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Post-market: Its bears turn today

Thursday, February 4, 2010

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February 04, 2010
Index Performance
Index

Sensex

Nifty
Open 16,500.29 4,931.30
High 16,508.22 4,931.30
Low 16,188.20 4,832.35
Today's Cls 16,224.95 4,845.35
Prev Cls 16,496.05 4,931.85
Change -271.10 -86.50
% Change -1.64 -1.75
 

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

Gainers

P&G 1,854.65 5.55
Gail India 418.20 3.14
MMTC 34,650.30 1.68
Godrej Consumer 241.60 1.36
Central Bank 149.15 1.19

Losers

JP Hydro 65.75 -6.54
Hindalco Industries 146.15 -6.37
RNRL 64.40 -6.12
GMR Infra 55.20 -5.96
Jai Corp 284.75 -5.38
Market Statistics
- BSE NSE
Advances 836 396
Declines 2,003 1,299
Unchanged 60 31
Volume(Nos) 36.42cr

65.65cr

 Market Commentary 
Its bears turn today
Weak overseas cues and leads and selling in realty and metal stocks drags the Sensex 271 points down.
Global signals
The European markets extended their losses on Thursday, as banking shares dropped the most led by Deutsche Bank and Santander. At the time of writing this report FTSE 100 was down by 0.86%.  
 
Among major Asian indices, all the indices closes lower except Kospi that closed marginally higher. SGX Nifty fell 95 points.

US stock futures opened marginal lower ahead of data for first-time claims for jobless benefits for the week ended January 30 and data related to December factory orders.

Indian indices
It seems if bears and bulls are taking turns to leave investors restive. Where the bulls pushed the bears to the wall yesterday, today bears took the turn. On glum cues from overseas markets, the Sensex opened mere four points higher, but soon turned negative and continued to slid all along the day. Realty and metal bears stocks pushed the index to the day?s low of 16189. The day?s high was 16508. At closing bell, the Sensex was at 16496, 271 points lower. Nifty closed at 4845, 86 points lower. 

Sensex sentiment
The declining stocks outnumbered the advancing stocks. Of the 2,899 stocks traded on the BSE, 2003 stocks declined, whereas 836 stocks advanced. Sixty stocks closed unchanged.

Sectoral & stock screening
Bears drubbed all the sectors with the interest rate sensitive realty sector tumbling the most, posing a loss of 3.89%. After yesterday?s rally, metal stocks were trapped in profit booking pushed the sector index 3.36% down. Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) the defensive sector stood least affected among the 13 sector indices.

The star stock for the day was Procter & Gamble that was up by 5.55% to be followed by GAIL India that surged 3.14% and MMTC that rose 1.67%. Among laggards Jaiprakash Hydro slid the most by 6.54%, followed by Aluminum major Hindalco that fell 6.37% and Reliance Natural Resources that shed 6.12%.

Viewing volumes
Industrial finance company IFCI saw highest trading with over 0.73 crore shares changing hands on the BSE followed by realty major Unitech (0.70 crore shares), wind turbine major Suzlon Energy (0.61 crore shares), Reliance Natural Resources (0.58 crore shares) and Ispat Industries (0.41 crore shares).

Today's major news

  • State Bank of India expands its business in North India; the stock closes 2.45% lower

  • Shipping Corporation of India in line for a 20% government stake sale: the stock ends the day 2.05% lower

  • Simmonds Marshall?s stock split news: the stock jumps 10%

  • Rishi Laser shines on winning export order; the stock rises 0.36%

  • ACC?s CY2009 net profit zooms by 32%; the stock slid 2.90% 

European Indices at 16:00 IST on 04-02-2010
Index Level Change (pts) Change (%)
FTSE 100 Index 5213.28 -39.87 -0.76
CAC 40 Index 3768.60 -24.87 -0.66
DAX INDEX 5642.27 -29.82 -0.53
Asian Indices at close on 04-02-2010
Index Level Change (pts) Change (%)
Nikkei 225 10355.98 -48.35 -0.46
Hang Seng Index 20341.64 -380.44 -1.84
Kospi Index 1616.42 1.40 0.09
Straits Times Index 2744.98 -19.86 -0.72
Jakarta Composite Index 2593.22 -11.33 -0.43
Shanghai Composite 2995.31 -8.52 -0.28

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