Mid-Market: March 8

The Indian markets continue to be in positive terrain amid volatility. Today’s rally was primarily led by the Metal Index and Oil and Gas which were up by 196 and 183 points, respectively. Nifty was trading up by more than 13.60 points at 7498.95; and Sensex by 42.13 points at 24688.81. Both the leading indicators were trading up with gains of 0.18 and 0.25 per cent respectively.

The advance-decline ratio showed the same trend as most of the stocks were trading in green. 1413 scrips were trading in the positive territory; 993 scrips were in red; however 120 stocks remained unchanged on the NSE.

Top Nifty Gainers : Cairn India is leading the gainers list as it was trading up by close to 7.69 per cent followed by Hindalco, Vedanta, Adani Ports and Tata Steel which were up 5.16; 4.86; 2.62; and 2.48 per cent respectively.

Top Nifty Losers : HUL is leading the losers list down more than 2.62 per cent, followed by Bank of Baroda and Maruti Suzuki which are down anywhere between 2.42 per cent and 1.86 per cent.

All the major sectors were trading in green except for Bank Nifty and BSE IT. BSE Metal Index was leading the way with gains of 200 points, followed by BSE Oil and Gas, and BSE Healthcare which are trading up by 177.36 and 101.74 points. BSE Small Cap and BSE Mid Cap index are trading up with minor gains of 0.63 and 0.21 per cent, respectively.

Buzzer : - Lupin was buzzing in trade as it was trading up by 2 per cent quoting Rs 1816.30