SENSEX | NIFTY closes in red again

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A very good evening to all the visitors of livebombaystockexchange blog. Updates from Indian stock markets like Bombay Stock Exchange and National stock exchange for today is that, Both Sensex and Nifty closed down today again and the benchmark indiaces have closed down by over 2 percent in two days.

Reliance Industries stock was major loser today. The 30 component SENSEX closed down by 156.67 points, to close at 19292.02 points, Only 5 of it's components closing in green and 25 components closing in the red.

NSE's broader index NIFTY dived 48.45 points to close at 5,785.45 today. Stock prices of ICICI were however in green today.

Top stock picks for today

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Following are the top 5 stock picks for today for Indian stock markets:

1. ABG shippinng Ltd
Recommendation: Buy
Last Close: Rs 397
Target: Rs 440
Stop Loss: Rs 382

2. Hindalco Industries Ltd.
Recommendation: Buy
Last Close: Rs 223
Target: Rs 239
Stop Loss: Rs 215

3. Polaris Software
Recommendation: Buy
Last Close: Rs 206.70
Target: Rs 234
Stop Loss: Rs 194

4. Sobha developers
Recommendation: Buy
Last Close: Rs 305.80
Target: Rs 338
Stop Loss: Rs 290

5. Triveni Engineering
Recommendation: Buy
Last Close: Rs 108.25
Target: Rs 128
Stop Loss: Rs 100

Note- This is just recommendation, read disclaimer at bottom of page carefully.

Indian stock markets in red | BSE | NSE down

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Major indian stock indices like Bombay Stock Exchange's 30 component large-cap index SENSEX and National Stock Exchange's NIFTY are trading slightly in red as Indian markets are witnessing lackluster trading day.

NSE's NIFTY is however showing some stiff resistence at 5900 levels today.

The benchmark SENSEX is at 19545.35 down by 38.96 points and NSE's NIFTY at 5868.40 down by 6.10 pts while posting. Heavyweights like HCLTech, Bharti, L&T and Petronet are in green while infosys stock is shedding flab today.

SENSEX | NIFTY closes up by over 1.5 percent

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It proved to be good day for Indian stock markets and investors as benchmark indices closed in green by over 1.5 percent. Both Bombay Stock Exchange's SENSEX and NSE'S broader index Nifty closed up by over 110 pts.

Sensex closed at 19470.98, up 349.15 points or 1.83 per cent. The 30-share index hit a high of 19484.77 intraday trading.

Company wise closing for SENSEX today:

Company Name	Industry	Last Price	Change	%Chg	Mkt Cap(Rs cr)	Weight
Bajaj Auto	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,474.05	25.70	1.77	42,654.15	1.44
Bharti Airtel	Telecommunications - Service	380.45	4.65	1.24	144,477.03	4.87
BHEL	Engineering - Heavy	2,151.70	16.10	0.75	105,330.02	3.55
Cipla	Pharmaceuticals	322.00	4.30	1.35	25,854.07	0.87
DLF	Construction & Contracting - Real Estate	242.75	6.30	2.66	41,205.16	1.39
HDFC	Finance - Housing	713.55	18.40	2.65	104,669.70	3.53
HDFC Bank	Banks - Private Sector	2,371.60	23.55	1.00	110,332.92	3.72
Hero Honda	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,743.95	-33.25	-1.87	34,824.50	1.17
Hindalco	Aluminium	214.00	8.55	4.16	40,968.12	1.38
HUL	Personal Care	284.05	7.10	2.56	61,339.80	2.07
ICICI Bank	Banks - Private Sector	1,111.30	21.10	1.94	127,957.55	4.31
Infosys	Computers - Software	2,905.50	18.80	0.65	166,819.74	5.62
ITC	Cigarettes	190.60	2.65	1.41	147,489.03	4.97
Jaiprakash Asso	Construction & Contracting - Civil	100.85	3.80	3.92	21,445.08	0.72
Jindal Steel	Steel - Sponge Iron	677.65	15.80	2.39	63,310.74	2.13
Larsen	Engineering - Heavy	1,706.10	-0.70	-0.04	103,697.61	3.49
Mah and Mah	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	763.00	36.70	5.05	46,843.63	1.58
Maruti Suzuki	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	1,265.90	15.35	1.23	36,573.12	1.23
NTPC	Power - Generation/Distribution	186.70	2.95	1.61	153,942.82	5.19
ONGC	Oil Drilling And Exploration	295.30	6.05	2.09	252,643.62	8.51
Reliance	Refineries	1,025.70	14.35	1.42	335,711.61	11.31
Reliance Comm	Telecommunications - Service	105.65	-2.15	-1.99	21,806.44	0.73
Reliance Infra	Power - Generation/Distribution	684.95	8.15	1.20	18,316.95	0.62
SBI	Banks - Public Sector	2,795.05	56.50	2.06	177,485.39	5.98
Sterlite Ind	Metals - Non Ferrous	174.20	3.60	2.11	58,559.10	1.97
Tata Motors	Auto - LCVs/HCVs	1,251.35	48.05	3.99	79,224.22	2.67
Tata Power	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,326.10	27.05	2.08	31,469.31	1.06
Tata Steel	Steel - Large	625.00	14.10	2.31	59,950.90	2.02
TCS	Computers - Software	1,218.80	53.95	4.63	238,546.09	8.04
Wipro	Computers - Software	463.90	13.50	3.00	113,817.87	3.84

