After a gap up opening and volatility thereon in the key benchmark index, the market now trading downward. Further, some amount of volatility was seen due to much awaited General Election outcome which is expected on this Saturday i.e, May 16, 2009. The Sensex plunged below the psychological 12,000 mark.
On the sectoral front, traders off-loaded positions across the sectors. Realty stocks plunged on profit taking after a recent surge. Oil exploration stocks grew as crude oil prices surged over 3% on the New York Mercantile Exchange on May 8, 2009.
Metal stocks plunged on profit taking after a recent surge. IT stocks plunged on the US government plans to scrap tax incentives that encourage American firms to ship jobs overseas.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE, out of 2,424 stocks traded so far, 801 shares advanced while 1,537 shares declined. Nearly 86 shares are unchanged.
BSE Sensex is trading lower by 202.90 points at 11,673.00 and NSE Nifty is down by 63.2 points at 3,557.50.
The BSE Mid Cap is trading lower by 79.94 points at 3,690.48 and Small cap is trading down by 97.98 points at 4,179.28.
Major gainers from the BSE Sensex pack are ONGC spurted 0.99% to Rs. 891.60 along with Sun Pharma by 0.94% to Rs. 1,297.80, HDFC Bank by 0.42% to Rs. 1,148.30 and ICICI Bank advanced 0.41% to Rs. 522.75.
Losers from the BSE Sensex Pack are Jaiprakash Associates by 5.52% to Rs. 134.25 along with, DLF Ltd by 5.55% to Rs. 227.05, Tata Motors plunged 5.37% to Rs. 254.00, Tata Steel by 3.79% to Rs. 271.80, Reliance Communication by 3.79% to Rs. 220.90, Wipro Ltd by 3.31% to Rs. 343.25, Housing Development Finance Co by 3.29% to Rs. 1,682.60, BHEL by 2.77% to Rs. 1,601.95 and State Bank of India by 2.67% to Rs. 1,289.80 among others.
The BSE Realty is lower by 141.93 points or 6.03% at 2,213.68. Stocks trading in red are Unitech Ltd by 9.47% to Rs. 47.80, Orbitco by 9.04% to Rs. 84.00, Mahindra Life Science by 6.43% to Rs. 171.05, Ansal Infra by 6.21% to Rs. 33.25, Parsvnath by 5.99% to Rs. 48.65, DLF Ltd by 5.55% to Rs. 227.05 and Indiabulls Realty by 5.31% to Rs. 135.50 among others.
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd advanced 1.37% to Rs. 285.00, after its overseas unit received approval from Therapeutic Goods Administration, government of Australia for a new drug.
Pratibha Industries Ltd surged 4.02% to Rs. 95.65 after net profit increased phenomenally by 30.56% to Rs. 44.73 crore in the year ended March 2009 over the year ended March 2008.
Ashok Leyland Ltd plunged 2.94% to Rs. 21.45 after the company reported a 69.33% decline in commercial vehicles sales to 1,750 units in April 2009 over April 2008.
Alembic Ltd shrunk 6.46% to Rs. 36.90 on reporting a net loss of Rs 5.13 crore in Q4 March 2009 as compared to net profit of Rs 15.34 crore in Q4 March 2008.
NIIT Ltd dipped 3.84% to Rs. 30.05 despite securing a 5-year contract worth Rs. 84.38 crore to provide computer training to 1,870 government schools in Gujarat.
Reliance Industries Ltd fell 1.88% to Rs. 1,861.40 after the board of directors of Ratnagiri Gas & Power approved a proposal to buy gas from Reliance Industry''s K-G basin at $4.2 per Million British Thermal Unit.
Hindustan Unilever Ltd contracted 2.21% to Rs. 227.75 after the company reported a lower-than-expected rise of 3.68% in net profit to Rs 394.99 crore in January-March 2009 quarter over the corresponding quarter in the previous year.
