Market Pulse - 6 Dec, 2013

Market Pulse - 6 Dec, 2013

Markets ended the day marginally higher, rising for second consecutive day. The S&P BSE Sensex advanced by 38.72 points or .18% to 20,996.53. It touched a high of 21,049.84 and a low of 20,922.45. The CNX Nifty gained by 18.80 points or 0.30% to 6,259.90. It touched a high of 6,275.35 and a low of 6,230.75 in the intraday.

Among the sectoral indices barring IT sectoral index which closed negative by 0.06% all the other sectoral indices closed in green. Power index surged by 2.27%, Consumer Durables advanced by 1.24%, Capital Goods and Metal indices gaining by 0.81% and 0.63%. Bankex, Realty, Oil & Gas, Auto and Healthcare were other sectoral gainers. In the broader markets Mid-cap index closed up by 0.49% while Small-cap index advanced by 0.37% respectively.

Among the index gainers Tata Power leading the list by spurting 5.57%, Coal India and NTPC followed by rising 3.58% and 3.44%, Hero MotoCorp gaining by 2.33% and ONGC also gaining by 1.31%. L&T, ITC, Sesa Sterlite, Sun Pharma, Gail (India), ICICI Bank, TCS, Cipla and Wipro were other gainers on the list.

Among the index losers were HDFC and Hindalco Inds losing by 1.65% and 1.07%, HIndustan Unilever and Bharti Airtel both declining by 0.98%, HDFC Bank and Infosys also were down by 0.79% and 0.73%, while Reliance Industries and Maruti Suzuki fell marginally by 0.30% and 0.20%.

Market breadth was from positive with 1,328 shares advancing and 1,178 shares declining while 160 shares remained unchanged.

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