Indian markets bounced back towards closing on Tuesday led by realty and FMCG stocks. At 2.43 pm, the Sensex was trading up 47.44 points or 0.25% at 18,720.78 with 17 components gaining. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading higher by 11.40 points or 0.20% at 5,681 with 29 components gaining.
European stocksdeclined as investors awaited reports on U.S. consumer confidence and house prices. Asian shares and U.S. index futures were also little changed.
The 30-share benchmark index, BSE Sensex opened with a gain of 34.67 points or 0.19% at 18,708.01, while the broad based NSE Nifty began flat with a gain of 5.30 points or 0.09%, at 5,674.90.Sensex Movers
I T C contributed rise of 23.47 points
in the Sensex. It was followed by Housing Development Finance
Corporation (16.99 points), Reliance Industries (13.82 points),
Hindustan Unilever (8.33 points) and H D F C Bank (7.76
points).
However, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation contributed fall of 9.88 points in the Sensex. It was followed by Tata Steel (5.68 points), Maruti Suzuki India (4.49 points), Tata Motors (4.27 points) and Sterlite Industries (India) (4.02 points).
Major gainers in the 30-share index were Cipla (2.53%), Bharat Heavy Electricals (1.90%), I T C (1.39%), Hindustan Unilever (1.24%), Housing Development Finance Corporation (1.21%), and Mahindra & Mahindra (0.97%).
On the other hand, Jindal Steel & Power (4.31%), Sterlite Industries (India) (2.17%), Maruti Suzuki India (2.02%), Tata Steel (1.73%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (1.34%), and Bajaj Auto (0.94%) were the biggest losers in the Sensex.
Mid & Small-cap Space
The BSE Mid and small caps outperformed their larger counterparts gaining 0.49% and 0.35% respectively. The major gainers in the BSE Midcap were Alok Industries (4.04%), A B G Shipyard (1.47%), Amtek Auto (1.09%), Amtek India (0.73%) and CORE Education and Technologies (0.39%).The major gainers in the BSE Smallcap were Reliance MediaWorks (2.98%), A2Z Maintenance & Engineering Services (2.57%), Advanta India (0.45%), Action Construction Equipment (0.38%) and Styrolution ABS (India) (0.13%).
Sectors in Limelight
The Realty index was at 1,844.78, up by 41.58 points or by 2.31%. The major gainers were Anant Raj Industries (16.81%), Godrej Properties (4.12%), Indiabulls Real Estate (2.06%), D B Realty (1.94%) and D L F (1.13%).
The FMCG index was at 5,278.43, up by 60.90 points or by 1.17%. The major gainers were Godrej Consumer Products (1.72%), I T C (1.39%), Hindustan Unilever (1.24%), United Breweries (1.04%) and Dabur India (0.16%).
The Consumer Durables index was at 6,735.78, up by 54.15 points or by 0.81%. The major gainers were Bajaj Electricals (3.88%), Gitanjali Gems (1.48%), Blue Star (0.53%), C.Mahendra Exports (0.49%) and Whirlpool Of India (0.43%).
On the other hand, the Metal index was at 10,556.78, down by 151.58 points or by 1.42%. The major losers were Jindal Steel & Power (4.31%), Hindustan Zinc (0.68%), JSW Steel (0.39%), Coal India (0.23%) and NMDC (0.11%).
Market Breadth
Market breadth was negative with 1,464 advances against 1,365 declines.
Value and Volume Toppers
Bayer CropScience topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 6,189.99 million. It was followed by United Spirits (Rs. 1,264.36 million), Cairn India (Rs. 1,183.82 million) and State Bank Of India (Rs. 1,100.68 million).
The volume chart was led by Lanco Infratech with trades of over 7.27 million shares. It was followed by Bayer CropScience (6.01 million), Housing Development and Infrastructure (5.09 million) and S K S Microfinance (5.02 million).
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