Daily Market Update - 3/29/2007

t was yet another day of sluggish trade wherein the markets opened on a flat note and proceeded to trade rangebound amid extreme volatility. It was a quite day despite being F&O expiry date but gained some momentum during the late trade due to buying interest seen in the FMCG, Capital goods and IT stocks, however the banking, auto and metal stocks remained under pressure through the day and consequently managed to shut shop in green after three consecutive decline.

At 15.48 pm IST, the Sensex is up 95.32 points or 0.74% at 12979.66, and the Nifty up 37.00 points or 0.98% at 3798.1. About 1547 shares have advanced, 918 shares declined, and 69 shares are unchanged.

BSE Midcap closed in green, up 22.59 points or 0.43% at 5,319.17 and Smallcap was up 65.34 points or 1.04% at 6,377.79.

BSE Auto index ended in red, was down 16.27 points or 0.34% at 4,803.59. Ashok Leyland, Sundaram and TVS Motors declined most.

BSE Bankex closed down 27.60 or 0.42% at 6,507.65. UTI Bank, HDFC Bank and Bank of India ended low.

BSE Metal index ended down 28.29 points or 0.34% at 8,346.06. Sesa Goa, Jindal Steel and Sterlite Industries were the hardest hit scrip.

BSE Capital Goods index was up 108.51 points or 1.22% at 9,000.14. KEC Infra, Aban Offshore and L&T were the top gainers.

BSE FMCG index ended up 34.97 points or 2.08% at 1,712.21. HLL, ITC and United Spirits gained most.

BSE Pharma index closed up 35.53 point or 1% at 3,581.82. Glenmark, Ranbaxy and Sun Pharma were the top gainers.

BSE IT index was up 43.23 points or 0.89% at 4,875.08. TCS, Mphasis and HCL Tech surged.

BSE Oil & Gas index ended up 27.39 points or 0.43% at 6,391.51. BPCL, ONGC and Chennai Petroleum were top gainers.

Markets today:

• Market gains in late trade on expiry day
• Sensex up 0.74% or 95.32 points at 12979.66; Nifty up nearly 1% or 37 points at 3798
• BSE FMCG Index up 2%; HLL up 3.72%, ITC up 2.5%
• BSE Capital Goods Index up 1.22%; L&T up 3.15%, Suzlon up 2.17%
• Index Gainers; HCL Tech up 4.5%, Zee Ent up 4.47%, BPCL up 4.30%, TCS up 3.94%
• CNX Midcap Index up 0.18%; led by construction cos
• Sobha Developers up 8.70%, Akruti Nirman up 5.95%, Indiabulls Real Estate up 5.85%
• BSE Small-cap Index up 1.04%; Nitin Spinners, Shreyas Spinning up 20% each
• NSE Advance Decline ratio at 3:2
• Total market turnover at Rs 64695.09 cr Vs Rs 56773.14 cr

Turnover today:

• NSE Cash - Rs 10057.08 cr
• NSE F&O - Rs 50961.50 cr
• BSE Cash - Rs 3676.51 cr
• Total - Rs 64695.09 cr