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                      Post-market: ICICI Bank leads to last-lap surge  
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                        Saturday, October 30, 2010   | 
                     
                    
                      
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  |                                                                                                 |                         October                       29, 2010 | 5:30 PM  |                                                                               ICICI Bank leads to last-lap surge                              The domestic markets bounce back in the last half hour of trades, with the Sensex and the Nifty regaining 20000 and 6000 levels led by a spurt in ICICI Bank post Q2 results |                                                                         |                                                         |    |                                                         |             |             |                                              | Major                   headlines                  |                                                                                 - ICICI Bank shoots up on good Q2 results; the stock ends 6.54% higher                                
                  - ITC Q2 net profit surges 23.5% yoy; the stock closes higher by 2.33%                                
                  - Mahindra & Mahindra Q2 net profit up 24% yoy; the stock ends 0.22% lower                                
                                   |                                                 Indian indices                    The domestic markets recovered on late buying in the last half hour of trades and closed on a positive note, breaking three-day losing trend. The Sensex and the Nifty regained important psychological levels of 20000 and 6000 respectively led by heavyweights like ICICI Bank and ITC post their strong performance in quarterly earnings. Reliance Industries, Larsen & Toubro, HDFC Bank, NTPC and Hindustan Unilever also supported the markets. The Sensex outperformed the Mid-cap (down 0.87%) and Small-cap (down 1.50%) indices.                                         Buying was seen in fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), oil & gas, consumer durables and capital goods companies? stocks. However, the indices were extremely volatile in trades, as on the other side, selling was seen in metal, realty, technology and private power companies' shares along with State Bank of India, Tata Motors, Hero Honda, Housing Development Finance Corporation, Punjab National Bank, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries.                                        The Sensex began the session 45 point higher at 19986. The index soon slipped for brief period in early trades.                                                            |                                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |  INDEX                               PERFORMANCE |                                |                               |                                                                               |                                            |                          |                                                                                                                                            |                                                  |                                                                                                                                                    |  MARKET                               INDICATORS  |                                |                               |                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                  |                                                                   |                                                  |                                                                   |                                                  |                                                                                                                                                    | Glenmark                               Pharma |                                                              339.80  |                                                              7.40  |                                                                               |                                                                   |                                                  |                                                                                                                                                    | Shriram                               Transport |                                                              882.25  |                                                              4.61  |                                                                               |                                                                   |                                                  |                                                                                                                                                    | Tata                               Chemicals  |                                                              390.20  |                                                              -8.53  |                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                    | Financial                               Technologies |                                                              986.30  |                                                              -7.22  |                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                    | Bharat                               Electronics |                                                              1,632.30  |                                                              -5.55  |                                                                        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                           |                                                                                                 |                                        |                                                      |                                            |                                                             |                                                        |                                        |                                            |                      |             |             |                                        |       The Sensex hovered between the negative and positive terrain throughout the morning session. The index started to decline in the afternoon session, hitting the day?s low of 19769 as the European stocks turned negative. Later, the Sensex bounced back to hit the day?s high of 20080 in the last hour of trades as tremendous buying was seen in heavyweights like ICICI Bank and ITC.                 |                                                        |         Market Outlook:  In the US tonight, we have gross domestic products (GDP) and consumer sentiment data releases.       |                      At the finishing line, the Sensex closed at 20032, higher by 91 points. The Nifty shut at 6018, up by 30 points.                                Bond and Rupee update: The Indian rupee opened at 44.49 per dollar versus 44.52. The bond market is likely to be cautious in the near future on higher industrial production rate, tight liquidity and Reserve Bank of India's possible action to control inflation.               Market sentiment                Despite of domestic indices closing in green, the market breadth was unconstructive as falling stocks outpaced the rising ones. Of the 3,098 stocks on the BSE, 2,137 slipped while 865 gained. Ninety-six stocks traded unchanged.                                                Viewing volumes            Public sector bank - UCO Bank was the most traded, with over 0.58 crore shares changing hands on the BSE, followed by industrial finance company - IFCI (0.56 crore shares), Essar Group firm ? Essar Oil (0.46 crore shares), another public sector bank ? IDBI Bank (0.37 crore shares) and wind turbine major ? Suzlon Energy (0.21 crore shares).                                                  |                                           Sectoral & stock screening                  Banking stocks did well for the day, with the BSE Bankex rising by 1.52% led by a surge in ICICI Bank post Q2 results. The BSE FMCG was second gainer in the sectoral list, advanced by 1.30%, followed by BSE Oil & Gas that rose by 0.69%. On the other hand, BSE Metal lost by 1.31%, followed by BSE Realty and BSE Power that fell by 1.16% and 0.89% respectively                                    Among 'A' group stocks, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals was the topper, up by 7.40%, followed by ICICI Bank that rose by 6.54% on strong Q2 results and Shriram Transport Finance that jumped by 4.61%.                                     |                                            |                          |                                |             |                         Among losers, Tata Chemicals slid the most by 8.53% on poor Q2 results, followed by Financial Technologies that fell by 7.22% and Bharat Electronics that declined by 5.55% on weak Q2 results.                                            |                               |             |             |                                                                                             |                Global signals                  European shares fell slightly, with miners weaker on lower metal prices and traders cautious ahead of the third-quarter US GDP data and the Federal Reserve's statement on quantitative easing next week.                                    All the major Asian indices closed in the negative zone except Straits times that ended the session 0.48% higher.                                    The US stock index futures point to a lower opening on the Wall Street ahead of GDP data. The earnings of Chevron, Merck & Co, Cigna and Nasdaq OMX will be out today. 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