State Bank of India Ltd slipped 2.64% to Rs. 1,290.00, despite net profit surged 45.62% to Rs 2,742.31 crore in Q4 March 2009 over Q4 March 2008.
On the sectoral front, traders off-loaded positions across the sectors. Realty stocks plunged on profit taking after a recent surge. Oil exploration stocks grew as crude oil prices surged over 3% on the New York Mercantile Exchange on May 8, 2009.
Metal stocks plunged on profit taking after a recent surge. IT stocks plunged on the US government plans to scrap tax incentives that encourage American firms to ship jobs overseas.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE, out of 2,424 stocks traded so far, 801 shares advanced while 1,537 shares declined. Nearly 86 shares are unchanged.
BSE Sensex is trading lower by 202.90 points at 11,673.00 and NSE Nifty is down by 63.2 points at 3,557.50.
The BSE Mid Cap is trading lower by 79.94 points at 3,690.48 and Small cap is trading down by 97.98 points at 4,179.28.
Major gainers from the BSE Sensex pack are ONGC spurted 0.99% to Rs. 891.60 along with Sun Pharma by 0.94% to Rs. 1,297.80, HDFC Bank by 0.42% to Rs. 1,148.30 and ICICI Bank advanced 0.41% to Rs. 522.75.
Losers from the BSE Sensex Pack are Jaiprakash Associates by 5.52% to Rs. 134.25 along with, DLF Ltd by 5.55% to Rs. 227.05, Tata Motors plunged 5.37% to Rs. 254.00, Tata Steel by 3.79% to Rs. 271.80, Reliance Communication by 3.79% to Rs. 220.90, Wipro Ltd by 3.31% to Rs. 343.25, Housing Development Finance Co by 3.29% to Rs. 1,682.60, BHEL by 2.77% to Rs. 1,601.95 and State Bank of India by 2.67% to Rs. 1,289.80 among others.
The BSE Realty is lower by 141.93 points or 6.03% at 2,213.68. Stocks trading in red are Unitech Ltd by 9.47% to Rs. 47.80, Orbitco by 9.04% to Rs. 84.00, Mahindra Life Science by 6.43% to Rs. 171.05, Ansal Infra by 6.21% to Rs. 33.25, Parsvnath by 5.99% to Rs. 48.65, DLF Ltd by 5.55% to Rs. 227.05 and Indiabulls Realty by 5.31% to Rs. 135.50 among others.
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd advanced 1.37% to Rs. 285.00, after its overseas unit received approval from Therapeutic Goods Administration, government of Australia for a new drug.
Pratibha Industries Ltd surged 4.02% to Rs. 95.65 after net profit increased phenomenally by 30.56% to Rs. 44.73 crore in the year ended March 2009 over the year ended March 2008.
Ashok Leyland Ltd plunged 2.94% to Rs. 21.45 after the company reported a 69.33% decline in commercial vehicles sales to 1,750 units in April 2009 over April 2008.
Alembic Ltd shrunk 6.46% to Rs. 36.90 on reporting a net loss of Rs 5.13 crore in Q4 March 2009 as compared to net profit of Rs 15.34 crore in Q4 March 2008.
NIIT Ltd dipped 3.84% to Rs. 30.05 despite securing a 5-year contract worth Rs. 84.38 crore to provide computer training to 1,870 government schools in Gujarat.
Reliance Industries Ltd fell 1.88% to Rs. 1,861.40 after the board of directors of Ratnagiri Gas & Power approved a proposal to buy gas from Reliance Industry''s K-G basin at $4.2 per Million British Thermal Unit.
Hindustan Unilever Ltd contracted 2.21% to Rs. 227.75 after the company reported a lower-than-expected rise of 3.68% in net profit to Rs 394.99 crore in January-March 2009 quarter over the corresponding quarter in the previous year.
State Bank of India Ltd slipped 2.64% to Rs. 1,290.00, despite net profit surged 45.62% to Rs 2,742.31 crore in Q4 March 2009 over Q4 March 2008.
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