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Post-market: Markets wrap trade with 1% gains; RIL nos remain key focus
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Thursday, January 17, 2013 |
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| January 17, 2013 | 5:30 PM | Markets wrap trade with 1% gains; RIL nos remain key focus Markets witnessed an uptrend in trade today and shut shop on a strong note with major support coming in from index heavyweights, mainly from oil & gas stocks. | | | | | | Major headlines | | Indian indices The Indian indices witnessed a healthy trading session after a sharp fall in the previous trade. Markets maintained its uptrend throughout the day despite of a fall at start of the session. Majority of the sectors were on the buyer's radar. The major heavyweight gainers were ONGC, RIL, Bharti Airtel, Tata Motors and Wipro. The rise in the markets was also led by gains in state-run oil companies after the government allowed them to set diesel prices, despite uncertainty about the specifics of the announcement. Index heavyweight Reliance Industries (RIL) also kept the markets on an upbeat mode ahead of its quarterly earning results which is scheduled to be held tomorrow. The BSE Midcap index gained 0.25%, while the BSE Smallcap index fell by 0.03% in trade today. Movement of the Indian indices for the day: The markets today saw positive trade throughout the day after seeing early fall and closed near the day's high. Rally on the Dalal Street was bolstered by strong buying across the board. Sensex and Nifty shut shop after rising nearly 1%. Gains in majority of index heavyweights provided support to the markets. The BSE Sensex regained the 20,000 mark while NSE Nifty surpassed 6,050 in afternoon trade but it was for a short span of time. | | INDEX PERFORMANCE |  | | | | | MARKET INDICATORS |  | | | | | | Indian Oil Corp | 315.90 | 6.60 | | | | | TTK Prestige | 3,486.70 | -6.65 | | United Breweries | 731.20 | -5.01 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Sensex surged 146.40 points to close at 19964.03, while the Nifty advanced 37.35 points higher to settle at 6039.20. Following are the stocks/sectors which were in news today: - HCL Technologies surprised markets with a 68.4% jump in quarterly profit. The stock rose after company consolidated net profit as per US accounting standards rose 9.7% to $177 million on 3.6% growth in revenue to $1.154 billion in Q2 December 2012 over Q1 September 2012. At end of the day, the stock closed 4.31% higher.
- Reliance Industries hit 52-week high, ahead of its Q3 December 2012 results tomorrow (January 18, 2013). At end of the day, the stock closed 3.40% higher.
- Wipro rose ahead of its earnings for the third quarter ended December 2012 (Q3) which will be announced tomorrow. At end of the day, the stock closed 2.63% higher.
- Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) rallied after Government partially deregulated diesel prices today. At the end of the day- BPCL was up by 3.75%, HPCL up by 6.06% and IOC up by 6.60% on BSE.
| Market sentiment The market breadth stood in favor of declines. Of the 3020 stocks traded on the BSE, 1101 (36.46%) rose, 1137 (37.65%) fell and 782 (25.89%) stocks remained unchanged. | Sectoral & stock screening All the 13 sectoral indices closed in the green zone except CG and HC which were the only losing sectors down by 0.62% and 0.15% each. Top Gainers- BSE Oil&Gas up by 3.11%, BSE Realty rose by 2.05%, BSE TECk was up by 1.60% Among 'A' group stocks, top three gainers were- IOC which rose by 6.60%; HPCL up by 6.06% and Essar Oil surged by 5.06%. Top three losers were- TTK Prestige declined by 6.65%, United Breweries was down by 5.01% and Mphasis fell by 3.80%. |  | | | | | | | | Global signals Asian markets dropped ahead of key Chinese economic data including fourth-quarter GDP, December industrial output, retail sales and house price on Friday, which will offer clues on the health of Asia's biggest economy. European shares edged down today as concerns grow over the outlook for growth and corporate earnings, while oil prices gained support after Islam militants attacked an Algerian gas field. US stock index futures pointed towards a mixed opening at the Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 rising 0.1%, Dow Jones futures down 0.2% and Nasdaq 100 futures falling 0.1%. | | | | Commodity Hit List for 17-01-2013 - Evening session | | Support Levels | LTP | Resistance Levels | Action | S2 | S1 | R1 | R2 | Gold Cash USD ($) | 1664.0 | 1676.0 | 1682.4 | 1686.0 | 1695.0 | Sell below S1 | Gold MCX Feb | 30370.0 | 30625.0 | 30713.0 | 30825.0 | 30934.0 | Sell below S1 | Silver Cash USD ($) | 30.9 | 31.3 | 31.5 | 31.6 | 31.8 | Sell below S1 | Silver MCX Mar | 58300.0 | 59000.0 | 59245.0 | 59500.0 | 59787.0 | Sell below S1 | Copper MCX Feb | 432.0 | 436.0 | 437.0 | 439.0 | 442.0 | Sell below S1 | Zinc MCX Jan | 105.5 | 106.5 | 107.1 | 107.8 | 109.0 | Sell below S1 | Nickel MCX Jan | 936.0 | 945.0 | 949.1 | 955.0 | 964.4 | Sell below S1 | Aluminium MCX Jan | 108.0 | 109.7 | 110.0 | 110.7 | 111.5 | Sell below S1 | Lead MCX Jan | 121.2 | 122.6 | 123.0 | 124.0 | 125.0 | Sell below S1 | Crude Oil USD ($) | 93.1 | 93.8 | 94.2 | 94.7 | 95.4 | Buy Above R1/Sell below S1 | Crude Oil MCX Jan | 5000.0 | 5100.0 | 5119.0 | 5143.0 | 5175.0 | Sell below S1 | Natural Gas MCX Jan | 182.2 | 184.6 | 185.5 | 186.5 | 187.4 | Sell below S1 | | | | | Visit www.sharekhan.com to manage your newsletter subscriptions | | | | | |
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