Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Sensex trades with marginal gains; oil & gas, FMCG up

At 2.34 pm, the Sensex was trading with marginal gains. The BSE capital goods index outperformed the sectoral indices; it was up nearly 2%. Buying was also seen in oil & gas, FMCG stocks. However, metal, auto, and realty indices were trading negative. Stocks like Reliance, L&T, ITC, SBI and ONGC were the positive contributors to the Sensex.

The Sensex was up 34.18 points or 0.20% at 16869.74, and the Nifty was up 7.05 points or 0.14% at 5066.95.

About 1780 shares advanced, 1128 shares declined, and 378 shares were unchanged.

Top gainers on the Sensex were L&T at Rs 1,662.05 up 3.52%, Wipro at Rs 661.85 up 2.56%, Reliance Comm at Rs 145 up 2.40%, Grasim at Rs 2,642 up 1.74% and Jaiprakash Asso at Rs 127.60 up 1.47%.

However, top losers on the Sensex were Tata Motors at Rs 768.05 down 2.65%, Tata Power at Rs 1,297.80 down 1.65%, HDFC Bank at Rs 1,902 down 1.4%, Sterlite Ind at Rs 690.35 down 1.39% and Hero Honda at Rs 1,830 down 1.34%.

Top gainers on the BSE Midcap: Wockhardt, Novartis India, Motherson Sumi, Sun Pharma Advance and AstraZeneca were up 5-8%.

Top losers on the BSE Midcap: Bajaj Finserv, Gee Kay Finance, Shriram City, Usha Martin and Anant Raj Industries were down 3-7%.

Top gainers on the BSE Smallcap: Zandu Realty, English Ind Clay, Abbott India, Gabriel India and Aegis Logistics were up 14-20%.

Top losers on the BSE Smallcap: Subhkam Capital, Ankur Drugs, Orbit Corporation, Geometric and Hitachi Home were down 3.72-5%.

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