Thursday, July 2, 2009

Market Extensive Pasting - July 02, 2009

Market after a gap-up opening, the key benchmark Indices drifted towards the southward. There is still uncertainty lingering amongst market participants on the upcoming Budget. The buying sentiments across the Asian markets failed to propel the domestic traders'' sentiments. There is lot of cautiousness prevailing in the markets, embedded with profit booking pressures.

On the sectoral front, out of 13 Indices, 4 indices advanced whereas 9 indices declined. PSU OMCs advanced as government hiked petrol and diesel prices overnight. Metal stocks gained after LMEX, a gauge of six metals traded on the London Metal Exchange, improved 2.9% overnight.

Banking stocks plunged on profit taking after the recent gains. IT stocks slipped on profit taking after recent really. Some Cement stocks advanced on higher dispatches in the month just gone by.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was strong. On BSE, out of 2,522 stocks traded so far, 1,296 shares advanced while 1,155 shares declined. Nearly 71 shares are unchanged.

The BSE Sensex is trading lower by 128.69 points at 14,516.77 whereas NSE Nifty is down by 34.69 points at 4,306.20.

The BSE Mid Cap is trading lower by 17.55 points at 5,109.96 and Small cap is trading up by 20.5 points at 5,777.92.

Major gainers from the BSE Sensex pack are ONGC spurted 5.73% to Rs. 1,112.90 along with Tata Steel Limited 3.86% to Rs. 410.25, Sun Pharmaceutical Limited gained 3.03% to Rs. 1,152.20, Sterlite Industries Limited improved 2.01% to Rs. 623.50, Housing Development Finance Co advanced 1.66% to Rs. 2,385.00, NTPC Limited gained 1.35% to Rs. 198.25 and Grasim Industries Limited improved 0.75% to Rs. 2,322.10 among others.

Losers from the BSE Sensex Pack are Reliance Communication Limited plunged 3.37% to Rs. 288.50 along with BHEL Limited by 3.25% to Rs. 2,145.10, Tata Motors by 3.24% to Rs. 289.60, Reliance Industries Limited by 2.79% to Rs. 2,000.00, DLF Limited by 2.72% to Rs. 316.75, Bharti Airtel by 2.53% to Rs. 802.00, State Bank of India by 2.52% to Rs. 1,735.00, Maruti Suzuki 2.44% to Rs. 1044.00, Hindustan Uniliver Limited by 2.09% to Rs. 267.00 and Larsen & Toubro Limited slipped 2.05% to Rs. 1,542.00.

The BSE Auto is lower by 65.80 points or 1.43% at 4,615.76. Stocks trading in red are Escorts Limited 4.49% to Rs. 62.70, Bajaj Auto Limited 4.34% to Rs. 964.40, Tata Motors Limited 2.87% to Rs. 290.70, Ashok Leyland by 2.60% to Rs. 29.95 and Maruti Suzuki 2.44% to Rs. 1044.00 among others.

Bajaj Auto Limited slipped 4.34% to Rs. 964.40 after total vehicle sales fell 2% to 1.93 units in June 2009 over June 2008.

Tulip Telecom Limited gained 4.18% to Rs. 908.00 extending recent strong gains triggered by good Q4 March 2009 results.

Indiabulls Financial Services Limited improved 1.63% to Rs. 193.40 after a block deal of eight lakh shares was executed on NSE at Rs. 193 per share.

McNally Bharat Engineering Company Limited zoomed 8.90% to Rs. 136.50, after the company bagged two orders totaling Rs. 46.88 crore.

Gitanjali Gems fell 0.19% to Rs. 107.00 despite the company said it will acquire 70% stake in unlisted MobileNXT Teleservices, a mobile retail chain.

ONGC spurted 5.73% to Rs. 1,112.90 as the company expects subsidy burden for the current year to be significantly lower, following the fuel price hike.

Punj Lloyd Limited gained 0.63% to Rs. 215.35, after the company''s overseas unit bagged an order worth Rs. 1,263 crore.

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