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Post-market: Market attains 1-1/2 month high
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
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| June 15, 2010 | 5:30 PM | Market attains 1-1/2 month high The domestic indices continue its five-day winning streak to hit the 1-1/2 month high on encouraging advance tax numbers of top Indian firms and supportive global cues | | | | | | Major headlines | - Reliance Industries - Reliance Natural Resources may sign gas pact next week
- Government postpones fuel price hike
- American Towers in talks for Reliance Communications arm
| Indian indices Moody Ratings downgraded sovereign rating for Greece?s to junk status on Monday (June 14, 2010), dropping it four notches from A3 to Ba1. The Indian indices shrugged off the Greece?s debt concerns registering to fifth straight day gains. The encouraging advance tax numbers of top Indian companies and buying in PSU and metal stocks helped the market to edge higher. PSU stocks hog limelight after the government approved 20% stake sale in Hindustan Copper and 10% in Coal India. Anil Dhirbhai Ambani Group (ADAG) stocks surged on the second straight day. Muted global markets and Moody?s downgrade of Greece?s credit rating set the pitch for an unappetising start. The Sensex began the session 17 points higher at 17355 and soon turned negative. The index hovered between the negative and positive territory in the morning trade. The Sensex shifted back to green zone in afternoon session after European markets turned positive erasing initial losses. Late rally in realty and ADAG stocks led the Sensex to hit the day?s high of 17442. During the day, the Sensex and the Nifty touched 1-1/2 month high. The Sensex gained 796 points or 4.8% and the Nifty added 235 points or 4.7% in the last five trading sessions. | | INDEX PERFORMANCE |  | | | | | MARKET INDICATORS |  | | | | | | | | Hindustan Copper | 513.35 | 9.10 | | | | | Indian Oil Corporation | 330.25 | -5.07 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | At finishing line, the Sensex shut shop at 17413, up by 75 points and the Nifty closed above 5200, at 25 points higher at 5222. Market sentiment The market breadth was positive. Of the 2,961 stocks traded on the BSE, 1,650 stocks gained, whereas 1,186 stocks declined. Hundred and twenty five stocks closed unchanged. Viewing volumes ADAG firm - RNRL saw highest trading with over 5.52 crore shares changing hands on the BSE, industrial finance company - IFCI (1.11 crore shares), wind turbine major - Suzlon Energy (1.03 crore shares), ADAG power utility - Reliance power (0.90 crore shares) and India?s second largest developer - Unitech (0.65 crore share). | Sectoral & stock screening Of the 13 sector indices, nine closed higher while four closed lower. Among gainers, BSE Realty surged the most by 2.60% and BSE PSU advanced by 1.61%. On the other hand, BSE Oil & Gas was hit the most by 0.55% and BSE information technology (IT) slid by 0.54%. In ?A? group stocks, the top three gainers - MMTC up by 20.86% on bonus and stock split plan, Reliance Natural Resources Ltd (RNRL) surged by 9.77% on news that the company may sign gas pact with Reliance Industries next week and Hindustan Copper rose by 9.10% after the government approved fresh equity sale. |  | | | | The top three losers - Hindustan Petroleum Corporation down by 6.44%, Bharat Petroleum Corporation lost by 5.55% and Indian Oil Corporation fell by 5.07%. The empowered group of ministers (EGoM), which was supposed to take a decision on fuel price hike, has been postponed indefinitely. The news led the oil & gas stocks to decline. | | | | Global signals European shares erased its morning losses and turned positive as banks trimmed earlier losses. Spain unveiled results of bill auction stating that it sold 5.2 billion euros in 12-month and 18-month bill auction. As of writing this report, FTSE 100 was trading at 0.45% higher. All the major Asian indices closed in the positive territory Seoul Composite (Kospi) index closed marginally lower. SGX Nifty closed 22.50 points higher. The US stock index futures signal marginally higher opening on the Wall Street on Tuesday. Investor will keep an eye on Empire Manufacturing Survey for June. | | | | 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. Any review, retransmission, or any other use is prohibited. Kindly note that this document does not constitute an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. 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