Markets end uneventful day in green
Chandrakant / 13 Feb 2012
After opening on a positive note, the Indian markets remained very flat throughout the day. With a lacklustre performance, both the Sensex and Nifty closed with gains of 0.14% and 0.16% respectively.
After opening on a positive note, the Indian markets remained very flat throughout the day. With a lacklustre performance, both the Sensex and Nifty closed with gains of 0.14% and 0.16% respectively.
Other Asian markets closed on a positive note after yesterday’s developments on the austerity measures taken by the Greek government to save it from defaulting on the huge debt.
The European markets also opened on a positive note today, and continued to trade with firm gains between 0.59%-0.90%.
Dow Jones Futures is currently trading 89 points or 0.70% down at 12801, indicating a negative sentiment in the US markets.
| Benchmark Indices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Index | Closing | % Change |
| Sensex | 17772.84 | 0.14 |
| Nifty | 5390.2 | 0.16 |
| Hang Seng | 20887.4 | 0.50 |
| Nikkei | 8999.18 | 0.58 |
| Shanghai | 2351.85 | -0.01 |
| Live | ||
| FTSE | 5908.58 | 0.95 |
| DAX | 6743.39 | 1.00 |
| CAC | 3392.42 | 0.57 |
Back home, most of the BSE sectoral indices closed on a flat positive note, with gains between 0.08%-0.93%. Metals, Auto and CD are leading with gains of 1.01%, 0.84% and 0.61% respectively. CG, Tech, IT and FMCG are down by 0.75%, 0.34%, 0.26% and 0.05% respectively.
| Sectoral Indices | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Category/Index | Close | Change(Pts) | Change (%) |
| Broad | |||
| MIDCAP | 6,275.06 | 28.45 | 0.46 |
| SMLCAP | 6,903.57 | 12.72 | 0.18 |
| BSE-100 | 9,323.04 | 18.73 | 0.20 |
| BSE-200 | 2,186.28 | 4.49 | 0.21 |
| BSE-500 | 6,839.78 | 14.63 | 0.21 |
| Sectors | |||
| METAL | 12,489.36 | 125 | 1.01 |
| AUTO | 9,795.42 | 82.06 | 0.84 |
| CD | 6,206.72 | 37.89 | 0.61 |
| BANKEX | 12,029.51 | 42.59 | 0.36 |
| HC | 6,369.60 | 22.5 | 0.35 |
| OIL & GAS | 8,793.91 | 23.26 | 0.27 |
| POWER | 2,182.87 | 5.54 | 0.25 |
| REALTY | 1,890.49 | 3 | 0.16 |
| PSU | 7,672.77 | -0.06 | 0 |
| FMCG | 4,128.75 | -2.16 | -0.05 |
| IT | 6,034.22 | -16 | -0.26 |
| TECk | 3,568.94 | -12.01 | -0.34 |
| CG | 10,216.73 | -76.79 | -0.75 |
Among the Sensex shares, Coal India, HDFC Bank, Hero MotoCorp, Hindalco Industries, M&M, Sun Pharma and Tata Steel are leading the index with gains between 1.5%-2.59%. In the losers pack, SBI closed down by 2.32% on the back of subdued result reported for the Dec 2012 quarter. The net NPAs of the bank increased from 2.04% to 2.22%, which worried investors. Cipla, L&T, Tata Power and Wipro are also down between 1.5%-2.63%.
The market breadth, which indicates the overall health of the market, was positive. Out of the 3298 stocks traded on the BSE, 1676 advanced, 1529 declined and 93 remained unchanged.
|
Advance-Decline Table | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Index | Advances | Declines | Unchanged |
| BSE 30 | 19 | 11 | 0 |
| BSE 200 | 109 | 90 | 1 |
| BSE 100 | 59 | 41 | 0 |
| BSE 500 | 261 | 236 | 3 |
| Others | 1228 | 1151 | 89 |
In conclusion, we expect the markets to remain positive as investors are hoping recovery in domestic economy and some positive news from US and European Markets.
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