Market in a nutshell
- Dragged down by weak global cues, markets opened in the red. The indices managed to surface into the positive territory for a brief period during noon but tumbled again with Sensex finally closing at 15,093 (down 119 points) while Nifty ended the day at 4,529 (down 23 points).
- Nifty August Futures were trading at a premium of around 15-20 points to spot for major part of the session.
- BSE Bankex declined 2% to 7,271, with Bank of Baroda down 5% to INR 271. BSE Realty Index fell 1% to 5,611, with Housing Development Infrastructure Ltd. down 4% to INR 467.
- Market breadth was negative with an Advance: Decline Ratio of 3:4. Gujarat Alkali and Tata Chemicals both lost around 6.5% to INR 174 and INR 316 respectively.
- Cash volumes were at INR 171,285 mn (NSE+BSE) as against a 5 DMA of INR 200,538 mn. F&O volumes were at INR 439,471 mn as against a 5 DMA of INR 500,757 mn.
Eye Catchers
- Polaris gained 4% to INR 102 with volumes of 3,613,130 (up 300%).
Market News
- Rupee depreciated to trade at INR 42.67 against the dollar.
- Nymex crude fell to trade at $113.48/bbl. Base metals were trading on a weak note with lead down 10%.
Indices performance
| CURRENT | PREV. | %CHANGE | ||||
| S&P CNX NIFTY |
4,529.05 |
4,552.25 |
-0.51% |
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| CNX NIFTY JUNIOR |
7,439.80 |
7,513.15 |
-0.98% |
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| CNX IT |
3,854.85 |
3,821.10 |
0.88% |
|||
| BANK NIFTY |
6,370.75 |
6,490.80 |
-1.85% |
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| CNX 100 |
4,326.15 |
4,351.25 |
-0.58% |
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| S&P CNX DEFTY |
3,676.05 |
3,722.35 |
-1.24% |
|||
| S&P CNX 500 |
3,637.70 |
3,656.10 |
-0.50% |
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| CNX MIDCAP |
5,916.35 |
5,935.15 |
-0.32% |
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| NIFTY MIDCAP 50 |
2,237.05 |
2,254.60 |
-0.78% |
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| Top Gainers | ||||||
| Symbol | Open | High | Low | Last Price | Prev. Close | % Change |
| STER |
589.90 |
617.00 |
589.90 |
613.40 |
595.40 |
3.02 |
| CIPLA |
224.00 |
234.60 |
222.00 |
231.85 |
225.35 |
2.88 |
| ABB |
878.25 |
906.00 |
863.20 |
900.30 |
878.25 |
2.51 |
| ZEEL |
208.95 |
217.00 |
207.00 |
216.15 |
211.90 |
2.01 |
| CAIRN |
235.90 |
243.00 |
235.30 |
241.15 |
237.45 |
1.56 |
| Top Losers | ||||||
| Symbol | Open | High | Low | Last Price | Prev. Close | % Change |
| ICICIBANK |
716.60 |
728.40 |
704.20 |
710.70 |
740.65 |
(4.04) |
| HDFCBANK |
1,241.25 |
1,250.00 |
1,212.30 |
1,217.35 |
1,265.05 |
(3.77) |
| DLF |
558.00 |
563.90 |
545.30 |
548.25 |
567.10 |
(3.32) |
| RELINFRA |
1,080.00 |
1,105.00 |
1,058.00 |
1,066.20 |
1,095.85 |
(2.71) |
| HDFC |
2,450.00 |
2,470.00 |
2,393.20 |
2,406.85 |
2,466.75 |
(2.43) |
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