Markets take yet another flat day - February 19, 2010
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
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