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The Indian markets continued to hold the 5200 mark of the Nifty. The markets however are choppy. With the Supreme Court giving its verdict cancelling 122 telecom licenses, telecom and banking stocks have got a shocker. However, Idea and Bharti stocks took it as a positive.
Post-noon, the markets had an upward run to close the day in the green.
SENSEX closed at 17431.85 gaining 131.27 (0.76%) points while the NIFTY appears to be now heading towards the 5400 mark. It closed at 5269.90 gaining 34.20 (0.65%) yesterday.
CNX Midcap closed at 7225.90 gaining 37.50 (0.52%) while the BSE Smallcap closed at 6608.97 gaining 35.39 (0.54%).
February 2nd, 2012
The Indian stock markets had yet another stellar rally today after the markets decided that Nifty extend its stay at the critical 5200 region. The SENSEX closed at 17300.58 gaining 107.03 (0.62%) while the NIFTY reaffirmed its position and closed at 5235.70 gaining 36.45 (0.70%) points. With this, the immediate pull back is ruled out unless 5300 or even may be 5400 is touched, atleast as per technical charts.
The CNX Midcap closed at 7188.40 gaining 87.85 (1.24%) and the BSE Smallcap ended at 6573.58 adding 110.28 (1.71%) points in trade today. Some experts say that much better longs are building in the midcap space now and that this is the reason for the longer stay of the markets in the stable region.
Of course, not all credit is to the Indian markets. The global economy in general is stable with no specific negative news. The Europe supported well and so did US markets. In fact, this is one of the strong reason why the Indian market closed in the positive. There is indeed volatility in our markets but the actual conquering and cementing its stay in the positive territory was made possible for the Indian markets only after the European markets have opened.
Mahindra Satyam announced good set of Q3 numbers. CP Gurnani gave the credit to BFSI projects and the rupee depreciation helped. The results came out after the markets have closed. Hence, we can expect some positive move in the script tomorrow.
Auto sales numbers have come and they appear to be good. Except for the decline in the tractor numbers of M&M, the sales figures of Tata Motors and Maruti are nice.
The Economic Times was reporting that Core Projects leads race to acquire Aptech. Aptech closed at Rs. 90.45 gaining 2.80 (3.19%) with a volume of 40.65k shares traded.
Carlyle sold 2 cr shares of HDFC at Rs 677/share on the BSE. HDFC was under pressure today and closed at Rs. 688.90 down Rs. 8.95 (-1.28%) with a volume of 4.96m shares traded.
February 1st, 2012
The Indian stock markets have undone yesterday losses reaffirming that U-course (reversal of trend) was not immediate but a little distance ahead. The news that FIIs have pumped in 10,000 crores has boosted the morale as Sensex have been reporting the best results since September 2010.
The SENSEX closed at 17193.55 gaining 330.25 (1.96%) points while the NIFTY closed at 5199.25 jumping up 111.95 (2.20%). The CNX Midcap closed at 7100.55 adding 160.80 (2.32%) points while the BSE Smallcap closed at 6463.30 adding 89.71 (1.41%) points. Hence, the market gains of the day are across the board.
Media reports say that Fidelity is considering an exit from the Mutual Fund business in India. Earlier similar news (or rumours) are out that Bharti wants to come out of its Bharti AXA AMC. These news, experts believe, are a thumbs down to the morale of the Indian mutual fund market that has been witness some sea changes in the recent past.
ICICI Bank has beat street estimates with some good Q3 numbers. The bank’s net is up 20% to Rs 1,728 cr. ICICI Bank is up at Rs. 902.15 gaining Rs. 49.95 (5.86%) with a volume of 10.27m shares traded today.
Government will infuse up to Rs 7,900 crore via preferential allotment share issue into SBI. SBI is up at Rs. 2061.60 gaining 76.35 (3.85%) with a volume of 2.98m shares traded.
Tata Global Beverages enters into JV with Starbucks group to operate Starbucks outlet in India and there by entering into the highly competitive high-end retail coffee drinks business. Tata Global Beverages closed at Rs. 107.75 gaining Rs. 9.85 (10.06%) with a volume of 17.92m shares traded.
January 31st, 2012
As anticipated by the experts, the markets are taking a reversal of course after having conquered some key resistance levels. The 5200 mark was hardly held and the markets have cracked a bit today with the Nifty slipping 117.40 points and closed the day at 5087.30 (-2.26%). The SENSEX closed at 16863.30 losing 370.68 (-2.15%).
The CNX Midcap ended at 6939.75 down 149.90 (-2.11%) while BSE Smallcap closed at 6373.59 slipping 118.10 (-1.82%).
A look at sectoral indices will show who was the reason behind the fall today. It is none other than the Capital Goods who have seen some sharp upward move in the past few days. The BSE Capital Goods index is down 5.55% while the BSE Power and Realty are down over 3% each.
Top losers of the day is lead by BHEL which slipped 10.76%. Sterlite Ind and Jaiprakash Asso are down over 6% each. Larsen, Sesa Goa and Mah and Mah are down over 5% each. Hindalco, SAIL, Bharti Airtel, Axis Bank, IDFC and ICICI Bank are down over 4% each while Tata Steel, Reliance Comm, Reliance and DLF are down over 3% each.
BHEL’s Q3 PAT went up 2% at Rs 1432 cr and total income rose 19% to Rs 10743 cr YoY.
January 30th, 2012
Indian stock markets managed to hold on their gains on the last trading session of the week.
The SENSEX touched the key mark of 17233.98 gaining 156.80 (0.92%) points while the NIFTY tested the 5200 mark and held it on a closing basis. The Nifty closed the day at 5204.70 gaining 46.40 (0.90%). The CNX Midcap closed at 7089.65 gaining 38.65 (0.55%) points while the BSE Smallcap closed at 6491.69 adding 83.24 (1.3%) points in trade today. The Nifty would see some resistance at 7220. Some experts believe that there will be huge volatility that will step in and the Nifty would come back to 6700 and 6400 levels.
Tata Steel is in news for it proposed a recovery plan for tubes business in Europe. The script closed at Rs. 458.75 gaining 13.90 (3.12%) with a volume of 5.78m shares traded.
BHEL’s Q3 net fell 2% to Rs 1427 cr YoY; OPM is expected to be at 19.69% Vs 22.96%. The script was punished a bit today and closed at Rs. 273.60 losing Rs. 8.85 (-3.13%) with a volume of 6.36m shares traded.
PM forms expert committee to examine issues on sugar. Balrampur Chini reacted swiftly and the script closed at Rs. 47.60 gaining Rs. 2.80 (6.25%) with a volume of 2.14m shares traded.
January 27th, 2012
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