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The good times continued unabated for mutual fund investors in June 2005. Popular indices like the BSE Sensex and S&P CNX Nifty touched record highs.
NSE targeting hundreds of Japanese investors who poured money into India through yen-carry trades.
The Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-share Sensex closed at 18,401 up 405 points. The National Stock Exchange's 50-share S&P CNX Nifty closed at 5,409 up 124 points.
BSE Metal and IT indices plummeted by almost 2%
BSE Metal, IT and Consumer Durable indices surged by nearly 2% each. However, BSE FMCG index declined by nearly 1%.
The Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-share Sensex closed at 19,504 up 117 points. The National Stock Exchange's 50-share S&P CNX Nifty closed up 26 points at 5,930.
Benchmark share indices ended lower, amid a volatile trading session, weighed by weakness among Metal, Banks and Capital Goods shares. Weak performance of the global markets also dampened the sentiments among local investors.
Benchmark share indices ended nearly 2% down on Monday, amid weak cues from Asia and Europe, with index heavyweight Infosys leading the decline
Benchmark share indices ended lower on Wednesday weighed down by selling pressure in bank shares on concerns of rising non performing assets in wake of the economic slowdown. Selling in metal and capital goods shares also dampened market sentiment.
Markets continued to trade on a volatile note in afternoon deals, ahead of the futures and options expiry on Thursday. The Sensex is up32 points at 16,999. Nifty is up five points at 5,146.
The market breadth in BSE ended flat with 1333 shares advancing and 1393 shares declining.
Markets reversed early losses and ended higher as investors picked up beaten down frontline stocks.
The overall market breadth was negative as 1,844 stocks declined against 986 advancing ones, on the BSE.
Second-best performer after Brazil so far this year.
Overall market breadth was extremely positive as 1,695 stocks advancing while 831 were declining.
Markets extended losses in the last leg of the trade and declined 1% due to selling pressure in financial and mining shares.
Foreign Institutional Investors have pumped in $2.2 billion or Rs 9807 crore in Indian equities in the past eight trading sessions.
Nifty made a gap up opening and moved higher after oil prices eased, relieving concerns of inflation.
Asian markets also ended in the red.
BSE market breadth was negative. Out of 2,954 stocks traded, 1,641 stocks declined while 1,200 stocks advanced.
The Nifty opened in red and remained subdued until the industrial output data for the month of April came in at 6.3%, putting pressure on stocks from capital intensive sectors.
The market breadth was slightly in the negative. Out of the total 2927 total stocks traded on the BSE, 1388 stocks have advanced, while 1402 stocks declined.
Market breadth was positive; of 2,896 stocks traded on the BSE today, 1,496 advanced, while 1,275 declined.
The Nifty opened on a firm note and moved between 5,913 and 5,866 as investors awaited TCS and Reliance Industries results.
Nifty advanced 46 points, at 5,833.
Other markets in Asia also ended in higher except Japan which closed flat due to uncertainty over the nuclear plant and economic recovery.
Nifty was very volatile throughout the day swinging between gains and losses.
A preview of the December quarter's company results by three foreign and three Indian broking houses hints at relatively moderate performance. Of the 47 companies that are part of the BSE Sensex & S&P-CNX Nifty, the benchmark indices, the expected net profit growth is 22 per cent.
Key share indices ended over 1 per cent higher on Tuesday led by rate sensitive shares as the sluggish April IIP data re-inforced market expectations that the central bank could cut key policy rates and also lower the cash reserve ratio to boost growth.
Videocon Industries surged 6.3%, Blue Star rose 6% and Titan Industries rallied 3.5% by close of trade on Friday.
The BSE mid-cap and small-cap indices were down 1% and 1.7% each. Market breadth was negative 2037 stocks which declined for 881 stocks which advanced.
On the last day of Satyam's stint in India's benchmark indices - the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex and the National Stock Exchange S&P CNX Nifty - its shares turned out to be a punter's delight.
The Nifty traded in a narrow band (41 points), the index opened flat at 6,116 and touched a high of 6,120 and a low of 6075.
Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki and Hero MotoCorp among the top Sensex gainers
By trading in index futures, an investor is buying and selling the basket of stocks comprising the index, in their respective weights.
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