Nifty closed at 5851.65, up 110.90 points. The broader index touched a low of 5759.65 in day trading today.

All of the sectoral indices at BSE closed in green BSE Auto Index was up 2.72 percent, BSE IT Index gained 2.39 percent and BSE Metal Index moved 2.32 percent higher.

Market breadth was positive on the BSE with 1962 advances against 951 declines.

BSE | NSE witness heavy selling closes in deep red

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The Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark index Sensex closed at 19091.17, down 295.65 points. The 30-share index hit a low of 19071.47 during intraday trading. Investors becoming bearish on RBI rate news. Market breadth was negative on the BSE with 1713 declines against 1177 advances.

The broader index NSE's Nifty ended at 5729.10, down 94.45 points or 1.64 percent today. The sectoral indices at Bombay Stock Exchange also remained in red today. BSE Midcap Index fell 1.29 percent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 0.81 percent in red.

Sector wise updates from Bombay Stock Exchange:

BSE Realty Index closed down by 3.17 percent, BSE IT Index was also down by 2.73 percent and BSE Capital Goods Index declined 2.12 percent aswell. The global peers also showed lackluster trading and were in red.

Indian markets close up SENSEX | NIFTY gains

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The benchmark indian stock indices closed in green today as both BSE's SENSEX and NSE's NIFTY closed in green today thus ending a five day loosing streek.

Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex closed at 19696.86, up 434.32 points or 2.25 per cent. The index hit a high of 19737.33 and low of 19101.63 intraday. Nifty ended at 5911.50, up 125.80 points today.

BSE Capital Goods Index closed up 2.73 percent, BSE Auto Index gained 2.54 percent and BSE Bankex advanced 2.32 percent.

Market breadth was positive on the NSE with 2004 advances against 989 declines.

Indian stock markets updates for today

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- Spot silver to rise to $54.78 by end of 2011'
- Godawari Power to make $100 mn buyout overseas
- Siemens fall more than 6 pc, top loser on BSE
- Oil below $112 but remains near 30-month highs
- February IIP growth at 3.6% versus 3.7% in Jan
- IPO guidelines for life insurers this month
- NYSE rejects Nasdaq, IntercontinentalExchange bid
- 'Tata Power plans $500 mn perpetual bond issue'
- ONGC to hit mkt with 12K-cr FPO in June

Indian stocks in red for fifth day in row

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The benchmark stock indices of India including Bombay Stock exchange's SENSEX and National Stock Exchange's NIFTY closed again in red for fifth consuctive day today.

The 30 component SENSEX closed down by 97 percent to 19,262.54 points. The 50-share broader index NIFTY index fell 0.96 percent to close at 5,785.70. 22 components closed down at Bombay Stock Exchange today.

The details about SENSEX and NIFTY for today is as follows: