Global Materials | Industrials | Commodities

Rahul Jain

Equity Bottom-Up

Indian Energy Exchange Ltd / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Volume Data: IEX volumes rose 15% YoY in Q1 FY26, led by strong RTM and Green Market growth.</li>
<li>Near-Term Outlook: Higher volumes should lift Q1 earnings, with EBITDA and PAT expected to rise ~22%.</li>
<li>Future Plans: IEX is launching new products like G-RTM and LDCs, and investing in P2P and smart grid tech.</li>
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Volume Data: IEX volumes rose 15% YoY in Q1 FY26, led by strong RTM and Green Market growth.
Near-Term Outlook: Higher volumes should lift Q1 earnings, with EBITDA and PAT expected to rise ~22%.
Future Plans: IEX is launching new products like G-RTM and LDCs, and investing in P2P and smart grid tech.


IEX Powers Ahead: Volume Growth Signals Strong Q1 and Strategic Evolution

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index / Technical Analysis

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<li>We remain near-term bullish since our 4/22/25 Compass, and our intermediate-term outlook remains bullish as well (as of our 5/14/25 Compass).</li>
<li>We will maintain our bullish intermediate-term view as long as market dynamics remain healthy and the SPX and ACWI-US are above 5700-5785 and $119-$121.</li>
<li>$125-$126 and $123-$123.50 are short-term supports to watch on ACWI-US; we will maintain our near-term bullish outlook as long as $123 support holds.</li>
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We remain near-term bullish since our 4/22/25 Compass, and our intermediate-term outlook remains bullish as well (as of our 5/14/25 Compass).
We will maintain our bullish intermediate-term view as long as market dynamics remain healthy and the SPX and ACWI-US are above 5700-5785 and $119-$121.
$125-$126 and $123-$123.50 are short-term supports to watch on ACWI-US; we will maintain our near-term bullish outlook as long as $123 support holds.


China and Japan Breaking Out -- Buy; Bullish Outlook Intact; U.S. Dollar (DXY) Remains Weak

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders  / Index Rebalance

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<li>We forecast 10 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 11 stocks moving from LargeCap to MidCap, 10 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, and 13 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap.</li>
<li>From the new listings, 1 stock is expected to be added to Large cap, 2 stocks are expected to be added to Mid Cap, and multiple stocks to Small Cap.</li>
<li>There are multiple stocks among the AMFI changes that will be changes for global indices, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23617:1" rel="noopener">NIFTY Index</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nse-nifty-next-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36053:1" rel="noopener">NSE Nifty Next 50 Index</a> and/or Nifty Midcap 150 Index in September.</li>
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We forecast 10 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 11 stocks moving from LargeCap to MidCap, 10 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, and 13 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap.
From the new listings, 1 stock is expected to be added to Large cap, 2 stocks are expected to be added to Mid Cap, and multiple stocks to Small Cap.
There are multiple stocks among the AMFI changes that will be changes for global indices, NIFTY Index, NSE Nifty Next 50 Index and/or Nifty Midcap 150 Index in September.


AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (Jun 2025): Active Flows Lead to Passive Flows

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HDFC Securities

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>MCX is expected to report a revenue decline of 1.1% QoQ, led by a drop in options volume by ~6.1%, offset by 10% QoQ increase in futures volume</li><li>We expect SGF to come down by ~50% as MCX has been providing voluntary contribution over the last three quarters</li><li>We expect MCX to post a Revenue/PAT of INR 2.98/1.66bn in Q4, -1.1/+3.8% QoQ.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

MCX is expected to report a revenue decline of 1.1% QoQ, led by a drop in options volume by ~6.1%, offset by 10% QoQ increase in futures volumeWe expect SGF to come down by ~50% as MCX has been providing voluntary contribution over the last three quartersWe expect MCX to post a Revenue/PAT of INR 2.98/1.66bn in Q4, -1.1/+3.8% QoQ.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Exchanges, Staffing and Internet (Q4FY25E Results Preview): Softness persists

