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Post-market: Fed tightening bearish

Friday, February 19, 2010

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February 19, 2010
Index Performance
Index

Sensex

Nifty
Open 16,256.53 4,887.30
High 16,301.94 4,887.30
Low 16,074.58 4,805.55
Today's Cls 16,191.63 4,844.90
Prev Cls 16,327.84 4,887.75
Change -136.21 -42.85
% Change -0.83 -0.88
 

Market Indicators
Top Movers (Group A)
Company Price 
(Rs)
%
chg

Gainers

GSK Pharma 1,649.65 4.30
Financial Tech 1,497.30 2.25
Educomp Solution 708.50 1.88
Tata Chemicals 295.55 1.48
Godrej Cons 260.05 1.38

Losers

Indiabulls Real Estate 154.90 -6.21
GVK Power 42.00 -4.76
Nagarjuna Construction 152.90 -4.62
Lanco Infra 47.15 -4.55
Chambal Fertiliser 68.25 -4.48
Market Statistics
- BSE NSE
Advances 796 353
Declines 2,018 1,294
Unchanged 65 28
Volume(Nos) 30.00cr

60.37cr

 Market Commentary 
Fed tightening bearish
US Federal Reserve hiking the discount rate and weak realty and metal stocks see market down for the second day in the trot.
Global signals
European indices fell on early trades after a four-day winning streak owing to Federal Reserve move on raised discount rate. At the time of writing this report, FTSE 100 was down 0.19%.  
 
All the major Asian indices closed lower. Shanghai Composite was closed today. SGX Nifty closed 40 points lower.

US stock futures opened weak on Friday after the Federal Reserve raised emergency lending rates it charges banks.

Indian indices
Indian markets closed lower on second straight day on the back of continuous selling in realty and metal stocks and weak global cues after the US Federal Reserve hiked lending rates. The Sensex opened 71 points lower at 16256 and droped further. The day?s high was 16302 and the low was 16074. At finishing line, the Sensex closed at 16191, 136 points lower. Nifty closed 43 points down at 4845.

Market sentiment
The market breadth was negative. Of 2,879 stocks traded on the BSE, 796 stocks advanced, whereas 2,018 stocks declined. Sixty-five stocks closed unchanged

Sectoral & stock screening
Out of the 13 sector indices on the BSE, only BSE HC (up 0.07%) closed higher. The remaining indices ended lower. Among loser BSE Realty dips the most by 3.37% followed by BSE Metal that declined by 2.49% for the day.

On stocks front, Glaxosmithkline Pharma surged the most by 4.30% followed by Financial Technologies that rose 2.25% and Educomp Solutions that jumped 1.88%. Among losers, Jaiprakash Associates slid the most by 4.35% followed by DLF that slipped 4.10%. 

Viewing volumes
Unitech was the most actively traded share with over 1.18 crore shares changing hands on the BSE followed by Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals (0.58 crore shares), wind power major Suzlon Energy (0.57 crore shares), public sector fertilizer company Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers (0.43 crore shares) and industrial finance company IFCI (0.33 crore shares).

Today's major news
  • Zuari Industries flares up on urea price hike; the stock jumps 3.31%
  • Unichem Laboratories receives CEP for two drugs; the stock rises 0.59%
  • Larsen & Toubro plans big in wind and hydro-power generation; the stock is down 0.06%
  • Himalya launches ?Himalya Fresh?; the stock closes 0.69% lower
  • Jain Irrigation inks memorandum of understanding with IRRI; the stock drops 1.99%
European Indices at 16:00 IST on 19-02-2010
Index Level Change (pts) Change (%)
FTSE 100 Index 5320.07 -5.02 -0.09
CAC 40 Index 3734.5 9.29 0.25
DAX INDEX 5660.55 -19.86 -0.35
Asian Indices at close on 19-02-2010
Index Level Change (pts) Change (%)
Nikkei 225 10123.58 -212.11 -2.05
Hang Seng Index 19894.02 -528.13 -2.59
Kospi Index 1593.9 -27.29 -1.68
Straits Times Index 2757.14 -12.05 -0.44
Jakarta Composite Index 2554.376 -5.65 -0.22
Shanghai Composite 3018.13 Unchange Unchange

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