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Sharekhan Pre-Market Report dated February 20, 2008
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 |
| Market Round-up 9:45 am IST | | Weak global indices may weigh | Market may open in the red on the back of weak Asian indices and may witness sideways movements later for the day. | Weakness in the global indices could make the investors jittery from taking any fresh position. FIIs remaining net sellers in equities and the Nymex crude touching the $100 mark a barrel is also likely to weigh on the investor sentiment. Among the key local indices, the Nifty could decline to 5,225 or 5,040 on the downside while on the upside there is a near term resistance at 5,500. The Sensex has a likely support at 17,140 and may face resistance at 19,000.
US indices ended weak on Tuesday as oil prices settled at a record $100.01 a barrel and spike in gold prices rose the worries about the inflation's impact on the weak economy. While the Dow Jones lost 11 points to close at 12,337, the Nasdaq ended 16 points lower at 2,306.
Most of the Indian ADRs ended in the red on the US bourses. HDFC Bank fell 1.31% while Infosys, Wipro, Dr Reddy's, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank and MTNL declined around 0.5% -1% each and rest ended with the marginal gains.
Oil prices rose to $100 for the first time on concerns that OPEC will cut the output and geopolitical tensions in Venezuela and Nigeria. The Nymex light crude oil for March delivery jumped by $4.51 to close at $100.01. In the commodity space, the Comex gold for April series rallied sharply by $23.70 to settle at $929.80 a troy ounce.
| Daily trend of FII/MF investment in equities On Feb 18 2008, FIIs were net sellers of stocks to the tune of Rs115.90 crore (purchases worth Rs1,766.90 crore and sales of Rs1,882.80 crore) while domestic mutual funds were net sellers of stocks to the tune of Rs45.10 crore (purchases worth Rs495.50 crore and sales of Rs540.60 crore). | | | | A look at the Indian ADRs | | Company Name | Last Close ($) | % Change | Infosys | 41.04 | -0.29 | Satyam | 26.30 | 0.42 | Wipro | 11.49 | -0.35 | Dr.Reddy's | 13.76 | -0.22 | Tata Motors | 18.43 | -0.43 | ICICI Bank | 58.77 | -1.04 | HDFC Bank | 115.59 | -1.31 | MTNL | 6.25 | -0.95 | VSNL | 25.15 | 2.36 | Rediff | 8.81 | 0.80 | | | (Indian ADRs: Indian companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange) | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | Nikkei | 13576.20 | -181.71 | -1.32 | Hang Seng | 23898.95 | -224.22 | -0.93 | Kospi Index | 1695.89 | -24.63 | -1.43 | Straits Times | 3065.42 | -32.64 | -1.05 | Jakarta Composite | 2697.94 | -13.93 | -0.51 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | FTSE 100 | 5966.90 | 20.30 | 0.34 | CAC 40 Index | 4885.83 | 24.03 | 0.49 | Dax Index | 7002.29 | 34.74 | 0.50 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | Dow Jones | 12337.22 | -10.99 | -0.09 | Nasdaq | 2306.20 | -15.60 | -0.67 | | | | | To know more about our products and services, click here. | Note: If you are getting the Pre-market Report later than usual for some reason, you can access it on our website Sharekhan.com in the Live Markets section in two parts at 9:30am and 9:45am. | "This document has been prepared by Sharekhan Ltd. 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