Top 5 Indian stock markets updates for today

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Following are the top 5 updates from Indian stock markets for today:

1. FIIs infuse Rs 17,000 cr in stocks, bonds in first half of 2011.
2. Gold slips as China lifts rates by 25 basis points
3. Nabard to raise Rs 5 billion via 1-yr bonds.
4. Godrej Consumer rises on Hershey venture report
5. SENSEX NIFTY closes down

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

Realty | banks stocks drags down SENSEX and Nifty

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Major Indian Stock indices including BSE's SENSEX and NSE's NIFTY are witnessing profit booking by the investors and are down, market breadth is also negative with 1538 declines against 1181 advances at Dalaal Street.

The 30 stock benchmark sensex is trading below 18400 and Nifty is also down by more than 0.5 percent from the morning session.

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Hindalco Industries, DLF, Sterlite Industries, HDFC , HDFC Bank and Jaiprakash Assoiciates are currently topping the list of todays biggest losers. Whereas Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, TCS, NTPC and SBI. Bharti is looking very optimistic about kenya and wants to be market leader in Kenyan mobile market.

BSE | NSE trading marginally down - lackluster day

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Major Indian Stock markets are down today as the fears from USA engulfed Dalal street today, IT stocks took the major hit as they have nothing of their own and are dependant on USA to feed them.

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The 30-share benchmark BSE SENSEX is trading down 0.2 percent at 18,419.49, with 20 of its components declining(details below) Tata Consultancy Services, fell 0.3 percent, Infosys Technologies Ltd slipped 1.5 percent while Wipro was down 1 percent:

SENSEX	20 Aug 12:05
Company Name	Industry	LastPrice	Change	% Chg	Mkt Cap(Rs cr)	Weight
ACC	Cement - Major	871.05	-9.70	-1.10	16,370.51	0.59
Bharti Airtel	Telecommunications - Service	310.85	-2.95	-0.94	118,046.22	4.24
BHEL	Engineering - Heavy	2,475.00	-2.20	-0.09	121,156.20	4.35
Cipla	Pharmaceuticals	309.15	4.55	1.49	24,822.31	0.89
DLF	Construction & Contracting - Real Estate	326.80	5.50	1.71	55,471.14	1.99
HDFC	Finance - Housing	642.50	-1.60	-0.25	93,694.84	3.36
HDFC Bank	Banks - Private Sector	2,210.10	-21.05	-0.94	101,596.24	3.65
Hero Honda	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,918.00	13.80	0.72	38,300.06	1.38
Hindalco	Aluminium	177.15	-2.55	-1.42	33,897.23	1.22
HUL	Personal Care	270.60	-3.15	-1.15	59,053.57	2.12
ICICI Bank	Banks - Private Sector	999.55	-13.00	-1.28	111,495.67	4.00
Infosys	Computers - Software	2,762.15	-41.95	-1.50	158,520.09	5.69
ITC	Cigarettes	164.35	-0.70	-0.42	125,783.68	4.52
Jaiprakash Asso	Construction & Contracting - Civil	123.45	0.75	0.61	26,228.61	0.94
Jindal Steel	Steel - Sponge Iron	687.00	2.55	0.37	64,161.88	2.30
Larsen	Engineering - Heavy	1,845.00	27.00	1.49	111,284.33	4.00
Mah and Mah	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	615.50	-0.50	-0.08	35,602.64	1.28
Maruti Suzuki	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	1,249.80	-1.75	-0.14	36,107.98	1.30
NTPC	Power - Generation/Distribution	193.80	-0.15	-0.08	159,797.10	5.74
ONGC	Oil Drilling And Exploration	1,269.05	1.55	0.12	271,433.62	9.75
Reliance	Refineries	987.30	10.50	1.07	322,969.30	11.60
Reliance Comm	Telecommunications - Service	163.40	-0.25	-0.15	33,726.20	1.21
Reliance Infra	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,062.05	-1.15	-0.11	26,006.45	0.93
SBI	Banks - Public Sector	2,801.00	-4.70	-0.17	177,830.87	6.39
Sterlite Ind	Metals - Non Ferrous	159.30	-1.30	-0.81	53,550.31	1.92
Tata Motors	Auto - LCVs/HCVs	1,014.75	-25.35	-2.44	57,901.64	2.08
Tata Power	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,290.80	-7.75	-0.60	30,631.62	1.10
Tata Steel	Steel - Large	520.50	-1.55	-0.30	46,189.69	1.66
TCS	Computers - Software	875.70	3.70	0.42	171,393.84	6.16
Wipro	Computers - Software	414.10	-4.95	-1.18	101,433.80	3.64

RIL, HUL, Unitech drags Indian Markets | BSE | NSE closes down

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Major Indian Stock markets (BSE's SENSEX, NSE's NIFTY) closed in red today as Reliance Industries, Uniliver, IDFC, Unitech dragged the markets down today.

The details about today's trading day is as follows:

Nifty ended at 5394.35, down 36.25 points or 0.67 per cent. The broader index hit a low of 5386.25 and high of 5447.85 .

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 17952.83, down 124.78 points or 0.69 per cent. The index touched a low of 17925.40 and high of 18137.14.

BSE Midcap Index was down 0.23 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 0.17 per cent lower.

Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE Oil&gas Index slipped 1.97 per cent, BSE Realty Index declined 1.11 per cent and BSE Capital Goods Index edged 1.03 per cent lower. (read more...)