| | | | Index Performance | | Index | Sensex | Nifty | | Open | 9,042.36 | 2,775.00 | | High | 9,261.00 | 2,802.60 | | Low | 8,992.92 | 2,720.80 | | Today's Cls | 9,071.36 | 2,744.95 | | Prev Cls | 9,110.05 | 2,773.10 | | Change | -38.69 | -28.15 | | % Change | -0.42 | -1.02 | | | | Market Indicators | | Top Movers (Group A) | | Company | Price
(Rs) | %
chg | | Gainers | | Infosys | 1,230.20 | 6.36 | | Wipro | 241.10 | 6.05 | | Canara Bank | 207.45 | 5.28 | | Bajaj Finserv | 197.80 | 4.99 | | Indiabulls Real Estate | 109.55 | 4.78 | | Losers | | Rolta India | 87.15 | -17.71 | | Siemens | 211.10 | -11.69 | | Sintex | 145.05 | -9.49 | | Jet Airways | 143.55 | -8.83 | | Zee Enter | 114.00 | -8.62 | | | Market Statistics | | - | BSE | NSE | | Advances | 848 | 361 | | Declines | 1,562 | 800 | | Unchanged | 88 | 52 | | Volume(Nos) | 30.44cr | 65.78cr | | | | | | Market Commentary | | | Dreary trading | | Markets bounce back towards the close and ends marginally negative. | | Markets took a breather, as investors remained on sidelines ahead of the corporate results season that begins this week. Sensex has lost almost 1,200 points | 
| | | in the last three sessions on the back of weak international markets. The market was range-bound throughout the day. Sensex resumed 68 points lower at 9,042, but gained amid volatile moves on buying in heavyweight and information technology stocks in afternoon and touched the day's high at 9,261. While market witnessed fluctuating trend for a while, the afternoon trades saw the index tumble below 9,000 mark to touch the day's low of 8,993 amid relentless selling pressure. Sensex finally ended the day 39 points lower at 9,071, while Nifty fell 28 points to close at 2,745.
The market breadth was extremely negative. Of the 2,498 stocks traded on BSE, 1,562 stocks declined, whereas 848 stocks advanced. Eighty eight stocks ended unchanged. Except BSE IT, BSE Teck, BSE CD, BSE FMCG and BSE Realty, all other sectoral indices were down around 0.16-1% each. BSE Oil & Gas, BSE Bankex, BSE Metal and BSE Power lost over 1% each.
Selling was rampant in several index heavyweights. Reliance Communications triggered a major sell-off in the market and tumbled by 6.59% at Rs168. Among other major losers, HDFC dropped 4.21% at Rs1,553, Tata Motors declined 4.11% at Rs155.25, ONGC lost 3.47% at Rs630.30, JP Associates shed 3.39% at Rs66.95, Hindalco Industries slumped 3.09% at Rs48.60, Hindustan Unilever slipped by 2.93% at Rs254.95 and Bharti Airtel dipped by 2.80% at Rs607.10. However, Infosys Technologies managed to report gains and jumped 6.36% at Rs1,230.20, Wipro advanced 6.05% at Rs241.10, Ranbaxy Laboratories added 4.57% at Rs216.40 and Tata Power gained 3.40% at Rs752.10.
Over 3.30 crore shares of Satyam changed hands on BSE followed by Rolta India (2.91 crore shares), Reliance Natural Resources (1.78 crore shares), Unitech (1.34 crore shares) and Suzlon Energy (1.03 crore shares). | | | | | | | | European Indices at 16:00 IST on 13-01-2009 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | FTSE 100 Index | 4349.89 | -76.30 | -1.72 | | CAC 40 Index | 3176.98 | -69.14 | -2.13 | | DAX INDEX | 4616.16 | -103.20 | -2.19 | | | | | | | | | | | Asian Indices at close on 13-01-2009 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | Nikkei 225 | 8413.91 | -422.89 | -4.79 | | Hang Seng Index | 13668.05 | -302.95 | -2.17 | | Kospi Index | 1167.71 | 10.96 | 0.95 | | Straits Times Index | 1761.82 | -14.43 | -0.81 | | Jakarta Composite Index | 1399.73 | -6.82 | -0.48 | | | | | | | | To know more about our products and services, click here. | | | | | | | “This document has been prepared by Sharekhan Ltd. This Document is subject to changes without prior notice and is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed to and may contain confidential and/or privileged material and is not for any type of circulation. Any review, retransmission, or any other use is prohibited. Kindly note that this document does not constitute an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction.
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