Markets ended the day with huge loss

Chandrakant / 21 Nov 2011

Indian markets after extending the losses ended the day with huge fall.  Sensex closed below the 16000 mark and Nifty closed at 4778 both the index were down by 2.5 %.

Indian markets after extending the losses ended the day with huge fall.  Sensex closed below the 16000 mark and Nifty closed at 4778 both the index were down by 2.5 %. With rupee breaching the 52/USD mark, the stock market sentiment has been bruised further. Weak Asian market and later European market contributed to the fall later in the day.  The European markets open in red on back of concerns that US Lawmakers may fail to reach an agreement on budget cuts, raising the prospect that America may face another credit downgrade.

Benchmark Indices
Index Closing % Change
SENSEX 15946.1 -2.60
NIFTY 4778.35 -2.60
Hang Seng 18225.85 -1.44
Nikkei 8348.27 -0.32
Shanghai 2415.13 -0.06
Live
FTSE 5256.49 -1.98
DAX 5667.54 -2.29
CAC 2926.47 -2.35

In a weak economic environment All the BSE sectoral Indices ended the day in red with sectors like Metal, Bankex, and Realty taken huge beatings by over 3 per cent. While the other sector indices were down between 1-2.7 per cent

Sectoral Indices
Category/Index Close Change(Pts) Change (%)
Broad
MIDCAP 5,610.31 -106.14 -1.86
SMLCAP 6,078.66 -103.65 -1.68
BSE-100 8,255.46 -210.99 -2.49
BSE-200 1,934.56 -47.80 -2.41
BSE-500 6,068.66 -145.42 -2.34
Sectors      
FMCG 4,041.57 -33.45 -0.82
HC 5,855.25 -63.28 -1.07
CG 9,336.40 -214.61 -2.25
PSU 6,676.37 -157.53 -2.31
TECk 3,337.08 -81.68 -2.39
IT 5,478.33 -135.80 -2.42
CD 5,915.76 -160.33 -2.64
OIL&GAS 8,079.88 -219.01 -2.64
AUTO 8,309.61 -228.71 -2.68
POWER 1,912.86 -53.58 -2.72
REALTY 1,558.23 -48.84 -3.04
BANKEX 9,831.83 -329.46 -3.24
METAL 10,072.39 -361.10 -3.46

Asian markets also closed in the red amid concerns over European debt Crisis as it continues to undermine the sentiment of the investors..

 

European Markets are also currently trading weak on back of concerns that US Lawmakers may fail to reach an agreement on budget cuts, raising the prospect that America may face another credit downgrade.  

 

Dow Jones Futures is currently trading 146 points or 1.25% down at 11621, indicating a negative sentiment in the US markets.

 

Back home, TATA Motors and BHEl remains the top looser among the Sensex heavyweights, closed down with 5% loss. Other stocks like Sterlite Industry, Tata Steel, Jindal Steel, DLF, Bajaj Auto, and ONGC also fell between 2.62-4.5% each. . Bharti Airtel today fell 2.30% at Rs 388.50 on the BSE after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at company's office in Gurgaon.

Advance-Decline Table
Index Advances Declines Unchanged
BSE 30 2 28 0
BSE 200 24 174 2
BSE 100 9 90 1
BSE 500 83 413 4
Others 703 1561 131

The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was very negative. Out of 3225 stocks traded, 2266 declined while 821 stocks advanced. A total of 138 stocks remained unchanged.

 

In conclusion, we expect the markets to remain negative as investors are very jittery to invest in such markets, which fail to provide any concrete direction. We advise our readers to stay cautious

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