Sensex off lows, metals, realty, oil, gas down
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
MUMBAI, Apr 19 (Economic Times): Benchmarks were off intraday lows but still in the red as fraud charges against Goldman Sach hurt sentiments. All the sectoral indices were in the red with metals, realty and oil and gas worst hit.
At 1:15 pm, National Stock Exchange's Nifty was at 5204.85, down 57.75 points or 1.10 per cent. The index touched intraday low of 5160.90 and high of 5279.05.
Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex was at 17395.34, down 195.84 points or 1.11 per cent. The 30-share index hit a low of 17276.80 and high of 17584.86.
BSE Midcap Index was down 1.22 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index slipped 1.63 per cent.
Amongst the sectoral indices BSE Metal Index fell 2.10 per cent, BSE Realty Index slipped 1.93 per cent and BSE Oil&gas Index moved 1.57 per cent lower.
Tata Steel (-3.21 per cent), DLF (-2.98 per cent), Sterlite Industries (-2.69 per cent), ONGC (-2.37 per cent) and Wipro (-2.18 per cent) were the top Sensex losers.
HDFC (0.70 per cent), Hindalco Industries (0.60 per cent), Bharti Airtel (0.43 per cent) and ICICI Bank (0.04 per cent) were the only index gainers.
Market breadth was negative on the BSE with 2032 losers against 756 gainers.
Meanwhile, the European markets opened in the red taking cues from peers. FTSE 100 was down 1.50 per cent, CAC 40 slipped 0.16 per cent and DAX edged 0.02 per cent lower.
At 1:15 pm, National Stock Exchange's Nifty was at 5204.85, down 57.75 points or 1.10 per cent. The index touched intraday low of 5160.90 and high of 5279.05.
Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex was at 17395.34, down 195.84 points or 1.11 per cent. The 30-share index hit a low of 17276.80 and high of 17584.86.
BSE Midcap Index was down 1.22 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index slipped 1.63 per cent.
Amongst the sectoral indices BSE Metal Index fell 2.10 per cent, BSE Realty Index slipped 1.93 per cent and BSE Oil&gas Index moved 1.57 per cent lower.
Tata Steel (-3.21 per cent), DLF (-2.98 per cent), Sterlite Industries (-2.69 per cent), ONGC (-2.37 per cent) and Wipro (-2.18 per cent) were the top Sensex losers.
HDFC (0.70 per cent), Hindalco Industries (0.60 per cent), Bharti Airtel (0.43 per cent) and ICICI Bank (0.04 per cent) were the only index gainers.
Market breadth was negative on the BSE with 2032 losers against 756 gainers.
Meanwhile, the European markets opened in the red taking cues from peers. FTSE 100 was down 1.50 per cent, CAC 40 slipped 0.16 per cent and DAX edged 0.02 per cent lower.