Indian equities still trading on a flat note amid volatility towards the close. Realty, technology and oil & gas stocks gained while FMCG witnessed a drop. At 15.14 pm, the Sensex was trading down 17.63 points or 0.09% at 19,307.73 with 17 components falling. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading lower by 4.30 points or 0.07% at 5,847.95 with 26 components falling.
The 30-share benchmark index, BSE Sensex opened flat with a rise of 16.54 points or 0.09% at 19,341.90, while the broad based NSE Nifty started with a fall of 14.30 points or 0.24%, at 5,837.95.
Sensex Movers
Housing Development Finance Corporation
contributed fall of 28.21 points in the Sensex. It was followed by
I T C (26.78 points), Hindustan Unilever (15.35 points), H D F C
Bank (15.26 points) and Tata Motors (11.17 points).
However, Bharti Airtel contributed rise of 21.95 points in the Sensex. It was followed by Infosys (17.39 points), I C I C I Bank (15.77 points), Reliance Industries (10.24 points) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (7.72 points).
Biggest gainers in the 30-share index were Bharti Airtel (4.48%), Wipro (2.11%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (2.03%), Infosys (1.10%), I C I C I Bank (1.04%), and Mahindra & Mahindra (0.94%).
On the other hand, Hindustan Unilever (2.64%), Coal India (2.59%), Maruti Suzuki India (2.08%), Housing Development Finance Corporation (1.94%), Tata Motors (1.66%), and I T C (1.38%) were the biggest losers in the Sensex.
Mid & Small-cap Space
The BSE Mid and small caps outperformed their larger counterparts gaining 0.04% and 0.26% respectively. The major gainers in the BSE Midcap were Amtek India (3.45%), Apollo Tyres (2.36%), Amtek Auto (1.05%), A I A Engineering (0.93%) and Allahabad Bank (0.75%).The major gainers in the BSE Smallcap were Styrolution ABS (India) (1.83%), Reliance MediaWorks (0.67%), A2Z Maintenance & Engineering Services (0.63%), Aarti Industries (0.58%) and Adhunik Metaliks (0.54%).
Sectors in Limelight
The Realty index was at 2,116.09, up by 31.11 points or by 1.49%. The major gainers were D L F (3.16%), Parsvnath Developers (1.15%), Indiabulls Real Estate (0.58%), Unitech (0.34%) and Oberoi Realty (0.32%).
The TECk index was at 3,822.76, up by 49.77 points or by 1.32%. The major gainers were Bharti Airtel (4.54%), Idea Cellular (4.32%), Deccan Chronicle Holdings (2.46%), G T L (1.15%) and Reliance MediaWorks (0.67%).
The IT index was at 6,605.21, up by 54.77 points or by 0.84%. The major gainers were Wipro (2.21%), Infosys (1.18%), Mahindra Satyam (1.06%), Tata Consultancy Services (0.47%) and Tech Mahindra (0.14%).
On the other hand, the FMCG index was at 5,676.81, down by 80.55 points or by 1.4%. The major losers were Hindustan Unilever (2.61%), Godrej Consumer Products (2.44%), Colgate-Palmolive (India) (1.5%), I T C (1.37%) and Jubilant FoodWorks (0.29%).
Market Breadth
Market breadth was negative with 1,410 advances against 1,444 declines.
Value and Volume Toppers
State Bank Of India topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 667.09 million. It was followed by Jet Airways (India) (Rs. 395.91 million), Infosys (Rs. 394.91 million) and D L F (Rs. 382.86 million).
The volume chart was led by Ashok Leyland with trades of over 9.28 million shares. It was followed by I F C I (4.23 million), Kingfisher Airlines (3.59 million) and Suzlon Energy (3.46 million).
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