Nifty slips below 6,000; Sensex down 114 points

01st February 2013 04:18 PM

Indian equities settledlower on Fridayled byselloff inrate sensitives. However consumer durables gained the most. At the close, the benchmark 30-share index, BSE Sensex lost 113.79 pointsor 0.57% at 19,781.19 with 18 components posting drop. Meanwhile, the broad based NSE Nifty went down by 35.85 or 0.59% at 5,998.90 with 30 components posting drop.Sensex Movers

Tata Motors contributed fall of 28.82 points in the Sensex. It was followed by I C I C I Bank (26.11 points), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (17.91 points), Housing Development Finance Corporation (17.05 points) and Bharti Airtel (14.52 points).

However, Reliance Industries contributed rise of 14.63 points in the Sensex. It was followed by I T C (10.89 points), Maruti Suzuki India (3.18 points), Tata Power Company (2.92 points) and Tata Consultancy Services (2.47 points).

Biggest gainers in the 30-share index were Cipla (1.58%), Tata Power Company (1.43%), Dr Reddy's Laboratories (1.38%), Bajaj Auto (1.26%), Maruti Suzuki India (1.19%), and Coal India (1.10%).

On the other hand, Tata Motors (4.36%), Bharti Airtel (2.62%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (2.12%), Hindalco Industries (1.99%), Sterlite Industries (India) (1.71%), and Hindustan Unilever (1.68%) were the major losers in the Sensex.

Mid & Small-cap Space

The BSE Mid and small caps outperformed their larger counterparts declining-0.05% and -0.23% respectively.The major losers in the BSE Midcap were Allahabad Bank(2.42%), Allcargo Logistics (2.34%), Amara Raja Batteries (2.19%), A I A Engineering (2.07%) and Aban Offshore (0.98%).The major losers in the BSE Smallcap were Styrolution ABS (India) (2.99%), A2Z Maintenance & Engineering Services (1.24%), Aegis Logistics (0.74%), Aarti Industries (0.7%) and Action Construction Equipment (0.54%).

Sectors in Limelight

The Realty index was at 2,211.95, down by 26.62 points or by 1.19%. The major losers were D L F (3.55%), Oberoi Realty (0.79%), Godrej Properties (0.23%), Anant Raj (0.12%) and Prestige Estates Projects (0.03%).

The Bankex index was at 14,456.84, down by 123.42 points or by 0.85%. The major losers were Canara Bank(2.19%), IDBI Bank (1.72%), I C I C I Bank (1.67%), Kotak Mahindra Bank (1%) and H D F C Bank (0.51%).

The Metal index was at 10,523.75, down by 82.38 points or by 0.78%. The major losers were Hindalco Industries (1.99%), Jindal Steel & Power (1.15%), JSW Steel (1.01%), Hindustan Zinc (0.27%) and Bhushan Steel (0.26%).

On the other hand, the Consumer Durables index was at 7,721.17, up by 139.67 points or by 1.84%. The major gainers were Titan Industries (2.24%), Gitanjali Gems (1.97%), Symphony (0.66%), Whirlpool Of India (0.19%) and Rajesh Exports (0.11%).

Market Breadth

Market breadth was negative with 1,294 advances against 1,614 declines.

Value and Volume Toppers

Jet Airways (India) topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 1,061.10 million. It was followed by United Spirits (Rs. 687.64 million), State Bank Of India (Rs. 644.22 million) and Suzlon Energy (Rs. 611.73 million).

The volume chart was led by Suzlon Energy with trades of over 24.32 million shares. It was followed by Spicejet (5.71 million), Birla Cotsyn (India) (5.64 million) and Essar Oil (5.08 million).

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