Markets end the day in gains
Chandrakant / 19 Jan 2012
After having a firm positive session throughout the day, the Indian markets ended with good gains. The Sensex and Nifty were up by 1% each.
After having a firm positive session throughout the day, the Indian markets ended with good gains. Both the indices were up by 1%. Positive global cues lifted the sentiments among investors today. The global markets also rallied today on back of the IMF's announcement that it will raise an additional US$ 500 billion to help the Euro zone countries that are struggling with huge debt burdens.
Other Asian markets also closed the day positive, with the Nikkei closing up by 1.04%, while the Hang Seng and Shanghai ended with gains of 1.30% and 1.31% respectively.
The European markets opened on a positive note today, hoping for a favourable outcome from the resumed talks with the creditors.
Dow Jones Futures is currently trading 4 points or 0.03% down at 12500, indicating a negative sentiment in the US markets.
| Benchmark Indices | ||
| Index | Closing | % Change |
| Sensex | 16643.74 | 1.17 |
| Nifty | 5018.4 | 1.26 |
| Hang Seng | 19942.95 | 1.28 |
| Nikkei | 8639.68 | 1.03 |
| Shanghai | 2296.08 | 1.29 |
| Live | ||
| FTSE | 5703.88 | 0.03 |
| DAX | 6344.44 | -0.16 |
| CAC | 3284.39 | 0.59 |
| Sectoral Indices | |||
| Category/Index | Close | Change(Pts) | Change (%) |
| Broad | |||
| MIDCAP | 5,666.16 | 76.27 | 1.36 |
| SMLCAP | 6,273.34 | 77.64 | 1.25 |
| BSE-100 | 8,637.23 | 113.45 | 1.33 |
| BSE-200 | 2,018.56 | 25.81 | 1.30 |
| BSE-500 | 6,307.93 | 80.00 | 1.28 |
| Sectors | |||
| REALTY | 1,695.95 | 57.99 | 3.54 |
| METAL | 11,224.47 | 297.53 | 2.72 |
| POWER | 2,058.20 | 50.8 | 2.53 |
| BANKEX | 10,536.16 | 185.81 | 1.8 |
| HC | 6,201.19 | 96.9 | 1.59 |
| PSU | 7,178.98 | 105.07 | 1.49 |
| AUTO | 8,758.58 | 101.92 | 1.18 |
| CG | 9,753.67 | 110.53 | 1.15 |
| OIL&GAS | 8,228.46 | 78.97 | 0.97 |
| CD | 5,671.25 | 31.41 | 0.56 |
| FMCG | 4,113.35 | -5.35 | -0.13 |
| TECk | 3,288.70 | -16.65 | -0.5 |
| IT | 5,483.98 | -29.45 | -0.53 |
Of the Sensex shares, Coal India, DLF, Hindalco, NTPC, Sterlite, Sun Pharma and Tata Power are leading with gains between 3.23%-6.77%. Hindalco topped the charts today and ended with gains of 6.7%. Other major gainers including GAIL, HDFC, Hero MotoCorp, Jindal Steel, Maruti Suzuki and Tata Motors have ended with gains between 1%-2.27%. Bharti Airtel, BHEL, Infosys and M&M were among the major losers, closing down between 1%-2.64% each.
The market breadth, which indicates the overall health of the market, was positive. On the BSE, 1896 shares rose, 1175 shares fell and 183 shares remained unchanged.
| Advance-Decline Table | |||
| Index | Advances | Declines | Unchanged |
| BSE 30 | 16 | 13 | 1 |
| BSE 200 | 125 | 70 | 5 |
| BSE 100 | 62 | 34 | 4 |
| BSE 500 | 315 | 167 | 18 |
| Others | 1378 | 891 | 155 |
In conclusion, we expect the markets to remain volatile with a negative bias as investors are very jittery about investing in such markets. We advise our readers to stay cautious.
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