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Post-market: Up for second day

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

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February 17, 2010
Index Performance
Index

Sensex

Nifty
Open 16,228.91 4,858.65
High 16,480.89 4,929.70
Low 16,228.91 4,857.60
Today's Cls 16,428.91 4,914.00
Prev Cls 16,226.68 4,855.75
Change 202.23 58.25
% Change 1.25 1.20
 

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

Gainers

Videocon Industries 237.45 8.67
Godrej Industries 160.40 8.20
Mundra Port 683.15 7.35
Tata Steel 584.90 6.37
Aban Offshore 1,273.25 5.34

Losers

Indiabulls Real Estate 175.05 -3.29
Bharat Forge 251.25 -2.16
CESC 387.00 -1.93
NMDC 480.55 -1.73
Jain Irrigation 859.60 -1.56
Market Statistics
- BSE NSE
Advances 1,702 1,088
Declines 1,117 539
Unchanged 91 56
Volume(Nos) 34.37cr

61.22cr

 Market Commentary 
Up for second day
Rebound in most of overseas markets sees domestic markets continue their northbound journey for the second consecutive day 
Global signals
European indices rose for the third consecutive day, after forecast beating results from BNP Paribas led banking stocks to rise. At the time of writing this report FTSE 100 is up by 0.76%.  
 
All the major Asian indices closed higher. Shanghai Composite was closed today. SGX Nifty closed 18 points higher.

US stock futures opened higher ahead of key data on industrial production for January that will be declared later in the day.

Indian indices
Capitalising on buoyant global cues, Indian indices closed higher for the second straight session on gains in heavyweights like Tata Steel, Hindalco Industries and Reliance Industries. The Sensex opened three points higher at 16229 and never looked back. Tremendous buying in consumer durable and metal stocks helped the Sensex to touch the day?s high of 16481. At finishing line, the Sensex was at 16429, 202 points higher over its yesterday?s close. Nifty closed 58 points higher at 4914.

Market sentiment
The market breadth was positive. Of 2,910 stocks traded on the BSE, 1,702 stocks advanced, whereas 1,117 stocks declined. Ninety-one stocks closed unchanged

Sectoral & stock screening
Metal and consumer durables drew interest, while realty and information technology scrips fell slightly out of favour. Of the 13 sector indices only BSE BSE Realty (down 0.93%) and BSE IT (down 0.36%) were lower. The remaining 10 sector indices closed higher. BSE Consumer Durable (CD) surged by 3.59%?the most for any indices?followed by BSE Metal that rose 3.22% for the day.

On stocks front, the top three gainers were Videocon Industries (up 8.67%), Godrej Industries (up 8.20%) and Mundra Port (up 7.35%). The top two losers were Indiabulls Real Estate (down 3.29%) and Bharat Forge (down 2.16%). 

Viewing volumes
Wind power major Suzlon Energy was the most actively traded share with over 0.53 crore shares changing hands on the BSE followed by India?s second largest infrastructure company Unitech (0.35 crore shares), Steel major Tata Steel (0.33 crore shares), industrial finance company IFCI (0.28 crore shares) and India?s leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel (0.28 crore shares).

Today's major news

  • HDFC extends home loan offer at 8.25%; the stock rises 1.30%

  • Larsen & Toubro to invest $400 million; the stock closes 1.93% higher

  • F&O Inclusion lights up Videocon Industries; the stock shots up 8.67%

  • Areva T&D hardens on winning order; the stock jumps 4.07%

  • Tata Consultancy Services to review salary hikes by month-end; the stock finishes the day 0.44% higher

European Indices at 16:00 IST on 17-02-2010
Index Level Change (pts) Change (%)
FTSE 100 Index 5284.82 40.76 0.78
CAC 40 Index 3724.81 55.77 1.52
DAX INDEX 5647.22 55.10 0.99
Asian Indices at close on 17-02-2010
Index Level Change (pts) Change (%)
Nikkei 225 10306.83 272.58 2.72
Hang Seng Index 20534.01 265.32 1.31
Kospi Index 1627.43 26.38 1.65
Straits Times Index 2794.06 35.16 1.27
Jakarta Composite Index 2581.34 22.83 0.89
Shanghai Composite 3018.13 Unchanged Unchanged

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