Indian equities fell further in the postnoon trade on Thursday. Metal,realty and FMCG stocksled the declines.At 12.56 pm, the Sensex was trading down 206.52 points or 1.05% at 19,436.23 with 26 components falling. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading lower by 58.05 points or 0.98% at 5,885 with 46 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
ICICI Bank contributed fall of 42.91
points in the Sensex. It was followed by ITC (31.84 points),
Reliance Industries (15.64 points), Larsen & Toubro (14.34
points) and Hindustan Unilever (11.84 points).
However, Bharti Airtel contributed rise of 1.46 points in the Sensex. It was followed by Tata Power Company (0.39 points), Grasim Industries (0.16 points), NTPC (0.38 points) and Hero Motocorp (0.95 points).
Major gainers in the 30-share index were Bajaj Auto (0.53%), Bharti Airtel (0.30%), Cipla (0.24%), and Tata Power Company (0.21%).
On the other hand, Sterlite Industries (India) (3.23%), Jindal Steel & Power (2.90%), I C I C I Bank (2.82%), Hindalco Industries (2.64%), Tata Steel (2.62%), and Hindustan Unilever (2.02%) were the biggest losers in the Sensex.
Mid & Small-cap Space
The BSE Midcap index was at 6659.93 down by 57.88 points or by 0.86%. The major losers were Aban Offshore (1.61%), CORE Education and Technologies (0.89%), Alstom India (0.69%), A B G Shipyard (0.67%) and A I A Engineering (0.23%).
The BSE Smallcap index was at 6604.71 down by 69.01 points or by 1.03%. The major losers were Action Construction Equipment (6.58%), Adhunik Metaliks (4.04%), A2Z Maintenance & Engineering Services (1.98%), Styrolution ABS (India) (0.79%) and Aanjaneya Lifecare (0.1%).
Sectors in Limelight
The Metal index was at 9,698.78, down by 233.92 points or by 2.36%. The major losers were Jindal Steel & Power (2.9%), Hindalco Industries (2.64%), Hindustan Zinc (1.59%), Coal India (1.47%) and Bhushan Steel (0.56%).
The Realty index was at 2,102.74, down by 31.9 points or by 1.49%. The major losers were Indiabulls Real Estate (3.24%), Anant Raj (2.97%), D L F (2.22%), Housing Development and Infrastructure (1.5%) and Godrej Properties (0.87%).
The FMCG index was at 5,758.72, down by 79.37 points or by 1.36%. The major losers were Hindustan Unilever (2.02%), Jubilant FoodWorks (1.94%), I T C (1.63%), Colgate-Palmolive (India) (1.5%) and Dabur India (0.72%).
On the other hand, the Consumer Durables index was at 7,167.49, up by 22.52 points or by 0.32%. The major gainers were Videocon Industries (8.32%), Rajesh Exports (0.59%), Symphony (0.51%), Gitanjali Gems (0.21%) and Blue Star (0.2%).
Market Breadth
Market breadth was negative with 835 advances against 1,727 declines.
Value and Volume Toppers
Shriram Transport Finance Company topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 966.81 million. It was followed by United Spirits (Rs. 330.73 million), State Bank Of India (Rs. 241.48 million) and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (Rs. 220.58 million).
The volume chart was led by Kingfisher Airlines with trades of over 7.19 million shares. It was followed by Unitech (3.27 million), Suzlon Energy (3.27 million) and Spicejet (2.72 million).
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