SENSEX UP 115 PTS IN OPENING TRADE
Date: 12/04/2012
Indian
equities bounced back in early trade on Thursday snapping earlier
losses. The 30-share benchmark index, BSE Sensex opened with a gain of
77.47 points or 0.45% at 17,276.87, while the broad based NSE Nifty
started with a rise of 19.90 points or 0.38%, at 5,246.75.
At
09.22 a.m., the Sensex was trading up 115.77 points or 0.67% at
17,315.17 with 25 components gaining. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading
higher by 32.20 points or 0.62% at 5,259.05 with 43 components gaining.
Sensex Movers
ICICI Bank contributed rise of 15.42 points in the Sensex. It was followed by State Bank of India (10.47 points), Larsen & Toubro (9.48 points), Tata Steel (5.75 points) and Reliance Industries (5.42 points).
However,
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries contributed fall of 1.29 points in the
Sensex. It was followed by Wipro (1.12 points), Hindustan Unilever (0.98
points), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (0.78 points) and Mahindra & Mahindra (0 points).
Biggest
gainers in the 30-share index were Bharat Heavy Electricals (1.77%),
Sterlite Industries (India) (1.71%), Hindalco Industries (1.61%), Tata
Steel (1.51%), Tata Power Company (1.46%), and State Bank Of India
(1.43%).
On
the other hand, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (0.47%), Wipro (0.35%),
Hindustan Unilever (0.19%), and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation
(0.11%) were the major losers in the Sensex.
Mid & Small-cap Space
The BSE Mid and small caps underperformed their larger counterparts gaining 0.52% and 0.43% respectively.
The major gainers in the BSE Midcap were A I A Engineering (5.37%), Aban Offshore (1.64%), Alstom Projects India (1.54%), Alok Industries (1.26%) and Anant Raj Industries (1.1%).
The major gainers in the BSE Smallcap were Aanjaneya Lifecare (2.21%),
Reliance MediaWorks (1.42%), Aarti Industries (0.77%), A2Z Maintenance
& Engineering Services (0.52%) and Adhunik Metaliks (0.23%).
Sectors in Limelight
The
Metal index was at 10,856.78, up by 136.11 points or by 1.27%. The
major gainers were Hindalco Industries (1.61%), Jindal Steel & Power
(1.28%), Hindustan Zinc (0.98%), Coal India (0.66%) and Bhushan Steel
(0.19%).
The Capital Goods
index was at 9,945.00, up by 90.79 points or by 0.92%. The major
gainers were A I A Engineering (5.37%), Bharat Heavy Electricals
(1.77%), Alstom Projects India (1.54%), A B B (0.26%) and BEML (0.11%).
The
Power index was at 2,106.94, up by 18.63 points or by 0.89%. The major
gainers were Bharat Heavy Electricals (1.77%), Reliance Infrastructure
(1.69%), Adani Power (1.62%), Crompton Greaves (1.59%) and A B B
(0.26%).
The
Bankex index was at 11,889.14, up by 100.30 points or by 0.85%. The
major gainers were Canara Bank(1.67%), Federal Bank (1.03%), Bank Of India (0.99%), Bank Of Baroda (0.89%) and H D F C Bank (0.06%).
Market Breadth
Market breadth was negative with 733 advances against 247 declines.
Value and Volume Toppers
State
Bank of India topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs.
74.38 million. It was followed by Prime Focus (Rs. 51.49 million), Kingfisher Airlines (Rs. 37.74 million) and Indraprastha Gas (Rs. 34.41 million).
The
volume chart was led by Prraneta Industries with trades of over 1.90
million shares. It was followed by Kingfisher Airlines (1.84 million),
Prime Focus (1.00 million) and Alok Industries (0.88 million).
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