Power stocks, led by Reliance Energy and, oil majors, spearheaded by heavyweight Reliance Industries, held sway even as stocks from banking, information technology, realty, healthcare and FMCG sectors drifted lower on sustained selling today.
The market, taking weak global cues, opened on a negative note this morning. Though the Sensex bounced back smartly within the next few minutes, due to stiff resistance faced by several frontline stocks, it slipped into the red once again. The Nifty, which shot up to a new high of 6230.15 a little before noon, however, stayed firm in the positive zone for a long time thanks to the strength displayed by its power and oil sector components.
While the Sensex, which touched a high of 20,519.70 and a low of 20,293.87 in intra-day trades, ended at 20,345.20 with a big loss of 0.59% or 120.10 points, the Nifty settled at 6178.55, almost unchanged from its previous closing figure of 6179.40.
Several mid and smallcap stocks firmed up to higher levels and held on to their gains till a little past mid afternoon. As selling pressure gathered force during the final hour, even these stocks began to drift lower. The Midcap and Smallcap barometers ended marginally down.
Though shares of Reliance Energy were in great demand, it was NTPC, which moved up by 7.6% to Rs 276.70, which ended as the biggest gainer from the Sensex pack today. Reliance Energy, which hit a new lifetime high of Rs 2585 (Rs 2584.80 on NSE), settled with a 6.45% gain at Rs 2517.40.
ONGC (up 2.9% to Rs 1305.90) and Reliance Industries (up 1.45% to Rs 2902.90) and Hindustan Unilever (up 3.55% to Rs 222.95) were the other Sensex stocks in demand today. DLF ended higher by around a quarter per cent while Reliance Communications and Tata Motors closed with minor gains.
IT majors Infosys Technologies (down 2.05%), Satyam Computer Services (down 2.3%), Tata Consultancy Services (down 2.95%) and Wipro (down 3%) and banking sector heavyweights ICICI Bank (down 3%), State Bank of India (down 1%) and HDFC Bank (down 1.2%) contributed significantly to the market's negative close today.
Grasim Industries ended lower by around 4%. ACC, Ambuja Cements, Bharti Airtel, BHEL, Cipla, Hindalco, ITC, Larsen & Toubro, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki and Ranbaxy Laboratories lost 1% - 3% today. Tata Steel (down 0.85%) and Bajaj Auto (down 0.75%) also closed with sharp losses. HDFC eased by 0.35%.
Nifty stocks Cairn India (4.7%), BPCL (4.1%), Tata Power (3.85%), Suzlon Energy (2.45%), Reliance Petroleum (2%) and GAIL India (1.3%) finished on a firm note.
VSNL, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Sun Pharmaceuticals, SAIL, Unitech, Sterlite Industries, HCL Technologies, Punjab National Bank, Siemens and GlaxoSmithKline Pharma ended with sharp losses today.
Gujarat Industries & Power hit the 20% upper limit. Moser Baer ended with a hefty gain of 11.45%. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Neyveli Lignite Corporation, Jaiprakash Associates, EIH Limited, Hinduja Ventures, Colgate Palmolive, Jindal Saw, HMT, National Fertilizers, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers, Finolex Industries and Tata Elxsi also closed on a high note.
Indo Rama Synthetics, Spice Telecom, FDC, Mirc Electronics, Castrol India, VSNL, ING Vysya Bank, CMC, Kotak Bank, Apollo Tyre, Hexaware, Ballarpur Industries and Puravankara Projects closed with sharp losses.
The market breadth remained positive thanks to buying in midcap and smallcap segments. Out of 2954 stocks traded on BSE today, 1613 stocks closed with gains. 1320 stocks ended lower and 21 stocks ended at their previous closing levels.
On a very weak session, new entrants Burnpur Cement and BGR Energy stood tall. While Burnpur Cement ended the day at Rs 49.70, a massive gain of 314.2% over its issue price, BGR Energy settled at Rs 902, up 88% over its IPO price of Rs 480. Both these stocks attracted strong volumes on the bourses.
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