Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Market Trading Range Bound: IT, Banking Down 1 Per Cent Each - May 06, 2009

Domestic markets drifted lower after a lethargic start due to mixed cues from the global market. Investors locked in profit from a recent rally and turned cautious due to lack of driving news. There is subdued buying in frontline stocks however on the other hand midcaps and smallcaps have outperformed.

On a stock specific move, Reliance Infrastructure surged by 2.04% after it agreed to sign a 500 mw power purchase agreement with Tata Power. Among the sectoral indices, the IT and Bankex indices on the BSE has down by 1.40% and 1.08% respectively whereas the BSE Consumer Durable (CD) and PSU indices up by 1.69% and 1.36% respectively.

Overall the market breadth is positive as 1301 stocks are trading in green while 588 stocks are in red.

The BSE Sensex down by 19.86 points at 12,111.21 whereas NSE Nifty surged by 10.29 points at 3,672.2. The BSE Mid Cap and Small Cap are trading higher by 44.13 points and 76.11 points at 3,763.01 and 4,238.7 respectively.

Losers from the BSE Sensex Pack are ICICI Bank down by (3.57%) to Rs. 549.1, along with Sterlite Industries Ltd by (2.60%) to Rs. 466.4, TCS by (2.38%) to Rs. 635, Tata Motors by (1.89%) to Rs. 267.35, Infosys Tech Ltd by (1.77%) at Rs. 1555 and Tata Steel by (1.68%) at Rs. 281.35.

Losers from the NSE Nifty Pack are ICICI Bank Ltd by (3.39%) at Rs. 549.8 along with Axis Bank by (2.71%) at Rs. 610.35, Sterlite Industry by (2.65%) at Rs. 466, TCS Ltd by (2.49%) at Rs. 634.8, Unitech Ltd by (2.48%) at Rs. 53 and Cipla Ltd by (2.35%) at Rs.230.5.

BSE IT is trading down by (1.40%) or 39.65 points at 2,786.47. The major losers are Oracle Finance trading down by (4.13%) at Rs. 879.10, along with TCS Ltd by (2.38%) at Rs. 635, HCL Tech by (2.01%) at Rs.148.35, Infosys Tech by (1.77%) at Rs. 1555, followed by Wipro Ltd by (1.36%) to Rs. 363.40.

BSE Bankex is trading lower by (1.08%) or 67.65 points at 6,210.51. The top losers in the index are ICICI Bank declined by (3.57%) to Rs. 549.1 along with Axis Bank by (2.91%) to Rs. 609.55, Kotak Bank by (2.67%) to Rs. 442.50 followed by HDFC Bank Ltd by (1.69%) to Rs. 1,169.

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