Mkts end flat, Nifty ends above 4500 mark
Mumbai, Jun 3: The markets ended the day on a flat note for the second day. The 30-share BSE Sensex swung 312.84 points before closing the day at 14,870.90, down just 4.01 points or 0.03 per cent. The 50-share NSE Nifty shut shop at 4534.45, 5.45 points or 0.2 per cent higher.
Even though the Sensex touched the 15000 mark to end below it, the Nifty ended above the 4500 for the third consequtive session.
While the sell-off in banking and select oil and gas stocks, and in stocks like NTPC, SAIL, Infosys and Bharti capped the gains; buying in FMCG, cement, pharma, select metal and infrastructure stocks supported the markets.
The
broader
indices
outperformed
the
benchmarks
this
session
too.
4:22
PM
Mkts
slip,
benchmarks
volatile
The markets slipped after a strong rally in the early trading. At 1: 30 PM, the Sensex Sensex fell 67 points, to 14,807 and Nifty slipped 27 points. The Midcap index was up just 0.3 per cent and the Smallcap Index gained 1 per cent.
Markets were trading lower as Reliance Industries, Infosys, SBI, SAIL, Cairn, ICICI Bank, Bharti, NTPC, HDFC, M&M, TCS, DLF, BPCL and L&T were under pressure and were down by 1 to 4 per cent. The benchmarks were a little volatile.
Among the midcaps, Lakshmi Energy, UTV Software, Edelweiss Capital, Tech Mahindra and Aban Offshore were up 9 to 13.7 per cent, while Asian Star, Jain Irrigation, GTL Infra, Godrej Industries and Anant Raj Industries which dipped 5 to 7 per cent.
In the smallcap space BASF, Forbes Gokak, Nalwa Sons Investment, Sobha Developer and Swaraj Engines gained 10 to 12 per cent. However, Goodyear, Manappuram, Zodiac Clothing, Timken and West Coast Pape slipped 5 to 7 per cent.
IT surged 3.7 per cent and BHEL was up by 0.6 per cent.
Essar
Oil,
Unitech,
Satyam,
Tata
Steel,
Reliance
Communication,
Suzlon
Energy
and
Aban
Offshore
were
the
shares
active
on
the
trades.
2:35
PM
Mkts continue +ve; Telecom, Infra surge
At 10:39 AM, the Sensex, was up 108 points, to 14,982 and the Nifty went up 32 points, to 4,557. Among the broader indices, the BSE Midcap Index was up 1.5 per cent and the Smallcap Index gained 2 per cent.
Despite the higher levels of selling pressue the benchmarks are trading with positive bias. Markets were supported by buying in infrastructure, telecom, metal and cement while selling in ONGC, SBI, HDFC, Maruti, BPCL, L&T and SAIL capped the gains.
Among the midcaps, Lakshmi Energy rose 15.8 per cent. Patni Computer, Bajaj Holdings, Max India and CRISIL went up 7 to 8.8 per cent. In the smallcap space, Nalwa Sons Investment, Sobha Developer, Swaraj Engines, Gemini Comm and WABCO-TVS surged 9.5 to 10 per cent.
Telecom stocks like Idea Cellular, Reliance Communication, Tata Communication, Tata Teleservices, MTNL and Bharti Airtel saw a surge of 1.2 to 4.3 per cent.
Infrastructure stocks like Suzlon Energy, Reliance Power, Tata Power, GVK Power, Crompton Greaves, Areva T&D, Reliance Infrastructure, NTPC, BHEL and Siemens gained 1-4%. Torrent Power, Power Grid Corp and GMR Infra too surged 0.5 to 0.9 per cent. following the same rally, the cement stocke went up by 1 to 4 per cent.
WABCO-TVS,
Sundaram-Clayton,
Satyam,
Essar
Oil,
Tata
Steel,
Unitech
and
Reliance
Communication
were
most
active
shares
in
the
trading.
12:40
PM
Sensex hits the 15000 mark in early trade
The markets opened in green recovering form the previous session's losses. At 9:58 AM, the Sensex was up 123 points, to 14,997 and the Nifty rose 32 points, to 4,558. The CNX Midcap went up 0.94 per cent, to 5,560 and the BSE Smallcap Index gained 1.5 per cent at 6345.
Buying was seen in infrastructure, metal and banking stocks. Midcaps and small caps too were seen following the benchmarks. The Sensex touched the 15000 mark in the opening trade.
While Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Suzlon Energy, Reliance Infrastructure, Hindalco, HDFC Bank, ACC, M&M, Tata Power, ABB, ICICI Bank and PNB gained; Unitech and Maruti proved to be losers among the frontliners.
Asian Markets are trading mixed.
The
US
markets
ended
on
a
flat
note
with
a
positive
bias.
10:19
AM
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