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Post-market: Market positive on March F&O expiry

Thursday, March 25, 2010

March 25, 2010 | 5:30 PM

Market positive on March F&O expiry
Market trades volatile on expiry of March F&O contracts and Fitch Ratings cutting Portugal's sovereign outlook to post second straight positive closing. 
Major headlines
  • Zain's board approves Bharti Airtel deal; the stock rises by 2.27%
  • Axis Bank may acquire 5% in Max New York Life; 
    the stock closes lower by 0.54% 
  • Food inflation dips to 16.22% 
Indian indices
Muted global markets, Fitch Ratings downgrading Portugal's sovereign outlook and expiry of March F&O contracts set the pitch for an unappetizing start. The Sensex opened merely 7 points higher and soon turned negative and lingered in red for most part of the day to touch the day?s low ? 68 points lower. However, positive opening in European markets ahead of crucial European Union meeting to help Greece and buying in the Sensex heavyweight Larsen & Toubro and Infosys and capital goods and health care stocks helped the index to turn positive and touch the day?s high of 17575 ?134 points higher. The market remained volatile on the eve of expiry to swing 192 points during the session. At closing bell, the Sensex was at 17451, 108 points higher over its yesterday?s close. The Nifty closed 35 points higher at 5260.

Market sentiment
The market breadth was negative as declining stocks (53%) outdid advancing stocks (45%). The remaining 2% traded unchanged. Of the 2,921 stocks traded on the BSE, 1,530 stocks declined, whereas 1,316 stocks advanced. Seventy-five stocks closed unchanged.

 INDEX PERFORMANCE
Index Close % chg
Sensex 17,558.85 0.62
Nifty

5,260.40

0.67

 
 MARKET INDICATORS 
Top Movers (Group A)
Company Price (Rs) % chg
Gainers
Gujarat NRE Coke

84.65

5.68

Reliance Power

148.90

4.49

Hero Honda

2,022.55

4.39

Losers
NMDC

304.20

-6.87

Sterling Biotech

120.20

-4.49

Syndicate Bank

83.15

-3.09

Market Statistics
s

BSE

NSE

Advances

1,316

751

Declines

1,530

959

Volumes (Rs crore)
Cash (BSE+NSE)

21,955

F&O (NSE)

133,051

Viewing volumes
Industrial finance company IFCI was the most actively traded share with over 0.35 crore shares changing hands on the BSE followed by top gainer of ?A? group Gujarat NRE Coke (0.31 crore shares), India?s second largest realty company Unitech (0.31 crore shares), NMDC (0.26 crore shares) and wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy (0.23 crore shares).

Sectoral and stock screening
Public sector unit (PSU) stocks were the worst performers ? down by 0.82%. Consumer durable and oil & gas were the other two counters that posted losses. The remaining 10 sectors were up, with capital goods index up by 1.09% ? the most for any sector ?to be followed by healthcare counter that advanced 0.94%.

On stocks? front, Gujarat NRE Coke was the star stock of the day, up by 5.68%, followed by Reliance Power that was up by 4.49% and Hero Honda Motors that rose by 4.39%. On losers? list, NMDC was down by 6.87%, followed by Sterling Biotech that fell 4.49% and Syndicate Bank that shed 3.09%. 

Global cues
European stocks rose to 17-month high on Thursday ahead of key European Union meeting to help Greece, while plans by Dubai to support its debt-laden firms provided relief. At the time of writing this report, FTSE 100 was up by 0.38%.

All the major Asian indices closed higher except Shanghai Composite and Hang Seng that closed lower by over 1% each. SGX Nifty closed 34 points higher.

US stock futures opened marginally higher as investors keep an eye on European Union Summit to aid Greece.

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