Thursday, February 21, 2008

Mid Session Market

The market is now off the day''s high but is still trading higher as significant buying in scrips continued in the selective scrips. The heavy buying is seen in the Metal, IT and Consumer Durables stocks. However, the banking stocks are in pressure today. The broader market is also trading in line with the bench mark index. The overall market breadth remains positive, as 1562 stocks are advancing while 996 stocks are declining on BSE. The BSE Mid cap is higher by 87.63 points at 7,677.02 and the BSE small Cap advanced by 96.97 points to trade at 9,728.23.

At 12.31 pm, BSE Sensex was at 17,749.29 up by 131.69 points and Nifty was at 5,231.15 up by 76.70 points.

BSE IT index inclined by 135.05 points to trade at 3,992.88 as Satyam Computer (5.91%), HCL Technologies (4.10%), TCS (3.72%) and Infosys Technologies (3.31%) are trading in green.

BSE Metal index surged by 491.62 points to trade at 16,325.15. The major gainers are NALCO (4.75%), Hindalco Industries (4.52%), SAIL (4.48%) and Tata Steel (2.85%).

BSE Oil & Gas index was trading 125.11 points higher at 11,009.11 as ABN Off Shore (2.95%), Cairn India (1.91%), RPL (1.23%) and Gail India (0.96%) are trading in green.

BSE Power index increased by 18.69 points to trade at 3,643.08 as Suzlon Energy (1.62%), NTPC (1.44%), Torent Power (1.92%) and Tata Power (1.03%) are trading in green.

BSE Auto index increased by 58.28 points to trade at 4,816.92. Leading to its gain are Tata Motors (1.56%), Bajaj Auto (1.22%), Mahindra & Mahindra (0.99%) and Maruti Suzuki (0.70%).

BSE Capital goods index increased by 1.25 points to 15,934.12. The main gainers are Praj Industries (4.59%), Punj Lloyd (3.80%), Siemens (0.52%) and L&T (0.22%).

BSE Banks index declined by 30.79 points to trade at 10,579.02. The top losers are PNB (2.54%), Union Bank (2.51%), SBI (1.43%) and ICICI Bank (1.27%).

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