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Post-market: Markets post modest gains; RIL outperforms

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

February 20, 2013 | 5:30 PM

Markets post modest gains; RIL outperforms
Indian markets resumed the trading on a positive note but trimmed all of its morning gains by the end of session. The Sensex inched 7 points higher and the Nifty rose by 3 points in trade today.
Major headlines
Now also get commodity calls in this report!!!

Indian indices
The key Indian indices surrendered their intraday gains in the afternoon trade, with the BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty closing today's trade on a flat note. Benchmark share indices ended little changed as compared to its previous close amid volatile trading weighed down by selling pressure across the board. Markets remained in the green zone for major part of the day but trimmed most of its gains in the afternoon session. The markets kept swinging between gains and losses. At the closing bell, the BSE Midcap index declined 0.17%, while the BSE Smallcap index was rose by 0.36%.

Movement of the Indian indices for the day
The Indian markets started today's trade in the green zone on broad based buying in the morning deals tracking positive global cues. However, the markets reversed the gaining trend and fell owing to selling pressure despite positive opening of European markets. The stocks remained volatile throughout the day as investors remained cautious ahead of the Union Budget. Gains in Reliance Industries were offset by selling pressure in majority of the sectors except Oil & Gas, Realty and Technology. 

 INDEX PERFORMANCE
Index Close % chg
Sensex 19,642.75 0.04
Nifty

5,943.05

0.06

 
 MARKET INDICATORS 
Top Movers (Group A)
Company Price (Rs) % chg
Gainers
Bajaj Finserv

821.95

6.65

Oracle Financial Service

3,094.80

4.59

DLF

279.70

3.59

Losers
Jaiprakash Power

30.75

-6.39

Unitech

30.05

-2.75

GSPL

71.20

-2.73

Market Statistics
s

BSE

NSE

Advances

1,152

780

Declines

963

692

Volumes (Rs crore)
Cash (BSE+NSE)

12,047

F&O (NSE)

102,068

Equities erased early gains and traded on a weak note in the late afternoon trade on the back of profit booking visible in heavyweight stocks. The key benchmark indices closed today's trading session on a flat note.

Adding further, the Budget session of the Parliament is set to begin tomorrow (February 21, 2013). This will follow the Railway Budget on February 26, 2013, Economic Survey of India on February 27, 2013 and the Union Budget 2013-14 on February 28, 2013.

The Sensex closed at 19,642, up by 7.03 points and the Nifty rose 5943.05 points to settle at 3.35 in trade today.

Following are the stocks/sectors which were in news today 
RIL rose as the company and BP Group plan to invest over $5 billion in the next few years to increase production from KG-D6 block off the country's east coast. The stock was up by 3.13% in today's trade.

Lanco Infratech gained, on news that the company has reached out to its Malaysian partner, Genting, to buy stake in three of its power plants. The stock was up by 1.78% in today's trade.

Welspun Corp declined after National Stock Exchange excluded the company's shares from trading in the futures and options segment from April 26, without giving a reason. plants. The stock was down by 4.80% in today's trade.

Market sentiment
The market breadth stood in favor of advances. Of the 2977 stocks traded on the BSE, 1,152 (38.70%) rose, 963 (32.35%) fell and 862 (28.96%) stocks remained unchanged.


Sectoral & stock screening
Among the 13 sectoral indices, nine sectors closed in the red zone while remaining four sectors closed in the green zone. Top Gainers- BSE Oil & Gas up by 1.70%, BSE Realty rose by 0.77%, BSE IT surged 0.60%. Top Losers: BSE CD was down by 1.37%, BSE Metal fell by 0.61% and BSE CG declined by 0.47%.

Among 'A' group stocks, top three gainers were- Bajaj FinServ rose by 6.65%, Oracle Financial Services Software up by 4.59% and DLF surged by 3.59%. Top three losers were- Jaiprakash Power Ventures declined by 6.39%, Unitech was down by 2.75% and Gujarat State Petronet fell by 2.73%. 


Global signals
Asian shares rose to their highest since August 2011 on Wednesday (February 20, 2013) after an improving global economic outlook boosted world equities overnight, encouraging investors to take on risk.

European stocks traded flat on Wednesday, consolidating after the previous session's sharp gains, held back by weak earnings newsflow and as traders cited caution ahead of the minutes to the US Federal Reserve's January policy meeting.

US stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open at the Wall Street on Wednesday.

Commodity Hit List for 20-02-2013 - Evening session

  Support Levels LTP Resistance Levels Action
S2 S1 R1 R2

Gold Cash USD ($)

1590.0

1597.0

1605.0

1610.0

1615.0

Sell below S1

Gold MCX April

29794.0

29900.0

29978.0

30100.0

30157.0

Sell below S1

Silver Cash USD ($)

29.2

29.4

29.6

29.7

29.9

Sell below S1

Silver MCX Mar

54320.0

54872.0

55171.0

55278.0

55500.0

Sell below S1

Copper MCX Feb

432.0

436.5

437.7

439.0

441.0

Sell below S1

Zinc MCX Feb

114.0

115.5

116.0

116.4

117.0

Sell below S1

Nickel MCX Feb

920.0

932.1

937.5

947.0

952.0

Sell below S1

Aluminium MCX Feb

111.8

112.5

113.1

113.5

114.2

Sell below S1

Lead MCX Feb

126.4

127.7

128.4

128.8

129.3

Sell below S1

Crude Oil USD ($)

95.9

96.5

96.8

97.0

97.6

Buy Above R1/Sell below S1

Crude Oil MCX Feb

5196.0

5250.0

5271.0

5280.0

5364.0

Buy Above R1/Sell below S1

Natural Gas MCX Feb

175.4

176.6

177.7

178.2

180.3

Buy Above R1

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