Today Stock Mkts close moderately down: Bank, realty weak; FMCG up

The markets were seen consolidating in today's session as it closed lower with moderate losses. Selling pressure was seen in bank, oil & gas, realty stocks. However, FMCG and IT index has outperformed other sectoral indices. The BSE midcap and smallcap closed with marginal losses.
On the global front, Asia markets ended mixed and Europe was also trading mixed.
Sensex closed down 91.15 points or 0.52% at 17287.31, and the Nifty down 29.60 points or 0.57% at 5165.90.
About 1378 shares have advanced, 1488 shares declined, and 216 shares are unchanged.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 7,138.74 down 0.1%.
The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 8,773.57 down 0.1%.

The BSE Bankex ended at 8,816.99 down 1.7%. Bank of India, Andhra Bank, Kotak Mahindra, Oriental Bank, Allahabad Bank moved downwards.

The BSE Capital Goods Index closed up 0.2% at 13,755.04. Praj Industries, AIA Engineering, Rel Ind Infra, Kirloskar Oil, Bharat Bijlee, Astra Microwave, Lakshmi Machine closed higher

The BSE Auto Index closed at 4,708.32 up 1%. TVS Motor, Mah and Mah, Bosch, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Hind Motors, Maruti Suzuki, Punj Tractors closed higher.

The BSE Metal Index closed at 16,090.20 down 0.6%. Hind Zinc, Sterlite, NALCO, Shree Precoated, Mah Seamless, Jindal Steel, Jindal Saw, JindalStainless closed lower.

The BSE FMCG Index closed up 2% at 2,460.78. Colgate, ITC, Godrej Consumer, HUL, GlaxoSmith Con closed higher.

BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 11,480.55 down 1.6%. GAIL, Reliance Natura, HPCL, RPL,ONGC, Reliance, ONGC ended in red.

BSE power index closed flat at 3,207.81. Torrent Power, NTPC, Reliance Energy, Tata Power, Power Grid Corp, ended lower.

The BSE IT Index was up 0.2% at 4,244.56. Wipro, I-Flex Solution, Patni Computer, Tech Mahindra, TCS, Infosys closed higher.

Mkt trades weak: Bank, oil dowm; FMCG, IT up

The markets are trading weak with moderate losses on account of selling pressure in bank, oil & gas, realty stocks. However, FMCG and IT index has outperformed other sectoral indices. The BSE midcap and smallcap are trading with marginal gain.

On the global front, Asia markets ended mixed and Europe was also trading mixed.

At 1.48 hrs IST, the Sensex is up 6.02 points or 0.03% at 17384.48, and the Nifty down 14.05 points or 0.27% at 5181.45.

About 1485 shares have advanced, 1376 shares declined, and 221 shares are unchanged.

The BSE IT index was up nearly 2% at 4317 and FMCG index was up 1% at 2438.

Top losers on the bourses are HDFC, Grasim and ICICI Bank, Cairn India and NALCO.

Top gainers on the bourses are Infosys, Tata Motors, TCS, BPCL and SAIL are among major gainers

Mkts trading near day's lows; Nifty below 5200 level

The markets are trading near day’s lows as bank, oil & gas, realty stocks witnessing selling pressure. However, IT index has outperformed other sectoral indices. The BSE midcap and smallcap are trading with marginal gain.

At 12.40 pm, the Sensex is down 62.96 points or 0.36% at 17315.50, and the Nifty down 28.85 points or 0.56% at 5166.65.

About 1553 shares have advanced, 1303 shares declined, and 226 shares are unchanged.

The BSE IT index was up nearly 2% at 4317 and FMCG index was up 1% at 2438.

Top losers on the bourses are HDFC, Grasim and ICICI Bank, Cairn India and NALCO.

Top gainers on the bourses are Infosys, Tata Motors, TCS, BPCL and SAIL are among major gainers

Mkts choppy; Realty, auto, power stks up

Markets have given up its morning gains and are hovering around yesterday’s close. Buying interest is seen in realty, auto and power stocks. However, bank, IT and metal stocks are witnessing selling pressure.

At 10.48 am, the Sensex is up 4.99 points or 0.03% at 17383.45, and the Nifty up 8.50 points or 0.16% at 5204.00.



About 1708 shares have advanced, 1150 shares declined, and 224 shares are unchanged.



Top gainers on the bourses are Reliance Comm, Tata Motors, M&M, Idea Cellular and Maruti Suzuki.

Most active shares on BSE are Sesa Goa, Reliance Petro and Indiabulls Sec.

Mkt opens with good gains; DLF, Rel Comm up

The markets have opened with good gain. Nifty trading above 5200 mark. DLF, Reliance Comm, JP Associate are witnessing buiyng interest ahead of their earnings.

At 19.56 am, the Sensex was up points 91 at 17468, and the Nifty was up 23 points at 5218.50.

Unitech, Hindalco, Sayam, Suzlon, Dr Reddy Labs are among major gainers.

IFCI, Nagarjuna Fertiliser are among major losers.

Asian Markets:

Asian markets were trading firm. Hong Kong's Hang Seng slipped 0.17% or 43.10 points at 25,871.05. Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted gained 0.41% or 36.80 points at 8,928.54.
Singapore's Straits Times was up 0.06% or 1.75 points at 3,174.11. South Korea's Seoul Composite rose 0.29% or 5.21 points at 1,816.72.

US Markets:

US markets ended almost flat as the markets are still jittery ahead of the Fed decision and the tide turned towards technology stocks. Among the tech pack, Google and Apple gained over a percent. IBM also rose 1% as it announced that it is raising its dividend by 25%. The Dow lost 39 points to close at 12,832. The Nasdaq however shut almost 2 points higher at 2,426. While the S&P 500 closed 5 points lower at 1,391.

F&O cues:
Futures Open Int up by Rs 3,442 cr, Options Open Int up by Rs 3,242 crore
Nifty Futures add 13 lakh shares in Open Int, at 23-point premium
Nifty Open Int Put-Call ratio at 1.36 Vs 1.37
Nifty Puts add 21 lakh, Calls add 16 lakh shares in Open Int
Nifty 5000 Put adds 4.5 lakh shares in Open Int
Nifty 5100 Put adds 3.5 lakh shares in Open Int
Nifty 5200 Call adds 4.2 lakh shares in Open Int
Nifty 5400 Call adds 4.2 lakh shares in Open Int
Stock Futures add 4 cr shares in Open Int

Market cues:
Results today: DLF, Rel Comm, Hindalco, HDFC, JP Assoc
FIIs net buy $20.1 mn in equity on Apr 28
MFs net sell Rs 199.6 cr in equity on Apr 28
NSE F&O Open Int up by Rs 6,684 crore at Rs 60,856 crore


Source : moneycontrol.com