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Post-market: Markets end lower for 2nd day; Rupee slips below 53
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Thursday, May 3, 2012 |
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| May 03, 2012 | 5:30 PM | Markets end lower for 2nd day; Rupee slips below 53 The Indian markets continued its downtrend for the second consecutive day and closed the session in the red zone. The Sensex declined 150 points and the Nifty slipped 50 points. | | | | | | Major headlines | | Indian indices The Indian markets continued its downtrend for the second consecutive day and closed the session in the red zone. The markets carried previous sessions' losses amid global weakness and remained under pressure losing grounds in trade today as the investors booked profits whole day. The rupee hit its four-month low today, which further weighed on the market sentiments. The Sensex declined 150 points and the Nifty slipped 50 points. Weakness in the auto, metal, bankex, PSU, realty, power, CG, oil & gas, FMCG, healthcare and consumer durable goods and heavyweights like Hero MotoCorp, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, SBI, Coal India, DLF, Tata Power, Bajaj Auto and Jindal Steel & Power also added to the downfall. | | INDEX PERFORMANCE |  | | | | | MARKET INDICATORS |  | | | | | | Pipavav Defence | 86.70 | 8.51 | | United Phosphorus | 126.85 | 5.93 | | Godrej Consumers | 566.75 | 3.42 | | | | Hero Motocorp | 2,072.35 | -7.69 | | Aditya Biral Nuvo | 884.40 | -5.02 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tracking today's stock specific action, Tata Motors's Luxury car maker, Jaguar Land Rover plans to invest 200 million pounds ($324.08 million) in a plant in central England. The stock closed 1.08% lower today. On the flip side, Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on pricing and the petroleum ministry has made changes in the allocations of KG-D6 gas on back of reduction in gas output. The ministry made firm allocation to National Fertilizer Ltd (NFL) due to which the stock closed marginally lower. On the earnings front, Marico reported a fall in its consolidated net profit in Q4. The company's net profit fell marginally by 2.69% to Rs69.69 crore. The stock closed marginally higher in today's trade. On the other hand, the consolidated net loss of Piramal healthcare in Q4 came in at Rs38.68 crore. The stock closed the session 1.10% lower. From the currency side, the rupee slipped below Rs53 against the dollar today, touching a new four-month low tracking losses in Asian shares and a faltering euro on concerns about the strength of a global recovery. On the global front, European markets are trading higher in today's trade. | Market sentiment The market breadth stood in favour of declines. Of the 2881 stocks traded on the BSE, 1055 (36.62%) rose, 1719 (59.67%) fell and 107 (3.71%) stocks remained unchanged. | Sectoral & stock screening Among the 13 sectoral indices, eleven sectors closed in red zone, while remaining two closed in green zone. Top Gainers: BSE IT (up by 0.71%), BSE TECk (rose by 0.37%). Top Losers: BSE Auto (down by 2.43%), BSE Metal (fell by 1.75%) and BSE Bankex (slipped by 1.74%). Among 'A' group stocks, top three gainers were- Pipavav Defence (rose by 8.51%), United Phos (up by 5.93%) and Godrej Cons (surged by 3.42%). Top three losers were- IRB Infra (down by 10.90%), Hero Motocorp (declined by 7.69%), and Aditya Birla Nuv (fell by 5.02%). |  | | | | | Global signals European shares surged on Thursday (May 3, 2012), as investors waited to see if a gloomier economic outlook would prompt the European Central Bank to hint at further stimulus measures at a policy meeting. Asian shares ended mostly lower on Thursday, after release of disappointing data from Europe and the US revived concerns about the global economic outlook, hurting cyclical stocks. The US stock index futures pointed to a higher opening at the Wall Street on Thursday. | | | | Commodity Hit List for 3-5-2012 - Evening session | | Support Levels | LTP | Resistance Levels | Action | S2 | S1 | R1 | R2 | Gold Cash USD ($) | 1622.0 | 1640.0 | 1643.3 | 1654 | 1661.0 | Sell below S1 | Gold MCX June | 28780 | 29000 | 29210 | 29300.0 | 29600.0 | Buy Above R1/Sell below S1 | Silver Cash USD ($) | 30.00 | 30.35 | 30.41 | 30.50 | 31.00 | Buy Above R1/Sell below S1 | Silver MCX May | 56100 | 56450 | 56755 | 57400 | 58000 | Buy Above R1/Sell below S1 | Copper MCX June | 429.00 | 440.00 | 445.6 | 450.0 | 455.0 | Sell below S1 | Zinc MCX May | 105.10 | 106.75 | 107.40 | 109 | 111.20 | Sell below S1 | Nickel MCX May | 925.00 | 934.00 | 941.7 | 952.0 | 968.0 | Buy Above R1/Sell below S1 | Aluminium MCX May | 109.00 | 110.90 | 111.25 | 112.5 | 113.6 | Buy Above R1/Sell below S1 | Lead MCX May | 108.50 | 112.00 | 113.05 | 115.0 | 117.0 | Buy Above R1 | Crude Oil USD ($) | 103.00 | 104.20 | 104.76 | 106.45 | 108.70 | Buy Above R1/Sell below S1 | Crude Oil MCX May | 5450.00 | 5550.00 | 5608 | 5635 | 5700.0 | Buy Above R1 | Natural Gas MCX May | 115.00 | 119.80 | 122.1 | 124.0 | 126.0 | Buy Above R1/Sell below S1 | | | | | Visit www.sharekhan.com to manage your newsletter subscriptions | | |  | | | | | | To know more about our products and services, click here. | | | | | | | Sharekhan Ltd. 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