are likely to be excluded from the Nifty50 are Bharti Infratel, Vedanta, Zee Entertainment, Tata Motors and GAIL India, ICICI Direct feels.

"A maximum of 10 percent of the index size (number of shares in the index) can be changed in any calendar year. Hence in CY20, a maximum of five stocks can be replaced from the pool of 50," it said.

In the first rebalancing of this year, already one stock Yes Bank was excluded. It was replaced with Shree Cement.

Hence, there is room for further changes up to four stocks in the next announcement expected in September 2020, said the brokerage.

As per its analysis, the average free-float market cap of highlighted stocks is likely to remain low. Hence, they are likely to be excluded, it said.

ICICI Direct believes at least three out of the above five stocks could be replaced in the next rebalancing. "

The likely average price has been arrived at considering the recent sharp decline in stocks along with an expected recovery in the next couple of months, it said.

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