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Post-market: Market for a breather

Thursday, February 18, 2010

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February 18, 2010
Index Performance
Index

Sensex

Nifty
Open 16,421.20 4,915.10
High 16,452.51 4,922.05
Low 16,287.17 4,873.70
Today's Cls 16,327.84 4,887.75
Prev Cls 16,428.91 4,914.00
Change -101.07 -26.25
% Change -0.62 -0.53
 

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

Gainers

BPCL 590.60 4.69
Apollo Hospitals 690.70 4.62
Tata Chemicals  299.80 4.51
IDFC 154.90 3.65
Axis Bank 1,100.80 3.11

Losers

Castrol India 654.00 -8.08
Indiabulls Real Estate 165.15 -5.66
Unitech 71.10 -4.63
Shree Renuka Sugar 184.15 -4.59
Balrampur Chini 111.30 -4.26
Market Statistics
- BSE NSE
Advances 1,060 555
Declines 1,760 1,027
Unchanged 85 46
Volume(Nos) 31.94cr

58.61cr

 Market Commentary 
Market for a breather
Dry overseas cues see domestic indices take a breather after a two-day rally with Reliance Industries down for the day. 
Global signals
European stocks rose for the fourth straight session on Thursday and at the time of writing this report FTSE 100 was up by 0.34%.  
 
All the major Asian indices closed lower. Shanghai Composite and Taiwan index were closed today. SGX Nifty closed 18 points lower.

In USA, investors are looking for key data related to initial claims, continuing claims, PPI of January and leading indicators of January.

Indian indices
At opening bell the Sensex traded seven points lower at 16421, but soon turned positive to hit the day?s high of 16452. However, on news that Reliance Industries has to hike its bid Lyondell Basell, Reliance industries went down and along went the Sensex and Nifty. The low of the day was 16287. At closing bell, the Sensex was 101 points lower at 16328. Nifty closed 26 points lower at 4888.

Market sentiment
The market breadth, the number of advancing shares to declining shares, was Negative. Of the total 2,905 stocks traded on the BSE, 1,760 stocks declined, whereas 1,060 stocks advanced. Eighty-five stocks closed unchanged.

Sectoral & stock screening
In a rather dull trading session, realty, metal and oil & gas scrips were hurt the most; the three being down by 2.12%, 2.01% and 1.37% respectively. Consumer durables (0.52%) banking, information technology, teck and health care however held their fort. The remaining indices were down marginally. 

The star stock was BPCL, up by 4.69%, followed by Apollo Hospital that surged 4.62% and Tata Chemicals that rose 4.51%. Among laggards, Castrol India slid the most by 8.08%, followed by Indiabulls Real Estate that fell 5.66% and Unitech that shed 4.63%.

Viewing volumes
Realty major Unitech saw 0.95 crore shares changing hands on the BSE followed by wind power major Suzlon Energy (0.75 crore shares), Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers (0.34 crore shares), Ispat Industries (0.33 crore shares) and IDFC (0.31 crore shares).

Today's major news

  • Rural Electrification Corporation fixes follow-on public offer (FPO) at Rs203; the stock closes 2.68% lower

  • Suzlon bags 8.7MW order from Larsen & Toubro; the stock slips 3.34%

  • Food inflation rise to 17.97% 

  • Castrol India's Q4 net profit up by 71%; the stock tumbles 8.08%

  • Dishman announces strategic alliance with Codexis; the stock rises 0.77%

European Indices at 16:00 IST on 18-02-2010
Index Level Change (pts) Change (%)
FTSE 100 Index 5298.33 21.69 0.41
CAC 40 Index 3740.90 15.69 0.42
DAX INDEX 5654.79 6.45 0.11
Asian Indices at close on 18-02-2010
Index Level Change (pts) Change (%)
Nikkei 225 10335.69 28.86 0.28
Hang Seng Index 20422.15 111.86 -0.54
Kospi Index 1621.19 6.24 -0.38
Straits Times Index 2769.19 24.87 -0.89
Jakarta Composite Index 2560.03 21.30 -0.83
Shanghai Composite 3018.13 Unchange Unchange

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