Nifty, Sensex Close At Lower End
Suparna / 06 Nov 2013
The indices continued to remain under selling pressure till closing hour, with the Bankex, Metals and Consumer Durables indices extending their losses. Nifty ended 79 points lower at 6215 and Sensex dipped by 38 points at 20890.
The indices continued to remain under selling pressure till closing hour today too. Along with Bankex, the Metals and Consumer Durables sectors also extended their losses. Nifty ended 79 points lower at 6215 and Sensex dipped by 38 points at 20890. Both the indices were down in the range of 0.38%-0.61%.
The NSE had a positive advance-decline ratio, with 1690 shares closing in the green and 1530 shares in the red.
Top 5 Nifty Gainers: NTPC closed with the highest gains on the index, up by 3.6%, TCS, Ranbaxy Labs, Sun Pharma and Infosys were among the other stocks that ended the day higher.
Top 5 Nifty Losers: PNB closed lower by 3.9%, followed by SBI, JP Associates, Bank of Baroda and DLF.
Most of the sectoral indices closed in the negative zone today excluding IT, Healthcare and Small-Caps. Bankex and Consumer Durables were hammered by 246 points and 136 points respectively. Metals and Auto were both down by around 100 points. Mid-Cap closed 10 points lower. The Small-Cap index, though, saw gains of 46 points.
In the Asian markets, Nikkei closed 111 points higher, while Taiwan Weighted was up by 19 points. The Hang Seng ended a sliver in the red zone, down by 2 points.
Buzzer: Bank of Baroda’s stock turned volatile after mid-session today. The stock made an intraday low at Rs 639 and closed below the technical level of Rs 650. If it does not manage to hold this level, it may drop to the Rs 620 level in the next few trading sessions.
Nifty Futures closed the day at the crucial support level of 6250. The index may see more downward moves if it opens below this level tomorrow.
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