Market Pulse - 2 Dec, 2013
Markets closed higher after opening firm in the morning, as better than expected second quarter GDP numbers which were released late Friday evening boosted the market sentiment. The S&P BSE Sensex surged by 106.08 points or 0.51% to 20,898.01 it touched a high of 20,941.00 and a low of 20,770.51. The CNX Nifty also gained up by 41.75 points or 0.68% to 6,217.85 it touched a high of 6,217.85 and a low of 6,171.15 in the intraday.
In sectoral indices barring Oil & Gas index which closed marginally weak by 0.38% all the other sectoral indices closed positive. Healthcare index surged by 2%, Capital Goods, Bankex and Metal indices also gained between 2-1% each. Realty, Auto, IT, Power, FMCG, Consumer Durables and PSU were other gainers. In the broader markets Mid-cap index gained by 0.81% while Small-cap index surged by 1.09% respectively.
Among the index gainers Sun Pharma and Jindal Steel was the top gainers surging by 4.09% and 4.01% followed by Wipro, L&T, and BHEL rising between 3-2% each. ICICI Bank, Tata Steel, Bharti Airtel and Mahindra &anp; Mahindra also gained between 2-1%. Coal India, Hero MotoCorp, Tata Power, TCS and Reliance were some of the other gainers.
Among the index losers were, Hindustan Unilever, ONGC and Gail (India) slipping down between 2-1%, followed by Maruti Suzuki down by 0.96%, Hindalco Inds and Bajaj Auto felling by 0.69% and 0.50%. Infosys, NTPC and HDFC Bank were other losers for the day.
The overall market breadth ended firm positive with 1,464 shares advancing and 1,007 shares declining while 164 shares remained unchanged.
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