Thursday, November 6, 2008

Market On Plunged After A Sharp Gain In The Election - Nov 06, 2008

The markets today open sharply lower on the back of weak sentiments across the globe. The selling pressure is seen across the board in the early trade, mainly led by the Realty, Metal, Power, Auto, Banking and Capital Goods stocks.The BSE Mid Cap and the Small Cap are also trading in line with the benchmark index with a gain of more than 2% each.The Asian markets are also with a deep cut as Nikkei, Hang Seng and the Straight Times index are trading lower by 5.68%, 6.43% and 4.25% respectively.

The BSE Sensex is now trading around the 9,800 mark and the NSE Nifty around the 2,900 mark.

The US stock market on Wednesday plunged after a sharp gain in the Election Day, as investors now think about the task ahead for newly elected President Barack Obama in tackling the beaten down economy. Further, worse than expected US ISM non Manufacturing and unemployment has contributed to the decline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped by 486.01 points to close at 9,139.27. The NASDAQ Composite (RIXF) index decreased by 98.48 points to close at 1,681.64 and the S&P 500 (SPX) dropped by 52.98 points to close at 952.77.

The overall market breadth is negative as 299 stocks are advancing whereas 1184 stocks are declining on BSE.

Ranbaxy Laboratories reported the top gainer from the BSE Sensex pack, as it is trading with a gain of (2.64%) at Rs.214.10 while Tata Steel reported the top loser down by (8.09%) at Rs.198.30.

The Indian Rupee opened at Rs 47.90 per dollar as against Rs.47.46 of yesterday. The rupee fell in the early trade on Thursday on expectations that losses in overseas markets would lead the stock market to fall sharply and see foreigners withdraw investments..

At 10.33AM, the BSE Sensex was down by 250.01 points at 9,870 and the Nifty was down by 77.50 points to 2,917.45.

The BSE Mid Cap decreased by 85.49 points to 3,309.12 and the BSE Small Cap slipped by 94.29 points to 3,870.49.

BSE Realty index is trading lower by 151.45 points or (6.68%) to trade at 2,115.55. The top losers are Penland decreased by (8.39%) to Rs.25.10, India Bull Real down by (7.82%) to Rs.138.45, DLF declined by (6.37%) to Rs.247.80 followed by Parsavnath fell by (5.68%) to Rs.45.70.

BSE Metal index slipped by 334.67 points or (6.14%) to trade at 5,117.07. The major losers are Tata Steel declined by (8.09%) to Rs.198.30, JSW Steel down by (7.38%) to Rs.312.50, Ispat Industries decreased by (6.50%) to Rs.11.79 followed by Jindal Saw fell by (6.95%) to Rs.395.

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