Sensex pares some losses; Realty, Metal down

05th February 2013 12:18 PM

Indian markets pared some of its losses in late morning trade on Tuesday. Realty and metal stocks continues to trade lower. BSE Midcap and Smallcap index underperformed the benchmark indices.

At 11.29 am, the Sensex was trading down 52.47 points or 0.27% at 19,698.72 with 16 components falling. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading lower by 21.95 points or 0.37% at 5,965.30 with 32 components falling.

The 30-share benchmark index, BSE Sensex opened with a decline of 85.65 points or 0.43% at 19,665.54, while the broad based NSE Nifty started with a fall of 39.05 points or 0.65%, at 5,948.20.

Sensex Movers

Reliance Industries contributed fall of 18.92 points in the Sensex. It was followed by I T C (14.97 points), H D F C Bank (11.88 points), I C I C I Bank (10.52 points) and Tata Motors (10.29 points).

However, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries contributed rise of 14.1 points in the Sensex. It was followed by Tata Consultancy Services (5.03 points), NTPC (3.61 points), State Bank Of India (3.6 points) and Mahindra & Mahindra (3.23 points).

Major gainers in the 30-share index were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (4.05%), G A I L (India) (1.95%), NTPC (1.19%), Maruti Suzuki India (0.91%), Mahindra & Mahindra (0.67%), and Tata Power Company (0.60%).

On the other hand, Bharat Heavy Electricals (3.13%), Hero Motocorp (1.65%), Tata Motors (1.63%), Sterlite Industries (India) (1.60%), Jindal Steel & Power (1.11%), and Reliance Industries (1.02%) were the major losers in the Sensex.

Mid & Small-cap Space

The BSE Mid and small caps underperformed their larger counterparts declining -0.76% and -0.78% respectively.The major losers in the BSE Midcap were A B G Shipyard (1.43%), A I A Engineering (1.29%), Aban Offshore (1.23%), CORE Education and Technologies (1.03%) and Amara Raja Batteries (0.27%).The major losers in the BSE Smallcap were A2Z Maintenance & Engineering Services (3.72%), Action Construction Equipment (1.64%), Aanjaneya Lifecare (1.62%), Styrolution ABS (India) (1.28%) and Aarti Industries (0.89%).

Sectors in Limelight

The Realty index was at 2,176.87, down by 24.97 points or by 1.13%. The major losers were Anant Raj (2.04%), Housing Development and Infrastructure (1.85%), Godrej Properties (1.74%), Indiabulls Real Estate (1.58%) and D L F (0.74%).

The Consumer Durables index was at 7,596.94, down by 80.41 points or by 1.05%. The major losers were Bajaj Electricals (2.03%), Titan Industries (1.11%), Symphony (0.69%), Rajesh Exports (0.53%) and Whirlpool Of India (0.11%).

On the other hand, the HC index was at 8,018.95, up by 52.98 points or by 0.67%. The major gainers were Biocon (1.28%), Cadila Healthcare (0.66%), Cipla (0.42%), Aurobindo Pharma (0.29%) and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise (0.12%).

Market Breadth

Market breadth was negative with 728 advances against 1,614 declines.

Value and Volume Toppers

Havell"S India topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 4,435.67 million. It was followed by State Bank Of India (Rs. 339.64 million), United Spirits (Rs. 262.95 million) and Jubilant FoodWorks (Rs. 248.90 million).

The volume chart was led by Havell"S India with trades of over 6.82 million shares. It was followed by Suzlon Energy (4.71 million), Commercial Engineers and Body Builders Company (4.54 million) and Shri Ganesh Spinners (2.76 million).

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