Markets Close Firmly Positive
Chandrakant / 27 Mar 2012
After opening on a positive note, the Indian markets extended their early gains in the afternoon and closed on a firmly positive note. The Sensex and Nifty closed with gains of 1.14% and 0.95% respectively.
After opening on a positive note, the Indian markets extended their early gains in the afternoon and closed on a firmly positive note. The Sensex and Nifty closed with gains of 1.14% and 0.95% respectively.
Yesterday, the US Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, kept the key policy rates unchanged. This lifted investor sentiment and led the rally in all the markets across the globe. This was a significant move by the US government, which will help it to maintain growth with the hope of a speedy recovery. Dow Jones Futures is currently trading 3 points or 0.02% up at 13203, indicating a positive sentiment in the US markets.
Other Asian markets closed the day on a positive note over cues from the US region.
The European markets too are continuing to trade on a firm positive note taking support from the comments of Bernanke, which made it clear that the easy monetary policy would remain for some more time and support the recovery process.
| Benchmark Indices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Index | Closing | % Change |
| SENSEX | 17246.7 | 1.14 |
| NIFTY | 5233.65 | 0.95 |
| Hang Seng | 21046.91 | 1.80 |
| Nikkei | 10255.51 | 2.31 |
| Shanghai | 2347.18 | -0.15 |
| Live | ||
| FTSE | 5903.88 | 0.02 |
| DAX | 7120.3 | 0.58 |
| CAC | 3508.89 | 0.20 |
Back home, all the BSE sectoral indices barring Power closed up with good gains between 0.26%-2.07%. Consumer Durables, FMCG and Realty are leading with gains of 2.07%, 1.69% and 1.56% respectively. Teck, Metals, IT, Bankex, etc. closed with gains between 0.93%-1.23%. The Power index is marginally down by 0.07%.
| Sectoral Indices | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Category/Index | Close | Change(Pts) | Change (%) |
| Broad | |||
| MIDCAP | 6,245.06 | -4.11 | -0.07 |
| SMLCAP | 6,522.05 | -11.31 | -0.17 |
| BSE-100 | 9,064.02 | 95.80 | 1.07 |
| BSE-200 | 2,132.67 | 20.55 | 0.97 |
| BSE-500 | 6,676.94 | 57.03 | 0.86 |
| Sectors | |||
| CD | 6,509.48 | 132.24 | 2.07 |
| FMCG | 4,459.50 | 73.91 | 1.69 |
| REALTY | 1,753.38 | 26.96 | 1.56 |
| TECk | 3,559.37 | 43.19 | 1.23 |
| METAL | 11,112.31 | 134.25 | 1.22 |
| IT | 6,072.27 | 60.83 | 1.01 |
| BANKEX | 11,678.27 | 107.53 | 0.93 |
| CG | 10,013.92 | 80.44 | 0.81 |
| HC | 6,432.54 | 41.13 | 0.64 |
| OIL&GAS | 7,948.16 | 38.14 | 0.48 |
| AUTO | 9,905.95 | 45.45 | 0.46 |
| PSU | 7,253.19 | 18.46 | 0.26 |
| POWER | 2,080.48 | -1.41 | -0.07 |
Among the Sensex shares Cipla, DLF, HUL and Sterlite Industries have ended with leading gains of 3.79%, 4.31%, 3.42% and 3.56% respectively. Others like Bharti Airtel, HDFC, HDFC Bank, Infosys, ITC, L&T, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, etc. have closed with gains between 1.3%-3%. Among the losers pack, BHEL, Coal India, Maruti Suzuki, NTPC and Sun Pharma are marginally down between 0.19%-1.05%.
The market breadth, which indicates the overall health of the market, was negative. Out of the 3347 stocks traded, 1806 declined, 1418 advanced and 123 remained unchanged.
| Advance-Decline Table | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Index | Advances | Declines | Unchanged |
| BSE 30 | 24 | 6 | 0 |
| BSE 200 | 132 | 66 | 2 |
| BSE 100 | 73 | 27 | 0 |
| BSE 500 | 261 | 231 | 8 |
| Others | 928 | 1476 | 113 |
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