Trades End Higher

The Indian market continued to hover above the psychological mark of 20,000. Nifty closed at 6082 up by 17 points and the Sensex comfortably trading above the 20,100 mark at 20,101, up by 62 points.

The advance-decline ratio was negative at the end of the day. On the NSE, 766 shares have declined and 677 shares have advanced.

Top 5 NSE Gainers: Reliance Infrastructure maintained its position as top gainer and closed up by 3.89%, followed by BHEL, Reliance Industries, L&T and Bharti Airtel.

Top 5 NSE Losers: DLF has ended the day as the top loser on the NSE, down by 2.42%, followed by NTPC, Sun Pharma, Tata Motors and Tata Consultancy Services.

Most of the sectors ended the day in the red. Only 6 sectors out of 13 ended on a positive note. CG and Oil & Gas ended up in range of 1.47%-1.55%. Realty and HC saw some profit booking and ended the day down in the range of 0.42%-1.40%.

The European markets are trading in the green. DAX is trading up by 0.32%, followed by CAC 40 up by 0.15% and FTSE 100 up by 0.13%.

Most of the Asian markets ended on a negative note. Nikkei 225 ended lower by 1.54%, followed by Taiwan Weighted and Hang Seng. Shanghai Composite and Straits Times closed up between 0.31%-0.42%.

Buzzers: SpiceJet has rallied more than 5% at Rs 46.30. The stock gained after reporting a net profit of Rs 102 crore for the third quarter ended Dec 2012 against a loss of Rs 39.26 crore in last year's quarter based on higher operational income and lower fuel cost.

Den Network surged more than 8% at Rs 226.40. It touched a record high along with a rise in the volume. The stock's previous day's volume stands at 1,52,447, whereas today’s volume stands at 2596584 - a jump of more than 1500%.

The bulls are facing strong resistance around the level of 6090.