Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Markets In A Bout Of Sell-Off And Lost Most - Oct 15, 2008

The broader markets are trading weak as selling activities are being witnessed across the indices due to weak global cues. Fear still hovers in the market about industry recession and also the global newsflows are still poor. These blips are a clear sign that the markets have still not bottomed out and could see a further downside. On the global front, there are concerns over the global recession as the enthusiasm about the government’s plan to buy stake in the weak financial institutions has died down. The heavyweights in the sectors like Metal, Capital Goods, Oil & Gas, IT are trading lower. The market breadth is negative as the advance decline ration poised at 1:3.49 on the broader BSE.

At 11.30 AM, BSE Sensex is trading negative by 323.91 points at 11159.65 and NSE Nifty is trading down by 74.00 points at 3444.45. The BSE Mid Cap and BSE Small Cap are losing by 104 points and 130 points at 3787.13 and 4485.40 respectively.

Losers from the NSE Nifty Pack are BHEL down by (6.93%) at Rs1392.00 along with Tata Steel down by (6.67%) at Rs284.6, Sterlite Ind down by (6.52%) at Rs304.05, Suzlon Energy by (5.92%) at Rs104.85, Maruti Suzuki by (5.79%) at Rs678.1, Reliance Infra by (4.87%) at Rs602.15 and ICICI Bank by (4.86%) at Rs427.70.

Losers from the BSE Sensex Pack are Sterlite Ind down by (7.02%) at Rs302.20 along with BHEL down by (6.90%) at Rs1385.00, Tata Steel by (6.43%) at Rs285.2, Maruti Suzuki by (5.44%) at Rs679.95, Jaiprakash Asso by (5.06%) at Rs80.70, Tata motors by (4.65%) at Rs285.00 and Reliance infra Ltd by (4.52%) at Rs603.00.

BSE Capital goods index is trading lower by 400.94 points to trade at 8,475.26. The top losers are Thermax Ltd decreased by (7.65%) to Rs.315, Usha Martin down by (7.61%) to Rs.40.65, BHEL by (6.23%) at Rs1,395, Suzlon Energy by (5.71%) to Rs104.8 followed by Punj Lloyd fell by (5.47%) to Rs.202.9.

BSE Metal index lost 352.8 points to trade at 6,498.91. The major losers are Jindal Steel trading lower by (9.67%) to Rs.785, JSW Steel down by (7.11%) to Rs.292, Sterlite Industries by (6.68%) to Rs.303.3, Tata Steel by (6.56%) at Rs284.8 followed by Jindal Saw dropped by (4.83%) to Rs.365.2.

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