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Pre-market: Market heads for flat opening
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010 |
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| March 18, 2010 | 8.30 AM | Market heads for flat opening The Indian indices are expected to open flat on back of the mixed signals from the Asian markets. | | | | | | Headlines for the day | - Quippo buys TTML's towers, now largest independent firm?Business Standard
- HDIL qualified institutional placement fails as realty turns pariah?DNA Money
| Events for the day | - Weekly inflation to be announced today
- United Bank of India to be listed today
- Ex-date for bonus issue: Indo Asian Finance (2:1), IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects and Suprajit Engineering (1:1)
- Ex-date for stock split: Murli Industries (from Rs10 to Re1) and Suprajit Engineering (from Rs5 to Re1)
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| | STOCK TO WATCH |  | | | | | | | FOREX |  | | | | | | | | | | | | INDIAN INDICES |  | | | | | | Indices | Support | Resistance | | | | | The market may open flat as Asian indices are exhibiting mixed trends in the morning trades. Although the bias remains positive, investors should maintain cautious as profit taking at higher levels may pull down the market. Among the local indices the Nifty could test 5092 on the downside while on the upper side it may move up to 5300. The Sensex has a likely support at 17000 and may face resistance at 17775. | | | | | FII/MF ACTIVITIES |  | | | As on 17-03-2010 | FII (Rs cr) | MF* (Rs cr) | | Gross purchase | 4401.60 | 682.90 | | Gross sale | 3048.90 | 799.50 | | Net investment | 1352.80 | (116.60) | | | | Daily trend of FII/MF investment in equities On March 17, 2010, the foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were the net buyers of the Indian stocks to the tune of Rs1352.80 crore, whereas the domestic mutual funds, on March 12, 2010, were the net sellers of the stocks to the tune of Rs116.60 crore. | | | | GLOBAL INDICES |  | | | | | | | The European shares hit a 17-month closing high on Wednesday, March 17, 2010, with banking, miners and energy stocks gaining from the US Federal Reserve's (Fed) pledge to keep interest rates near zero for an extended period. The US stocks gained on Wednesday, after a benign February inflation reading supported the Fed's renewed pledge of low interest rates. In today's trade, all the Asian indices are trading in the mix trend. At the time of writing this report, SGX Nifty was trading 6.50 point flat. | | | | Commodity cues In the commodity space, the Crude oil prices extended gains for the second consecutive session, with the Nymex light crude oil for the April series rose by $1.23 per barrel, whereas in the metals space, the Comex Gold for the April series rose by $1.80 and the Comex Silver for the May series was up by $0.17 to a troy ounce respectively. | COMMODITIES |  | | | Commodity | Level ($) | Chg ($) | | | | | | | | | Manage your newsletter subscriptions | | | | | | | To know more about our products and services, click here. | | | | | | ?This document has been prepared by Sharekhan Ltd. This Document is subject to changes without prior notice and is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed to and may contain confidential and/or privileged material and is not for any type of circulation. 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