Thursday, November 6, 2008

Post Session Market - Nov 06, 2008

The Indian markets slipped sharply lower again during final trading to conclude in deep red. Market slipped after showing smart recovery due to increase in inflation number to 10.72% for the week ended 25th October 2008. The NSE Nifty ended below 2,900 level and BSE Sensex below 9,800 mark. Today market tumbled since initial bell tracking weak cues from the global markets. US markets crashed badly and Asian markets were also lower due to disappointing US economic data. Private nonfarm employment in US fell by a larger-than-expected 157,000 in October, according to ADP.

Further, market continued to trade lower with a bit of volatility. Though market witnessed a strong recovery led by rebound in realty and capital goods shares during last hours of trading but was unable to hold that and drifted down again. From the sectoral front, major draggers of the day were Metal, Oil & Gas, Reality, Teck, IT, Bank and Auto stocks. However, Reality and Pharma stocks witnessed most of the buying from these baskets. Mid Cap and Small Cap stocks also remained out of favor as ended with cut of more than 2% each.

Among the Sensex pack 24 stocks ended in red territory and 6 in green. The market breadth was negative as 1633 stocks closed in green while 869 stocks closed in red and 83 stocks remained unchanged.

The BSE Sensex closed lower by 385.79 points at 9,734.22 and NSE Nifty ended down by 102.30 points at 2,892.65. The BSE Mid Caps and Small Caps closed with losses of 76.20 points 3,318.41 and by 84.51 points at 3,880.27. The BSE Sensex touched intraday high of 10,109.45 and intraday low of 9,635.22.

Losers from the BSE Sensex pack are Tata Steel (13.67%), Tata Motors (12.17%), Sterlite Industries (11.33%), Reliance (7.71%), DLF Ltd (8.79%), HDFC (8.63%), Grasim Indus (7.28%), Sterlite Industries (7.20%)), Hindalco (7.50%), Bharti Airtel (6.62%), Wipro Ltd (6.31%) and Infosys Tech (5.50%).

Gainers from the BSE Sensex pack are JP Associates (4.10%), Ranbaxy Lab (3.72%), HUL (3.05%), DLF Ltd (2.46%), M&M Ltd (0.97%) and BHEL (0.52%).

Wholesale price index stood at 10.72% for the week ended 25th October 2008, marginally above the previous week''s 10.68%. The annual inflation rate was 3.11% during the corresponding week of the previous year.

The BSE Metal index ended lower by (8.41%) or 458.30 points at 4,993.44. Major losers are Tata Steel (13.67%), Sterlite Industries (11.33%), JSW Steel (10.80%), Hindalco (7.50%), Wespan Guajrat Sr (7.01%) and SAIL (6.76%).

The BSE Oil & Gas index lost (4.83%) or 295.17 points to close at 5,816.94. Major losers are Reliance (7.71%), Essar Oil Ltd (3.85%), Aban Offshore (3.23%), Cairn India (3.19%), Reliance Petroleum (2.06%) and IOC Ltd (2.03%).

The BSE Teck index lost (4.71%) or 100.94 points to close at 2,041.73 as UTV Software (3.25%), NIIT Ltd (8.42%), Rolta India (6.65%), Bharti Airtel (6.62%), Wipro Ltd (6.31%) and Dish TV (6.09%) ended in negative territory.

The IT index ended lower by (4.26%) or 116.55 points to close at 2,617.80 as NIIT Ltd (8.42%), Rolta India (6.65%), Wipro Ltd (6.31%), Infosys Tech (5.50%), Patni Computer (4.39%) and Satyam Computer (3.36%) in negative territory.

The BSE Bank index lost (3.41%) or 192.18 points at 5,441.76. Losers are Bank of India (6.11%), IDBI Bank (5.11%), Yes Bank (5.26%), State Bank of India (4.58%) and Punjab National Bank (4.39%).

The BSE Reality index ended higher by (0.60%) or 13.68 points at 2,280.68. Gainers are Penland Ltd (7.12%), Sobah Dev (6.18%), Mahindra Life (5.15%), Anant Raj (4.77%), Housing Dev (4.64%) and Akruti City (4.17%).

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