Firm Markets

Markets have surged on the back of Repo and Reverse Repo remained unchanged by RBI. However, RBI hikes CRR by 25 BPS to 8.25%. On the sectoral front, metal and banking indices trading higher. The BSE mid-cap and small cap indices were trading marginally up.

At 12.23 pm, the Sensex was up 279.08 points or 1.64% at 17295.04, and the Nifty was up 65.30 points or 1.28% at 5154.95.

About 1670 shares have advanced, 1195 shares declined, and 215 Shares are unchanged.

Top gainers on the Sensex are HDFC, Tata Steel and Jaiprakash Asso.
Top losers on the Sensex Bharti Airtel, BHEL and Infosys.

Mkt trading with modest gains; Metal, pharma up over 1%

The markets are trading with modest gain ahead of credit policy announcement. Buying interest seen in metal, pharma, consumer durable, auto Stocks
At 10.36 am, the Sensex was up 29.68 points or 0.17% at 17045.64, and the Nifty was down 0.65 points or 0.01% at 5089.00.

About 1563 shares have advanced, 1291 shares declined, and 226 shares are unchanged.

Top gainers on the bourses are Tata Steel, Jaiprakash Asso, Ranbaxy Labs, Dr Reddys Labs and Tata Comm.

Top losers on the Sensex Bharti Airtel, BHEL and Infosys.
Most active shares on BSE are Rel Capital, Glenmark and Sesa Goa.Market opens flat; Siemens, Rel Energy up
The markets have opened flat ahead of RBI credit policy annoucement. Relaince Energy, Idea Cellular, Tata Steel, Power Grid, Nalco witnessing buying interest.
Siemens was up 5% on the back of good results and approved bonus
At 9.56 am, the Sensex was up 60 points at 17075, and the Nifty up 15 points at 5104.
US markets finished flat as concerns about the Federal Reserve's rate decision kept a lid on activity. Wrigley shares soared 23% on news that Buffett is teaming up with Candy Maker Mars to buy the gum maker for 22 billion dollars.
The Interest-rate decision and Friday's Nonfarm Payroll Data are likely to dominate the market sentiment as the week progresses.
The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 20.11 points, or 0.16%, to 12,871.75. The 500 index fell 1.47 Standard & Poor's points, or 0.11%, to 1,396.37, and the Nasdaq composite index gained 1.47 points, or 0.06%, to 2,424.40.
Asian markets trading mixed. Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.28% 75.05 points at 25,738.34. However, Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted declined 0.25% or 18.05 points at 9,057.34. Singapore's Straits Times 0.77% or 24.64 points at 3,176.99. South Korea's Seoul Composite fell 0.45% or 8.14 points at 1,815.03.
Market cues:
RBI to present monetary policy today
CNBC-TV18 poll says repo rate hike likely
FIIs net buy $86.5 m in equity on Apr 25
MFs net sell Rs 73.4 cr in equity on Apr 25
NSE F&O Open Interest up by Rs 1,625 crore at Rs 55,798 crore

F&O cues:
Nifty Futures turnover at Rs 7,552 cr vs avg of Rs 14,720 cr
Stock Futures turnover at Rs 14,644 cr Vs avg of Rs 16,620 cr
Futures Open Int up by Rs 542 crore, Options Open Int up by Rs 1,083 crore
Nifty Futures add 7 lakh shares in OI, at 17-pt premium
Nifty Open Interest PCR at 1.37 Vs 1.40
Nifty Puts, Calls add 7 lakh shares each in Open Interest
Nifty 4800 Put adds 2.4 lakh shares in Open Interest
Nifty 5000 Put adds 1.6 lakh shares in Open Interest
Nifty 5100 Call adds 2.5 lakh shares in Open Interest
Nifty 5200 Call adds 1.2 lakh shares in Open Interest
Stock Futures add 74 lakh shares in Open Interest