Sensex back in green
Thursday, 1 July 2010
MUMBAI, June 30 (Economic Times): Indian markets pulled back in the positive terrain Wednesday outperforming other regional peers. The upmove was supported by gains in oil&gas, FMCG and banking stocks.
At 12 pm, Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex was at 17570.67, up 36.58 points or 0.21 per cent. The index touched intraday low of 17373.78 and high of 17581.08.
National Stock Exchange's Nifty was at 5271.90, up 15.75 points or 0.30 per cent. The broader index hit a low of 5210 and high of 5275.60 in trade so far.
BSE Midcap Index was down 0.02 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index was up 0.25 per cent.
Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE IT Index was down 0.95 per cent and BSE Metal Index declined 0.36 per cent. BSE Oil&gas Index moved 1.41 per cent higher and BSE FMCG Index edged 0.68 per cent up.
Reliance Industries (1.63 per cent), Reliance Communications (0.85 per cent), M&M (0.81 per cent), Hero Honda (0.77 per cent) and ONGC (0.74 per cent) were amongst the top gainers.
Infosys Technologies (-1.13 per cent), Hindalco Industries (-1.11 per cent), Wipro (-1.04 per cent), Bharti Airtel (-0.85 per cent) and TCS (-0.83 per cent) were the major Sensex losers.
Market breadth was positive on the BSE with 1374 advances against 1285 declines.
At 12 pm, Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex was at 17570.67, up 36.58 points or 0.21 per cent. The index touched intraday low of 17373.78 and high of 17581.08.
National Stock Exchange's Nifty was at 5271.90, up 15.75 points or 0.30 per cent. The broader index hit a low of 5210 and high of 5275.60 in trade so far.
BSE Midcap Index was down 0.02 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index was up 0.25 per cent.
Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE IT Index was down 0.95 per cent and BSE Metal Index declined 0.36 per cent. BSE Oil&gas Index moved 1.41 per cent higher and BSE FMCG Index edged 0.68 per cent up.
Reliance Industries (1.63 per cent), Reliance Communications (0.85 per cent), M&M (0.81 per cent), Hero Honda (0.77 per cent) and ONGC (0.74 per cent) were amongst the top gainers.
Infosys Technologies (-1.13 per cent), Hindalco Industries (-1.11 per cent), Wipro (-1.04 per cent), Bharti Airtel (-0.85 per cent) and TCS (-0.83 per cent) were the major Sensex losers.
Market breadth was positive on the BSE with 1374 advances against 1285 declines.