Thursday, April 16, 2009

Markets Are Still Under Pressure - April 16, 2009

The markets are witnessing heavy selling pressure today after a sharp rally in the previous session. However, the lower inflation data and the positive European markets failed to lift the sentiments. The Metal, Realty, Capital Goods, Power and Oil & Gas stocks remained under pressure. However the FMCG index is bucking the trend. The broader market also witnessing extended selling pressure as both the BSE Mid Cap and the BSE Small Cap index are trading with a cut of more than 2% each.

The BSE Sensex is now trading below the 11,250 mark and the NSE Nifty is trading around the 3,450 mark.

The overall market breadth is negative as 927 stocks are advancing while 1586 stocks are declining in BSE.

ITC reported the top gainer from the BSE Sensex pack, as it is trading up by (3.48%) at Rs. 192.05 while Tata Motors reported the top loser down by (9.03%) at Rs. 255.80.

At 2.37PM BSE Sensex is at 11,233.63 down by 51.10 points and Nifty is at 3,456.10 down by 28.05 points.

The BSE Mid Cap is lower by 59.84 points at 3,542.05 and the BSE Small Cap decreased by 71.05 points to 4,052.40.

The FMCG index is trading with gains of 48.47 points or 2.35% at 2,109.93. Leading the rally are Tata Tea trading up by 5.09% at Rs679.90, along with Nestle by 3.72% at Rs1670 along with ITC by 3.45% at Rs192, HUL by 1.83% at Rs239.90, Britannia Inds by 0.60% at Rs1520 and Dabur India by 0.46% at Rs98.65.

The Metal index is trading with deep cut of 304.96 points or 4.11% at 7,117.55. Losers from this pack are Jindal Saw trading down by 7.29% at Rs221.30 in line with Jindal Steel by 7% at Rs1371.50, JSW Steel by 6.38% at Rs344.35, Tata Steel by 5.23% at Rs278, NMDC by 5.24% at Rs215, Sesa Goa by 4.61% at Rs113.80, Welspun Guj SR by 4.38% at Rs92.70 and Gujarat NRE Coke by 4.29% at Rs26.80.

The most active shares on NSE are Unitech trading at Rs.45.90 with a total traded quantity of 128215826 shares followed by Suzlon Energy trading at Rs.63.90 with a total traded quantity of 51879079 shares.

Larsen & Toubro Limited is trading lower by 2.72% at Rs854.90. The company has recorded a healthy growth in Order Inflows during FY 2008-09. L&T has bagged a number of prestigious orders, both domestic and international, from diverse sectors totaling to approximately Rs 520 Billion as compared to Rs 420 Billion in the previous year.

L&T has thus recorded a year on year growth of 24% in Order Inflows in FY2008-09, The Company has bagged orders both from traditional sectors such as hydrocarbon and infrastructure as well from new businesses like Power Equipment and Railways, Some of the orders, particularly in the hydrocarbon sector, that were expected in FY09 are likely to get decided in FYI0 adding to the order inflow prospects for 2009-10.

On the global markets front, the European markets are trading higher as the FTSE 100 and the DAX index are trading up by (0.55%) and (0.04%).

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