Indices Hover In Positive Zone, Steel Sector On The Decline
Suparna / 19 Feb 2014
Taking a cue from the morning trade, Healthcare is the biggest gainer so far and is up by 87 points. Metal indices have declined led by Jindal Steel which is down by 2.65%. Nifty is trading up by 8 points to trade at 6136 and the Sensex is up by 35 points at 20669. Asian markets remain in the positive territory.
The Indian market is at flattish movement in mid trading session and indices trimmed gains. Currently, Nifty is trading up by 8 points at 6136 and the Sensex is up by 35 points at 20669. Both the indices are trading higher by more than 0.15% each.
On the NSE, the advance-decline ratio is positive with 1669 advances and 1602 declines.
Top Nifty Gainers: Ranbaxy Labs is leading the gainers list so far and is up by 3.36%. It is followed by Sun Pharma, Infosys, Ambuja Cements and Lupin.
Top Nifty Losers: Jindal Steel is leading the losers list so far and is down by 2.65%. It is followed by Tata Steel, Hero Motocorp, Sesa Sterlite and Jaiprakash Asso.
On the sectoral front, 9 out of the 13 indices are trading positively. Healthcare remained the top gainer and is trading higher by 87 points. It is followed by IT and Capital Goods which are up by 85 points and 79 points respectively. Mid-caps and Small-caps remain positive and are higher by 25 points and 33 points respectively.
The Asian markets continued to maintain their momentum. The Hang Seng is up by 76 points. Taiwan Index is up by 20 points. Straits Times and KOSPI too were trading on a positive note. However, Nikkei is down by 76 points.
Buzzer: Monsanto India rose 6.69% to hit 52 week high at Rs 1299 in intraday trade. We may observe the stock to move northward in few trading session.
Today Nifty Futures are trading at 6137 level. If we see a closing above the mentioned level, it may indicative of more positive movement ahead.
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