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Post-market: Markets break 4-day rally as profit booking weighs
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011 |
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| January 04, 2011 | 5:30 PM | Markets break 4-day rally as profit booking weighs The Indian markets snapped four-day winning trend and closed the session with moderate losses as profit booking weighed | | | | | | Major headlines | - Suzlon surges on stake sale buzz
- Maruti Suzuki sales up 17% in December
- Jindal Saw inks mining lease pact with Rajasthan
| Indian indices Indian markets fell for the first time in five days, with the benchmark indices sliding the most in more than two weeks. The sell-off in financial, telecom, capital goods, auto and realty companies' shares weighed on markets. Banking sector was the major loser amid concern a shortage of cash may limit lending growth. Overall, it was a volatile trade. The markets ended the session with moderate losses as traders chose to book profits at higher levels. State Bank of India, the nation?s largest lender, retreated for the first time in three days, losing 3.2%. A shortage of cash in banks may lead to higher interest rates, State Bank?s Chief Financial Officer S S Ranjan said. ICICI Bank, the second-biggest lender, retreated to a two-week lower level, down by 3.45%. The Sensex opened higher by 56 points at 20617 taking lead from the healthy global cues and hit the day?s high of 20651 in initial trade. However, the Sensex quickly pared its gains and slipped into the negative terrain in the first half of trade due to sell-off in banking stocks. | | INDEX PERFORMANCE |  | | | | | MARKET INDICATORS |  | | | | | | | Tech Mahindra | 744.95 | 4.74 | | | | Allahabad Bank | 221.60 | -3.71 | | Indusind Bank | 255.65 | -3.46 | | ICICI Bank | 1,104.10 | -3.45 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The index hit the day?s low of 20449 in morning session as profit booking weighed. Moving ahead, the index recovered in the afternoon session as the European stocks opened strong. However, in the last hour of trading, the Sensex again turned negative owing to selling pressure in banks, realty and auto stocks. | Market Outlook: In US, we have factory orders for the month of November, which is expected at -0.1% versus previous -0.9%. | The Sensex fell 62 points to close at 20499 and the Nifty shut at 6146, down by 11 points. Bond update: India?s 10-year bonds fell for a fourth day on speculation the central bank will raise interest rates to stem price increases in Asia?s third-biggest economy. Rupee Update: India's rupee strengthened against the US dollar. Indicative bid prices for the rupee were at 44.6600 per dollar versus 44.7100 the previous trading day. Market sentiment The market breadth was slightly negative as declining stocks outdid rising ones. Out of the 3,049 stocks traded on the BSE, 1,482 fell while 1,424 gained. Hundred and forty-three stocks traded unchanged. Viewing volumes Wind turbine major ? Suzlon Energy was traded the most, with over 1.39 crore shares changing hands on the BSE, followed by industrial finance company - IFCI (0.34 crore shares), sugar major ? Shree Renuka Sugars (0.27 crore shares), government hydro power firm ? NHPC (0.27 crore shares) and India?s second largest developer - Unitech (0.24 crore shares). | Sectoral & stock screening Among the sectoral indices, BSE Bankex declined the most by 2.48%, followed by BSE Realty down by 1.12% and BSE Consumer Durables (CD) fell by 0.59%. On the other side, BSE Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) was the top performer, up by 1.70%, followed by BSE Oil & Gas up by 1.29% and BSE Health Care (HC) rose by 0.87%. Looking into 'A' group stocks, top three gainers ? Areva T&D gained by 5.24%, Tech Mahindra rose by 4.74% and DB Realty surged by 4.46%. Among losers, the banking stocks occupied the top three slots ? Allahabad Bank declined by 3.71%, Indusind bank dropped by 3.46% and ICICI Bank slid by 3.45%. |  | | | | | | | | Global signals European shares rose, tracking gains on the Wall Street, following upbeat economic data, and with London shares catching up with gains on mainland Europe in the previous session. London?s FTSE 100 crossed the 6000 levels. 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