Markets See Action-less Day, Realty Excels
Suparna / 30 Jan 2013
After a volatile trade, the Indian markets ended flat owing to profit booking. Traders began to book profits in the late noon trades. Nifty closed marginally up by 6 points at 6056 and Sensex closed above 20k mark at 20,003.47.
The advance–decline ratio ended on a negative side at the end of the day. On the NSE, 880 shares closed in red and 548 shares closed in green.
Top 5 Gainers on NSE: DLF ended up by 3.09% as the top gainer on NSE followed by Cipla, Hindustan Unilever, Sesa Goa and Reliance Industries.
Top 5 losers on NSE: GAIL ended the day as the top loser on NSE down by 3.25% followed by Punjab National Bank, Tata Power, L&T and Jindal Steel and Power.
7 out of 13 sectors ended in green. Realty, CD and Oil & Gas were the top gainers amongst the sector ending up by 1%. CG, Power and Auto ended in negative.
The European markets are trading mixed. FTSE 100 is trading in the positive zone up by 0.19%. DAX and CAC 40 are trading in lower by 0.02%-0.07%.
Asian peer closed in green. Nikkei 225 closed up by 2.22% followed by Shanghai Composite, Hang Seng and KOSPI ended up in the range of 0.43%-0.99%.
Buzzers: National Aluminum Company Limited surged more than 7% to Rs 50.50 after reporting a better-than-expected net profit of Rs 119 crore in the Q3 against Rs 51 crore in a year ago quarter due to higher other income.
Arvind closed on a positive note with gains of more than 2% at Rs 95.15. The Textile Company’s net profit jumped by 45% YoY to Rs 75.4 crore in Q3.
Nifty saw a sluggish trade in today’s session. Investor and Traders are eyeing the expiry day.