<ul><li>ICICI Prudential Life: ICICI Prudential Life (IPRU) clocked strong APE growth (+27% YoY) slightly above our estimates, while the VNB growth was modest (+9% YoY) and below our estimates for 9MFY25</li><li>The VNB margins further witnessed steep collapse to 22.8% (-390bps YoY) on the back of a ULIP-heavy mix</li><li>We believe that IPRU’s re-engineered business strategy, which prioritises headline growth over product mix, will drive the growth trajectory of the VNB with muted expansion in VNB/APE margins going forward</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

ICICI Prudential Life: ICICI Prudential Life (IPRU) clocked strong APE growth (+27% YoY) slightly above our estimates, while the VNB growth was modest (+9% YoY) and below our estimates for 9MFY25The VNB margins further witnessed steep collapse to 22.8% (-390bps YoY) on the back of a ULIP-heavy mixWe believe that IPRU’s re-engineered business strategy, which prioritises headline growth over product mix, will drive the growth trajectory of the VNB with muted expansion in VNB/APE margins going forwardContent is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

HSIE Results Daily: ICICI Prudential Life, Oberoi Realty, Multi Commodity Exchange

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IEX Powers Ahead: Volume Growth Signals Strong Q1 and Strategic Evolution

IEX sees 15% YoY volume growth in Q1 FY26, expects earnings to rise 22% with new product launches and tech investments in the pipeline.

Rahul Jain

China and Japan Breaking Out -- Buy; Bullish Outlook Intact; U.S. Dollar (DXY) Remains Weak

China's Shanghai Composite and Japan's TOPIX and TOPIX Small indexes Breaking Out -- Buy; Bullish Outlook Intact on global equities $ACWI; U.S....

Vermilion Research

AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (Jun 2025): Active Flows Lead to Passive Flows

We currently forecast 44 migrations for the AMFI July reclassification. Some IPOs could be added to Large/Mid cap. The forecast upward migrations...

Brian Freitas

Exchanges, Staffing and Internet (Q4FY25E Results Preview): Softness persists

MCX is expected to report a revenue decline of 1.1% QoQ, led by a drop in options volume by ~6.1%, offset by 10% QoQ increase in futures volume

HDFC Securities

HSIE Results Daily: ICICI Prudential Life, Oberoi Realty, Multi Commodity Exchange

ICICI Prudential Life (IPRU) clocked strong APE growth (+27% YoY) slightly above our estimates, while the VNB growth was modest (+9% YoY) and below...

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IEX Powers Ahead: Volume Growth Signals Strong Q1 and Strategic Evolution

​IEX sees 15% YoY volume growth in Q1 FY26, expects earnings to rise 22% with new product launches and tech investments in the pipeline.

Rahul Jain

China and Japan Breaking Out -- Buy; Bullish Outlook Intact; U.S. Dollar (DXY) Remains Weak

China's Shanghai Composite and Japan's TOPIX and TOPIX Small indexes Breaking Out -- Buy; Bullish Outlook Intact on global equities $ACWI; U.S....

Vermilion Research

AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (Jun 2025): Active Flows Lead to Passive Flows

We currently forecast 44 migrations for the AMFI July reclassification. Some IPOs could be added to Large/Mid cap. The forecast upward migrations...

Brian Freitas

Exchanges, Staffing and Internet (Q4FY25E Results Preview): Softness persists

MCX is expected to report a revenue decline of 1.1% QoQ, led by a drop in options volume by ~6.1%, offset by 10% QoQ increase in futures volume

HDFC Securities

HSIE Results Daily: ICICI Prudential Life, Oberoi Realty, Multi Commodity Exchange

ICICI Prudential Life (IPRU) clocked strong APE growth (+27% YoY) slightly above our estimates, while the VNB growth was modest (+9% YoY) and below...

HDFC Securities

IEX sees 15% YoY volume growth in Q1 FY26, expects earnings to rise 22% with new product launches and tech investments in the pipeline.