Sensex snaps winning streak, loses 74 pts at close: Sify,India

Sensex snaps winning streak, loses 74 pts at close
Sify India

NSE 5858.35 -6.65
BSE 19529.50 -73.91

It was a sluggish session for several blue chip stocks on the major Indian bourses today as participants stayed wary of building up positions due to lack of triggers. A few front line stocks did manage to garner support and posted smart gains, but then, save for a brief while this morning, it was a rather choppy journey for the benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty today.

While the Sensex, which opened with a positive gap of over 100 points at 19,707.86 - it remained its high for the session - but tumbled to 19,482.34 in late afternoon trade, ended with a loss of 73.91 points or 0.38% at 19,529.50, the Nifty settled 0.11% or 6.65 points down at 5858.35. In intra-day trades today, the Nifty touched a high of 5897.25 and a low of 5840.30.

Midcap and Smallcap stocks, however, had a fairly bright outing once again. Mirroring investor interest for these stocks, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices climbed up 1.6% and 1.58% respectively. Reliance Industries (down 2.3%), Tata Consultancy Services (down 2.2%), ICICI Bank (down2.1%), Satyam Computer Services (down1.55%), ONGC (down 1.25%) and Ranbaxy Laboratories (down 1.1%) took a severe beating in late afternoon trade.

Grasim Industries, Bharti Airtel, HDFC, Maruti Suzuki, Reliance Energy, NTPC, ACC, State Bank of India and Bajaj Auto eased by 0.25% - 1%. Cipla ended with a marginal loss at Rs 184.80. Reliance Communications ended at its previous closing price.

A host of stocks from the metal space, led by Tata Steel (4.1%), surged higher and lifted the Metal index up by nearly 3.25% today. Hindalco, which remained somewhat subdued for a better part of the session, ended with a gain of 1.15%. SAIL shot up by 8.55% to Rs 284.90. Maharashtra Seamless vaulted 12.4% to Rs 574.10. Jindal Steel jumped 9.3% on strong volumes.

Jindal Stainless, Shree Precoated Steels, Sesa Goa, JSW Steel, Gujarat NRE Coke, Bhushan Steel and Jindal Saw gained smart ground. Ispat Industries edged up by around 0.75%. Mahindra & Mahindra ended with a handsome gain of 2.8%. BHEL closed 2% up at Rs 2815.40. Ambuja Cements, which opened on a high note, lost its way sometime past mid afternoon, but bounced back a bit to close with a sharp gain of 1.25%. Larsen & Toubro gained 1.25%.

Infosys Technologies, Tata Motors and Wipro also finished with notable gains. ITC, Hindustan Unilever and HDFC Bank edged up marginally. DLF opened well but pared its gains and ended little changed from its previous closing price.

VSNL, Unitech, Reliance Petroleum, Sterlite Industries, Hero Honda, GlaxoSmithKline Pharma, HCL Technologies and Sun Pharmaceuticals ended with sharp losses. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and BPCL moved up by 4.25% and 4.15% respectively. Tata Power, GAIL India, MTNL, Siemens and Punjab National Bank also closed with impressive gains.

Chambal Fertilizers, Mico, Godrej Consumer Products, Ingersoll Rand, Puravankara Projects, IVR Prime, Mangalore Refineries & Petrochemicals, Indian Oil Corporation, J&K Bank, Ashok Leyland, Tata Tea, Chennai Petroleum Corporation, Bombay Dyeing, Alstom Projects, Gujarat Minerals and National Fertilizers closed with strong gains today.

Wire & Wireless, which flared up by 22.65% to Rs 86.10, was the biggest gainers in the Midcap index. Jain Irrigation Systems shot up by 19.15%. Essar Steel zoomed 18%. Educomp Solutions, Adlabs Films, Essar Shipping, Mahindra Life, M&M Financial Services, Dalmia Cement (Bharat), Ruchi Soya, Bata India, NIIT, Ansal Infrastructure and Yes Bank were among the other big gainers from the midcap space.

Everonn Systems, Aegis Logistics, Techno Electric Engineering, Jindal South West Holdings, C&C Constructions, MCD Holdings, Kemrock, Kewal Kiran, Crew BOS, Varun Shipping, Nitin Fire Protection Equipments, Inox Leisure, Hindustan National Glass, Zuari Industries, Adhunik Metals and Raj Television were among the big gainers from the smallcap index.

Essar Oil (up 2.4%) was the turnover topper once again. On the National Stock Exchange, the Essar Oil counter recorded a turnover of nearly Rs 1075 crore today. Around 35.19 million shares were transacted at the Essar Oil counter on NSE. Shares of Mundra Port & Special Economic Zone were also in demand. The stock gained nearly 8.25% on NSE today on a strong volume of 4.85 million shares. IFCI also figured in the most active securities list. However, the stock was at the receiving end today. It lost 2.25% as it settled at Rs 104.35.

Though the premier indices ended in the red today, the market breadth was positive thanks to strong buying in midcap and smallcap stocks. Out of 2864 stocks traded on BSE, 1934 stocks surged higher. 878 stocks closed in the negative territory and 52 stocks ended at their previous closing levels.


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