Indian equities ended the choppy sessionslightly loweron Wednesday led by losses seen in capital goods, PSU and power stocks. Investorsare cautious ahead of the 2013/14 budget to be announced later this month which is a key event for market.
At the close, the benchmark 30-share index, BSE Sensex lost 20.10 points or 0.10% at 19,639.72 with 19 components registering drop. While the broad based NSE Nifty closed flat with a gain of 2.30 points or 0.04%, at 5,959.20.26 components posting rise.Sensex Movers
ICICI Bank contributed fall of 17.11 points in the Sensex. It was followed by Larsen & Toubro (12.22 points), Hindustan Unilever (9.4 points), H D F C Bank (8.8 points) and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (8.18 points).
However, I T C contributed rise of 18.79 points in the Sensex. It was followed by Housing Development Finance Corporation (11.31 points), Infosys (9.37 points), Tata Consultancy Services (7.6 points) and Maruti Suzuki India (4.35 points).
Biggest gainers in the 30-share index were Jindal Steel & Power (2.69%), Maruti Suzuki India (1.61%), I T C (0.94%), Tata Consultancy Services (0.82%), Housing Development Finance Corporation (0.81%), and Hindalco Industries (0.79%).
On the other hand, NTPC (2.12%), Coal India (2.03%), Bharat Heavy Electricals (1.72%), Hindustan Unilever (1.60%), Larsen & Toubro (1.23%), and I C I C I Bank (1.08%) were the major losers in the Sensex.
Mid & Small-cap Space
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap index rose 0.02% and 0.24% respectively.
Sectors in Limelight
The Realty index was at 2,211.18, up by 17.22 points or by 0.78%. The major gainers were Prestige Estates Projects (2.11%), Parsvnath Developers (1.41%), Phoenix Mills (0.32%), D L F (0.15%) and Anant Raj (0.06%).
The IT index was at 6,381.64, up by 39.55 points or by 0.62%. The major gainers were Mahindra Satyam (3.28%), Hexaware Technologies (2.64%), Tech Mahindra (1.08%), Infosys (0.59%) and Oracle Financial Services Software (0.22%).
The TECk index was at 3,775.44, up by 22.69 points or by 0.60%. The major gainers were G T L (8.23%), Deccan Chronicle Holdings (4.86%), Dish TV India (0.68%), Bharti Airtel (0.62%) and Oracle Financial Services Software (0.22%).
On the other hand, the Capital Goods index was at 10,233.28, down by 95.94 points or by 0.93%. The major losers were Bharat Heavy Electricals (1.72%), A I A Engineering (1.52%), Bharat Electronics (0.76%), Alstom India (0.74%) and BEML (0.17%).
Market Breadth
Market breadth was negative with 1,514 advances against 1,384 declines.
Value and Volume Toppers
Jubilant FoodWorks topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 1,210.52 million. It was followed by United Spirits (Rs. 612.92 million), State Bank Of India (Rs. 538.79 million) and Suzlon Energy (Rs. 455.48 million).
The volume chart was led by Suzlon Energy with trades of over 17.03 million shares. It was followed by NHPC (5.03 million), Unitech (4.37 million) and Avance Technologies (4.07 million).
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