Market Holds On To Morning Gains, Maruti Suzuki Up By 8.22%
Suparna / 29 Jan 2014
If the morning session was trading on a positive note, the mid-session held up to the gains from the morning trade. Buying activity is seen in Capital goods, Banking sector, Auto and Healthcare. Metal sector was on the losing side.
After a positive opening, the indices have managed to hold their gain in mid-session. The major participants are in Capitals goods, Healthcare and Auto segment. At present Nifty is up by 24 points at 6150 and Sensex is 58 points higher at 20743. The indices are up in the range of 0.35%-0.42%.
The advance-decline ratio is on the positive side at this hour. On the NSE, 1617 shares are in the green and 1546 shares are in the red.
Top 5 Nifty Gainers: Maruti Suzuki is leading the gainers list, up by 8.22%. Other stocks trading higher include BPCL, BHEL, Ranbaxy Labs and Hero Motocorp.
Top 5 Nifty Losers: Sesa Sterlite is down by 2.40% so far, followed by Hindalco, Tata Steel, Jindal Steel and IndusInd Bank.
All Sectors are trading in green, except Metals. Capital Goods are up by 157 points. Healthcare and Auto are also showing some gains and are up by 135 points and 116 points respectively. Mid-Caps and Small-Caps are also in the positive note.
The Asian markets remained to continue the momentum and are trading in green. Nikkei is up by 403 points, followed by Hang Seng which is up by 180 points. Shanghai Composite and KOSPI are nominally higher.
Buzzer: ICICI Bank has gained around 1% and made an intraday high of Rs 1040 after reporting Stable Q3 December 2014 results.
The Nifty Futures sustain at crucial support levels and trade at 6150. While sustaining this level can lead to some recovery, failure to do so will result in more losses on the index.
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