Indian equitiesare trading flat with positive bias in post noonsession on Wednesday. Consumer durables, metal and realty witnessed buying, while capital goods and banking stocks traded lower.
At 2 p.m., the Sensex was trading up 8.78 points or 0.04% at 19,668.60 with 16 components gaining. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading higher by 11.85 points or 0.20% at 5,968.75 with 31 components gaining.
The 30-share benchmark index, BSE Sensex opened with a gain of 77.95 points or 0.40% at 19,737.77, while the broad based NSE Nifty started with a rise of 31.15 points or 0.52%, at 5,988.05.
Sensex Movers
Housing Development Finance Corporation contributed rise of 21.42 points in the Sensex. It was followed by I T C (11.56 points), Tata Consultancy Services (6.83 points), Reliance Industries (5.73 points) and Maruti Suzuki India (4.66 points).
However, Hindustan Unilever contributed fall of 11.32 points in the Sensex. It was followed by H D F C Bank (7.71 points), I C I C I Bank (7.31 points), NTPC (4.96 points) and Larsen & Toubro (4.21 points).
Major gainers in the 30-share index were Jindal Steel & Power (2.11%), Maruti Suzuki India (1.72%), Housing Development Finance Corporation (1.53%), Tata Steel (1.10%), Hindalco Industries (1.10%), and Tata Power Company (0.76%).
On the other hand, Hindustan Unilever (1.93%), NTPC (1.64%), Coal India (0.84%), H D F C Bank (0.54%), Tata Motors (0.54%), and Wipro (0.49%) were the biggest losers in the Sensex.
Mid & Small-cap Space
The BSE Mid and small caps outperformed their larger counterparts gaining 0.21% and 0.32% respectively. The major gainers in the BSE Midcap were A B G Shipyard (1.68%), Amtek India (1.53%), Amtek Auto (1.08%), Anant Raj (0.71%) and Allcargo Logistics (0.62%).The major gainers in the BSE Smallcap were Aanjaneya Lifecare (2.36%), Adhunik Metaliks (1.49%), Aarti Industries (0.76%), Styrolution ABS (India) (0.24%) and Trident (0.21%).
Sectors in Limelight
The Metal index was at 10,403.23, up by 73.16 points or by 0.71%. The major gainers were Jindal Steel & Power (2.11%), NMDC (1.85%), Bhushan Steel (1.75%), Hindalco Industries (1.1%) and JSW Steel (0.88%).
The Consumer Durables index was at 7,609.05, up by 51.91 points or by 0.69%. The major gainers were Bajaj Electricals (8.27%), Symphony (4.92%), Blue Star (1.54%), Gitanjali Gems (1.1%) and Titan Industries (0.9%).
The Realty index was at 2,205.14, up by 11.18 points or by 0.51%. The major gainers were Parsvnath Developers (1.3%), Phoenix Mills (0.73%), Anant Raj (0.71%), Prestige Estates Projects (0.65%) and D L F (0.5%).
On the other hand, the Capital Goods index was at 10,302.27, down by 26.95 points or by 0.26%. The major losers were Alstom India (1.1%), Havell'S India (0.52%), Bharat Heavy Electricals (0.35%), A I A Engineering (0.02%) and F A G Bearings India (0.02%).
Market Breadth
Market breadth was positive with 1,464 advances against 1,278 declines.
Value and Volume Toppers
Jubilant FoodWorks topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 913.36 million followed bySayaji Hotels (Rs. 610.70 million) and United Spirits (Rs. 420.49 million).
The volume chart was led by Suzlon Energy with trades of over 9.89 million shares. It was followed by Sayaji Hotels (4.81 million), Ashok Leyland (3.22 million) and Opto Circuits (India) (2.90 million).
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