Friday, January 25, 2008

Mid Session Market

The market has gained further grounds and is trading higher as strong buying continued across the board. The broader market also trading higher as some buying witnessed in the Mid Cap and Small Cap stocks. The overall market breadth remains negative, as 1,182 stocks are advancing while 1,382 stocks are declining on BSE. The BSE Mid cap is higher by 248 points at 7,786 and the BSE small Cap advanced by 147 points to trade at 10,161.

At 12.32 pm, BSE Sensex was at 18,026 up by 804 points and Nifty was at 5,282.40 up by 248.95 points.

BSE Metal index advanced 838.78 points to trade at 15,059.46. The major gainers are NALCO (12.08%), SAIL (7.46%), Tata Steel (6.26%) and Hindalco Industries (6%).

BSE Capital goods index improved 665.04 points to 17,047.52. The main gainers are ABB (6.68%), BHEL (6.35%), Siemens (4.43%) and L&T (4.02%).

BSE Banks index surged by 744.91 points to trade at 11,327.79. The top gainers are ICICI Bank (10.25%), PNB (7.11%), HDFC Bank (6.75%) and SBI (4.18%) are trading higher.

Punjab National Bank has posted a 26% growth in net profit to Rs541.5 crore for the third quarter ended December 2007 as against Rs429.9 crore reported last year.

BSE Oil & Gas index was trading 576.80 points higher at 11,074.75 as ONGC (9.82%), GAIL (7.64%), Cairn (7.49%) and RPL (4.35%) are trading in green.

BSE Power index grew by 219.31 points to trade at 3,952.78 as Reliance Energy (10.13%), GVK Power (6.81%), NTPC (5.03%), Tata Power (5.91%) and Suzlon Energy (5%) are trading in green.Reliance Energy has won a project worth Rs2,500 crore from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in a consortium with Spain''s Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles SA.

BSE IT index inclined by 120.78 points to trade at 3,708.56 as HCL Technologies (4.78%), Wipro (3.89%), Infosys (3.65%) are trading in green.

BSE Auto index increased by 199.97 points to trade at 4,767.10. Leading to its gain are Tata Motors (7.13%), M&M (6.39%), Bajaj Auto (6.36%), Hero Honda (6.33%).

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