Indices End Higher
DSIJ Intelligence / 18 Jan 2013
After a gap-up opening, the Indian markets saw range-bound trades for the rest of the day ahead of Reliance Industries’ result announcement. The Nifty closed up by 25 points at 6064 and Sensex was 51 points higher at 20015.
After a gap-up opening, the Indian markets saw range-bound trades for the rest of the day ahead of Reliance Industries’ result announcement. The Nifty closed up by 25 points at 6064 and Sensex was 51 points higher at 20015. Both indices closed up in the range of 0.26%-0.31%.
The advance-decline ratio ended on the negative side by day’s end. On the NSE, 566 shares have advanced and 878 shares have declined.
Top 5 NSE Gainers: Bharat Petroleum climbed up 9.79% in today’s trades, followed by ONGC, NTPC, Maruti Suzuki and Bank of Baroda, which were also in gains.
Top 5 NSE Losers: Wipro slid down by 7.74% post its Q3 numbers announcement. It was followed by Hero MotoCorp, Dr Reddy’s Labs, Jindal Steel and Power and Hindustan Unilever.
5 out of the 13 sectors closed in the green. Oil & Gas and PSU ended with the highest gains at the end of the day, up between 2.78%-3.08%. TECk and IT saw some profit booking post Wipro’s results and ended in down by 1.23%-1.25%.
The Asian markets closed in positives for the first time in three days. Nikkei 225 was 2.78% higher, followed by Taiwan Weighted which gained 1.50%, Shanghai Composite up by 1.39% and Hang Seng up by 1.11%.
Among the European indices, FTSE 100 and CAC 40 are trading in the green, higher in the range of 0.11%-0.23%. DAX, however, is trading lower by 0.16%.
Buzzers: Colgate-Palmolive has surged up by 3.78% at Rs 1500. The stock saw good momentum in the last hour of trade. Its last trading session volumes stand at 60,358, whereas today volumes are at 1,16,040.
Chemicals manufacturing company Atul Ltd. has dropped post its Q3 numbers announcement. The stock closed down by 8.85% at Rs 361.05. The net sales of the company fell marginally to Rs 440 crore from Rs 443.6 crore during the same period.
There was no action in the market post the noon session as traders and investors are preferring to wait and watch ahead of Reliance Industries’ quarterly numbers. Nifty sustained the level of 6050 in today’s trade. Going ahead, 6100 will be crucial resistance for the index.
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