Indian markets fell further on theback of weak global cues as the uncertainty over Spain bailout continued. Metal, capital goods and realty stocks lost ground.
At 1.52 p.m., the Sensex was trading down 92.32 points or 0.49% at 18,602.09 with 20 components falling. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading lower by 30.20 points or 0.53% at 5,643.70 with 36 components falling.
The 30-share benchmark index, BSE Sensex opened with a decline of 49.87 points or 0.27% at 18,644.54, while the broad based NSE Nifty started with a fall of 20.50 points or 0.36%, at 5,653.40.
Sensex Movers
HDFC Bank contributed fall of 23.38 points in the Sensex. It was followed by Bharti Airtel (20.65 points), Housing Development Finance Corporation (18.29 points), Infosys (11.01 points) and Larsen & Toubro (10.98 points).
However, ITC contributed rise of 14.83 points in the Sensex. It was followed by Hindustan Unilever (6.22 points), ACC (4.66 points), State Bank Of India (2.27 points) and Wipro (2.12 points).
Biggest gainers in the 30-share index were Cipla (2.74%), Hindustan Unilever (0.93%), ITC (0.88%), Wipro (0.78%), Hero Motocorp (0.50%), and GAIL (India) (0.43%).
On the other hand, Bharti Airtel (4.76%), Coal India (2.44%), Hindalco Industries (2.05%), Tata Motors (1.71%), HDFC Bank (1.70%), and Housing Development Finance Corporation (1.31%) were the major losers in the Sensex.
Mid & Small-cap Space
The BSE Mid and small caps outperformed their larger counterparts gaining 0.05% and 0.32% respectively. The major gainers in the BSE Midcap were Aban Offshore (1.39%), A I A Engineering (1.07%), CORE Education and Technologies (0.86%), Amara Raja Batteries (0.69%) and Allcargo Logistics (0.52%).The major gainers in the BSE Smallcap were Aarti Industries (4.03%), A B G Infralogistics (2.17%), Adhunik Metaliks (0.88%), Reliance MediaWorks (0.88%) and Trident (0.44%).
Sectors in Limelight
The Metal index was at 10,439.87, down by 123.14 points or by 1.17%. The major losers were Coal India (2.44%), Hindalco Industries (2.05%), Jindal Steel & Power (1.04%), JSW Steel (0.42%) and Bhushan Steel (0.39%).
The TECk index was at 3,412.35, down by 29.14 points or by 0.85%. The major losers were Bharti Airtel (4.76%), D B Corp (1.13%), Idea Cellular (0.69%), Oracle Financial Services Software (0.49%) and Mphasis (0.25%).
The Capital Goods index was at 10,805.32, down by 89.37 points or by 0.82%. The major losers were Alstom T&D India (2.39%), Crompton Greaves (1.54%), Bharat Heavy Electricals (0.89%), BEML (0.46%) and Alstom India (0.26%).
On the other hand, the FMCG index was at 5,351.29, up by 36.98 points or by 0.70%. The major gainers were Colgate-Palmolive (India) (2.36%), Jubilant FoodWorks (1.21%), Hindustan Unilever (0.88%), I T C (0.81%) and United Breweries (0.13%).
Market Breadth
Market breadth was negative with 1,339 advances against 1,445 declines.
Value and Volume Toppers
United Spirits topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 1,470.01 million. It was followed by Max India (Rs. 1,113.64 million), United Breweries (Holdings) (Rs. 768.66 million) and Pantaloon Retail (India) (Rs. 713.46 million).
The volume chart was led by Spicejet with trades of over 13.49 million shares. It was followed by Kingfisher Airlines (12.97 million), Lanco Infratech (6.28 million) and I F C I (5.98 million).
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