01 April, 2013

Market Pulse - 01 Apr, 2013

Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 17:30 PM
Markets closed marginally positive.

Markets closed marginally positive after opening firm positive in the morning and trading almost flat to negative in noon session as weak Asian bourses impacted Indian market. Sensex closed 28.98 points or 0.15% at 18,864.75 after opening up by 55.04 points or 0.29% at 18,890.81 and touching a high of 18,959.48 and a low of 18,796.60, while Nifty ended up by 21.85 points or 0.38% at 5,704.40 after opening up by 14.80 points or 0.26% at 5,697.35 and striking a high of 5,720.95 and a low of 5,675.90 in th eday.

Sector wise, except for Metal, Auto and FMCG were only indices which closed negative down by 1.22%, 0.75% and 0.04% all other indices ended positive with Realty index leading the list surging up by 5.37% followed by indices like Capital Goods and Power gaining by 1.68% and 1.09%, Healthcare advanced up by 0.97%, Bankex up by 0.63%, Oil & Gas, Consumer Durables and PSU edged up by 0.42% while IT ended up by 0.36%. In broader markets, Mid-cap index gained up by 1.28% and Small-cap index surged up by 2.30%.

Major stock gainers were, Dr Reddys Laboratories surged up by 3.34%, BHEL gaining up by 2.83%, Larsen & Toubro advanced up by 2.18%, Infosys gained up by 1.85%, Cipla Limited, Hindustan Unilever and NTPC up between 1.20%-1%, State Bank of India, Tata Steel Limited and ICICI Bank Limited up between 1%-0.60%, Reliance Industries Limited, Gail (India) and Bharti Airtel up between 0.60%-0.50% while Maruti Suzuki and Hindalco Industries marginally up by 0.27% and 0.22% reapectively.

Major stock losers were, Sterlite Industries dropped down by 4.37%, Jindal Steel & Power Limited, Tata Motors Limited, Coal India Limited, Wipro Limited, ONGC and Tata Consultancy Services dropped down between 2%-1%, ITC declined by 0.91%, Mahindra & Mahindra down by 0.79%, Tata Power Company and Bajaj Auto fell by 0.62%, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Hero Motocorp and HDFC declined by 0.53%, 0.41% and 0.33% each while HDFC Bank Limited tad down by 0.03%.

Overall market breadth was firm positive with 1,874 shares advanced compared to 869 shares declined while 92 shares remained unchanged.

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