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BSE Sensex down by 143 points (0.88%); Nify down by 0.88%
The Indian stock markets had yet another flat session with both the indices staying range bound. The Nifty that closed yesterday at 4887.75 closed today at 4844.50 losing 0.88% in the process. CNX Midca Index is down 1.41% while the Nifty Midcap 50 is down 1.90%.
Top gainers on the Nifty today include Maruti, Ranbaxy, ABB, HCL Tech, ONGC, Sun Pharma, HDFC Bank, GAIL, ITC and Axis Bank (all marginally in the green).
Top losers of the day include JP Associates, DLF (both down over 4%), Reliance Communications, Sterlite (both down over 3%), Tata Steel, SAIL, Reliance Infra, IDEA, IDFC and Jindal Steel (all down over 2%).
The BSE Sensex opened the day at 16,256.53, touched an intra-day high of 16,301.94 and intra-day low of 16,074.58 to close at 16,184.70 compared to previous close of 16,327.84. The Sensex is down 143.14 points or 0.88 in the process. The sectoral index gainers of the day on the BSE is the Health Care index that is up a mere 0.10%. All other indices – FMCG, IT, Capital Goods, Oil & Gas, Teck, PSU, Bankex (all marginally down), Auto, Power, Consumer Durables (all down over 1%), Metal (down over 2%) and Realty (down over 3%) closed in the red.
Friday, February 19, 2010 15:49:57 PM
February 19th, 2010
BPCL gains 4%
The Indian stock markets had a flat day today. The NSE closed the day at 4883.95 down by 0.61%. CNX Midcap and Nifty Midcap 50 indices closed in the red. The BSE Sensex opened the day at 16,421.20, touched a high of 16,452.51 and a low of 16,287.17 to close at 16,327.84. The index slipped 101.07 points and is down 0.62%.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices slipped 40 and 33 points respectively. Consumer Durables, Bankex, IT, Teck and Health care closed marginally in the green while the other sectoral indices marginally closed in the red.
Top NSE gainers of the day are BPCL (up over 4%), IDFC (up over 3%), AXIS Bank (up over 2%), HDFC Bank, NTPC, IDEA, Power Grid, Bharti Airtel, Hindustan Unilevar (all up over 1%) and HDFC (marginally in the green).
Top losers of the day are Unitech (down over 5.2%), Suzlon, Reliance (down over 3%), Sterlite, Reliance Infra, Jindal Steel, JP Associates (down over 2%), Reliance Communications, GAIL and Ambuja Cements (all down over 1%)
Thursday, February 18, 2010 16:02 IST
February 18th, 2010
Nifty closes the day up 1.2%
The Indian stock markets ended the day in the green for the second consecutive day after buying interest was seen in counters that analysts feel will see some positive announcements in the upcoming budget.
Sensex opened the day at 16,228.91, touched an intraday high of 16,480.89 and an intraday low of 16,228.91 to close at 16,428.91 managing a gain of 202.23 points or 1.25 in trade today. The BSE Midcap index and Small cap index gained marginally. Consumer Durables, Metal are clear sectorial winners with both the segments closing the day up by 3.34% and 3.24% respectively. Bankex, Capital Goods and Autos surged over 1.2% while Oil & Gas, FMCG, Power, PSU and Teck closed marginally in the green. IT and Realty closed in the red by 0.22% and 1% respectively.
The story at Nifty is no different. The Nifty had a gap-up opening and continued to stay in the green throughout. Thought a sign of selling is seen at mid-day, the index quickly bounced back to stay in the green. The Nifty closed at 4914 and is up 1.2%.
Top gainers of the day include Tata Steel (up 6%), Hindalco (Up 5%), Axis Bank, Stelite and HDFC Bank (all up over 3%), SAIL, Bharti Airtel, Tata Power, Siemens and Cairn (all up 2%).
The Nifty top losers of the day include Cipla, BPCL, DLF, Ambuja Cement, Suzlon (all down over 1%), Infosys, Idea, NTPC, Unitech and ONGC (all marginally down)
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 18:36:43 PM
February 17th, 2010
Ranbaxy amongst top gainers; Bharti leads top loser charts
Weakness in the markets is pretty evident today, primarily because of pre-budget weakness and the way investors have reacted to the Bharti deal. The actual recovery of the markets is at the last one-hour of trade when almost all sectoral indices have turned positive and the sudden interest that has got built on Ranbaxy.
Nifty closed the day at 4855.75 and is up 1.12%. CNX IT is up 1.38% while CNX Midcap is up 0.52%. Top gainers on the Nifty today include Ranbaxy (up 8.5%), ACC, Ambuja Cements (both up over 2%), Hindalco, Hindustan Unileaver, Tata Motors (all up over 3%), Sterlite, Siemens, BPCL and M&M (all up over 2%). On the losers list are Bharti Airtel (down 4.1%), Axis Bank, Hero Honda, Jindal Steel (all marginally down).
The Sensex managed to open and close the day above 16K levels without dipping below it. The BSE Sensex opened the day at 16,042.18, touched a high of 16,310.39 and a low of 16,021.29 to finally close at 16,226.68 compared to previous closing mark of 16,038.35. The Sensex has gained 188.33 points or 1.17% in todays trade.
All BSE Sectoral Indices closed in the green. Leading the list are Metals, Auto, IT, Realty, Oil & Gas, Bankex, PSU and Capital Goods (all up over 1%) and FMCG, Power and Consumer Durables that are marginally in the green.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 16:33:12 PM
February 16th, 2010
BSE Sensex down by 114 points
The Indian stock markets closed the trading day today in the red marginally. The Nifty closed the day at 4801.95 barely managing to hold the 4800 mark. Nifty is down by 0.52% in the process. CNX IT is up 0.40%. CNX Midcap is down 0.41%
The BSE Sensex opened the day at 16,186.90, touched an day high of 16,227.04 and a day low of 16,011.82 to close at 16,038.35 compared to the previous 16,152.59 mark. Sensex is down by 114.24 points or 0.71% today.
Amongst the BSE sectorial indices, Health care, IT and Metal managed to close in the green. However, Capital goods, FMCG, Power, Auto, Realty, Bankex, PSU, Oil & Gas and Consumer Durables closed in the red.
Top gainers of the day are HCL Tech (Up 3.3%), Jindal Steel (Up 2.9%), IDFC, Hindalco, Cipla, BHEL and HDFC Bank (all up over 1%), Tata Steel, Hero Honda and M&M (all marginally up). Top losing stocks of the day include Bharti Airtel (down 9.2%), Sterlite, Reliance Communications, Reliance Capital, Tata Power and Reliance Infra (all down over 2%), Power Grid, Ambuja Cement, Hindustan Unileaver and SAIL (all down over 1%).
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February 15th, 2010
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