The NSE Nifty ended at 2886, up 189 points. With Friday's gain, the main index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, the Sensex, gained over 27% (2,091 points) from it's Monday low of 7,697.
The credit growth in the current financial year has slowed down to 22.6 per cent at the end of January 2007 compared with nearly 30 per cent a year ago. While that in itself is not too worrying, most of the demand stems from companies with retail offtake in low double digits.
The BSE IT index zoomed 8% to 2,741. The Realy index, however, shed 3.7% at 2,431. The market breadth was fairly negative - out of 2,616 stocks traded, 1,643 declined, 920 advanced and 53 were unchanged on Monday.
Some profit taking towards the end saw the Sensex pare gains and finally settle at 17,594 - up 5.2% (864 points) - third best single-day gain ever. Thus, the index today broke its seven-day losing streak wherein the index had shed 19% (4,097 points). The NSE Nifty gained 304 points to close at 5,203.
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Mutual funds pared exposure to auto, cement, metal, FMCG, telecom, sugar, and power stocks in January.
The NSE Nifty touched a high of 4,616 - up 113 points - in morning trades, but eventually finished with a marginal gain of 15 points at 4,518.
The Sensex opened 12 points lower at 13,838, and soon touched a low of 13,798. Fresh buying, thereafter, helped the index rebound into the positive zone and zip past the 14,000-mark.
Continuing with its uptrend, the Sensex opened with a positive gap of 147 points at 13,782. Profit-taking in early trades saw the index pare gains and slip into red to a low of 13,581.
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However, the index pared gains towards the end owing to weakness in Reliance. The index touched a low of 13,476, and finally settled with a gain of 72 points at 13,526. The market breadth was fairly positive -- out of 2,705 stocks traded, 1,847 advanced and 793 declined on Monday. The NSE Nifty moved up 14 points to end at 4,030.
Resistance at higher levels saw the index pare gains and slip into the negative zone. Aggressive profit-taking saw the Sensex tumble to a low of 17,322 - down 661 points from the peak. Selective buying, thereafter, helped the index recover partially towards the close.
Mutual funds continued to buy into oil and gas, banking and finance, telecom, and media stocks in April
The NSE Nifty ended at 2763, up 29 points. The market breadth was marginally positive - out of 2,523 stocks traded, 1,228 advanced, 1,190 declined and 105 were unchanged on Wednesday.
The NSE Nifty ended at 5,069, up 48 points. The BSE Mid-cap index advanced 1.4% to 7529, and the Small-cap index added nearly 1% to 9185. Out of 2,840 stocks traded, 1,636 advanced, 1,131 declined and 73 were unchanged.
The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 282 points at 16,846.
The market breadth was negative - out of 2,716 stocks traded, 2,066 declined, 600 advanced and 50 were unchanged on Monday. The NSE Nifty ended with loss of 130 points at 4,740.
The index finally ended with a gain of 99 points at 16,415. The NSE Nifty finished with a gain of 35 points at 4,870. HDFC soared 5.6% to Rs 2,569. Ranbaxy surged 4.7% to Rs 529. BHEL gained 3.9% at Rs 1,662.
Intra-day profit taking in noon deals saw the index pare gains and drop to a low of 16,238. Banking and PSU stocks were hit the most. The market breadth was negative - out of 2,763 stocks traded, 922 advanced, 1,760 declined and 81 were unchanged on Tuesay. The NSE Nifty was down 15 points at a close of 4,860.
The index moved in a range of 388 points between 16,697 (low) and 17,086 (high) before finally settling with a loss of 108 points at 16,753. The index moved in a range of 388 points between 16,697 (low) and 17,086 (high) before finally settling with a loss of 108 points at 16,753. The market breadth was marginally positive - out of 2,784 stocks traded, 1,410 advanced, 1,304 declined and 70 were unchanged on Tuesday.
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The NSE Nifty ended at 3,643, up 3 points.
NSE Nifty ended at 4,403, down 59 points.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 135 points at 16,289. It finally ended with a gain of 90 points at 16,244. The NSE Nifty closed with a gain of eight points at 4,887. Infosys zoomed 6% to Rs 1,600. Wipro surged 5.4% to Rs 447. Satyam and TCS ended on a flat note at Rs 454 and Rs 974, respectively. Reliance Communications, ICICI Bank and ITC, Reliance Energy and Hindalco were other gainers. Ambuja Cements dropped 3.6% to Rs 112. BHEL declined over 3% to Rs 1,778.
Roadshows will be held in Singapore, Hong Kong, London, New York and Boston, NTPC gained close to 1%.
The index finally finished with a gain of 74 points at 14,880. The NSE Nifty ended up 2 points at 4,359.
Infosys Technologies' scrip closed higher on domestic bourses today while Capgemini shares were trading nearly one per cent up on NYSE-Euronext
The NSE Nifty ended up 26 points at 4,286.
The Sensex opened with a bang at 15,326 - up 493 points - on positive cues from the global markets after the US Federel Bank cut interest rates by 75 basis points. The index touched a high of 15,467 in opening trades. The index thus ended the holiday -shortened week with a loss of 766 points. The markets are closed on Thursday and Friday. The NSE Nifty touched a high of 4,718, but settled with a gain of 41 points at 4,574. The index was down 172 points for the week.
The Sensex opened with a negative gap of 83 points at 14,726, and slipped to a low of 14,677 in early deals. The index, thereafter, pared gains and slipped into red in late trades. The Sensex finally settled at 14,833 - up 24 points. The NSE Nifty ended with a gain of 30 points at 4,533. DLF, TCS, Reliance Energy and Reliance Communications, Larsen & Toubro, Hindustan Unilever, Ranbaxy, BHEL, ICICI Bank and Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel and Cipla were major gainers on Tuesday.
Market breadth depicted gains with 1,476 advances over 1,403 declines on the BSE. 140 stocks remained unchanged.
The NSE Nifty ended at 5280, up 6 points (provisional) from the previous close. A fresh round of selling following the status quo stance taken by the Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday. The RBI in its third quarterly monetary policy review kept all key rates - bank rate, repo rate and the reverse repo rate - and the cash reserve ratio unchanged.
The Sensex opened with with a positive gap of 47 points at 13,654. The index is now up 62 points at 13,670.
ICICI Bank Ltd, India's biggest private sector lender, posted its slowest quarterly growth in four years as asset quality worsened and funds set aside for bad loans and contingencies almost doubled from a year earlier.
After opening with a positive gap of 60 points at 20,930, the Sensex hit a new high of 21,207 in morning deals on buying in ICICI Bank.
The BSE Sensex opened with a positive gap of 38 points at 13,018
The market breadth was extremely positive - out of 2,929 stocks traded, 2,542 advanced, 372 declined and 15 were unchanged on Monday.
Satyam, Reliance Communications and Bharti Airtel declined 1.7% each to Rs 451, Rs 731 and Rs 966, respectively.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 32 points at 12,917
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