Indian markets continues to trade lower on Thursday led by losses seen in metal, realty and capital goods. At 12.15 pm, the Sensex was trading down 179.89 points or 0.92% at 19,462.86 with 25 components falling. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading lower by 53.05 points or 0.89% at 5,890 with 44 components falling.
The 30-share benchmark index, BSE Sensex opened with a decline of 93.70 points or 0.48% at 19,549.05, while the broad based NSE Nifty started with a fall of 33.40 points or 0.56%, at 5,909.65.
Sensex Movers
I C I C I Bank contributed fall of
36.92 points in the Sensex. It was followed by I T C (25.7 points),
Tata Motors (15.26 points), Larsen & Toubro (14.39 points) and
Housing Development Finance Corporation (12.08 points).
However, Bharti Airtel contributed rise of 2.84 points in the Sensex. It was followed by NTPC (0.1 points), Tata Power Company (0.1 points), Grasim Industries (0.28 points) and Wipro (0.42 points).
Biggest gainers in the 30-share index were Bharti Airtel (0.57%), Bajaj Auto (0.53%), Cipla (0.41%), NTPC (0.03%), and Dr Reddy"S Laboratories (0.01%).
On the other hand, Sterlite Industries (India) (3.23%), Hindalco Industries (2.46%), Jindal Steel & Power (2.44%), I C I C I Bank (2.42%), Tata Steel (2.26%), and Tata Motors (2.25%) were the major losers in the Sensex.
Mid & Small-cap Space
The BSE Midcap index was at 6665.04 down by 52.77 points or by 0.79%. The major losers were Aban Offshore (1.44%), CORE Education and Technologies (1.33%), Alstom India (0.64%), A B G Shipyard (0.26%) and A I A Engineering (0.23%).
The BSE Smallcap index was at 6608.98 down by 64.74 points or by 0.97%. The major losers were Action Construction Equipment (5.33%), Reliance MediaWorks (2.92%), Adhunik Metaliks (1.96%), A2Z Maintenance & Engineering Services (1.83%) and Styrolution ABS (India) (0.79%).
Sectors in Limelight
The Metal index was at 9,713.82, down by 218.88 points or by 2.2%. The major losers were Hindalco Industries (2.46%), Jindal Steel & Power (2.44%), Coal India (1.44%), Hindustan Zinc (1.35%) and Bhushan Steel (0.36%).
The Realty index was at 2,105.88, down by 28.76 points or by 1.35%. The major losers were Indiabulls Real Estate (3.03%), Anant Raj (2.83%), D L F (2.09%), Oberoi Realty (1.53%) and Housing Development and Infrastructure (1.29%).
The Capital Goods index was at 9,742.73, down by 123.18 points or by 1.25%. The major losers were Crompton Greaves (2.46%), Bharat Heavy Electricals (0.85%), Alstom India (0.64%), Bharat Electronics (0.44%) and A I A Engineering (0.23%).
On the other hand, the Consumer Durables index was at 7,166.88, up by 21.91 points or by 0.31%. The major gainers were Videocon Industries (8.37%), Rajesh Exports (0.84%), Blue Star (0.29%) and Symphony (0.04%).
Market Breadth
Market breadth was negative with 819 advances against 1,634 declines.
Value and Volume Toppers
Shriram Transport Finance Company topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 958.44 million. It was followed by United Spirits (Rs. 262.22 million), State Bank Of India (Rs. 222.05 million) and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (Rs. 204.51 million).
The volume chart was led by Kingfisher Airlines with trades of over 7.18 million shares. It was followed by Suzlon Energy (3.15 million), Unitech (3.00 million) and Spicejet (2.55 million).
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