Indian stock markets close in deep red today

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A very good evening to visitors of StockInvestingtips. Benchmark Indian stock indices like Bombay Stock Exchange's SENSEX and National Stock Exchange's broader index NIFTY also nosedived today.

Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex closed at 16501.74, down 365.23 points. The 30 component large-cap index touched intraday high of 16668.25 today. Whereas National stock exchange's broader index NIFTY Nifty at 4946.80, down 112.65 points, the index touched a low of 4911.25 in daytrade today.

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SENSEX down 1.4 perc | NIFTY down 1.2 perc today

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A very good evening to visitors of livebombaystockexchange, your one stop website for stock investing tips and daily Indian stock market analysis.

Benchmark Indian Stock indices like Bombay Stock Exchange's 30 component SENSEX and National Stock Exchange's broader index NIFTY closed down by over 1 percent today. Majority of Asian stock markets closed down after Japan's economy degrade by Moody's.

BSE's 30-share SENSEX closed at 16,284.98 points, falling 213.49 points today. The Index touched a high of 16,533.22 during intraday trading today.

The broader index NSE's Nifty closed in red by 60 points at 4,888.90 today.

Indian Stock markets highlights for today:

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Indian Stock markets closes in red today

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A very god evening to visitors of livebombaystckexchange. Benchmark Indian stock indices closed lower today taking cues from global markets.

National Stock Exchange's Nifty closed at 5138.30, down 22.70 points. The broader index touched a high of 5184.95 in day trading today.

Bombay Stock Exchange's 30 components large-cap index Sensex closed today at 17059.40, down 71.11 points. The index touched low of 17012.95 during intraday trading today.

SENSEX | NIFTY closes in green

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Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex closed at 19445.22, up 155.04 points or 0.80 per cent. The 30-share index touched a high of 19575.16 and low of 19284.35 in today's trade.

National Stock Exchange's Nifty ended at 5833.75, up 46.10 points or 0.80 per cent. The broader index touched a high of 5872 and low of 5778.65 intraday.

BSE sector wise today:
BSE IT Index was up 1.92 per cent, BSE FMCG Index gained 1.67 per cent and BSE Oil&gas Index moved 1.44 per cent higher. BSE Bankex was down 0.70 per cent and BSE Healthcare Index slipped 0.35 per cent.

Market breadth remained almost flat on the Bombay Stock Exchange with 1444 advances against 1412 declines.

Political uncertainity pulls SENSEX | NIFTY down today

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With the increasing uncertainity between corrupt DMK and similar congress party, Indian markets reacted negatively on this news.

The benchmark indian stock indices like Bombay Stock Exchange 30 component SENSEX and National Stock Exchange's NIFTY closed down by more then 1.5 percent today.

Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex closed at 18222.67, down 263.78 point. The 30-share large-cap index touched a low of 18058.71 in intraday trading.

The broader index Nifty closed at 5463.15, down 75.60 points. The index touched a high of 5491.25 in intraday trading today.

SECTOR-WISE Closing details for Bombay Stock Exchange:

All of the sectoral indices at BSE today closed in deep red BSE Auto Index fell 2.55 percent, BSE Capital Goods Index was down 2.36 percent, BSE Realty Index pulled 1.66 percent down and BSE Bankex down by 1.60 percent.

Market breadth was negative at BSE with 1972 losers.

Indian Stock Indices today's performance report

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It's too difficult to use onscreen keyboard, my Toshiba,s keyboard is malfunctioning, still posting as could not think of one more day off from here.

Indian stock indices closed lower today as both BSE and NSE both closed down and most of the sectoral indices at Bombay Stock Exchange also closed in red today.

Symbol	Name	Last Trade	Change
BSE-AUTO.BO	AUTO INDEX	10,153.36 22 Dec	15.02 (0.15%)
BSE-BANK.BO	BANKEX	13,005.89 22 Dec	71.76 (0.55%)
BSE-100.BO	BSE - 100	10,439.14 22 Dec	15.04 (0.14%)
BSE-200.BO	BSE - 200	2,478.57 22 Dec	2.93 (0.12%)
BSE-500.BO	BSE - 500	7,784.60 22 Dec	6.20 (0.08%)
BSE-CD.BO	BSE - CONS. DURABLES	6,065.52 22 Dec	28.40 (0.47%)
BSE-FMCG.BO	BSE - FMCG	3,555.50 22 Dec	9.19 (0.26%)
BSE-HC.BO	BSE - HEALTHCARE	6,469.79 22 Dec	12.03 (0.19%)
BSE-IT.BO	BSE - INFOTECH	6,663.41 22 Dec	15.79 (0.24%)
BSE-MIDCAP.BO	BSE Mid-Cap	7,625.65 22 Dec	7.53 (0.10%)
^BSESN	BSE SENSEX	20,015.80 22 Dec	44.52 (0.22%)
BSE-SMLCAP.BO	BSE Small-Cap	9,337.11 22 Dec	28.20 (0.30%)
BSE-TECK.BO	BSE TECk INDEX	3,930.17 22 Dec	7.55 (0.19%)
BSE-METAL.BO	METAL INDEX	17,208.01 22 Dec	110.96 (0.65%)
BSE-OILGAS.BO	OIL & GAS INDEX	10,655.01 22 Dec	76.49 (0.71%)

Indian Stock markets nosedives on Korean fears

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Indian Markets booked profits as investors took advantage of financial and some minor military turbulance between North Korea and South Korea, Financial condition of Ireland also added fuel to fire, I mean the fire of selling, at one point the 30 component benchmark index SENSEX was down by over 500 points during intraday trading, The sudden drop and immediate stability from 600 points to just 265 points at closing shows the DNA of highly volatile Indian Stock Markets.

30-share BSE index dropped 1.33 percent, or 265.75 points, to 19,691.84 at EOD, and 28 components were in red at closing today.

The National Stock Exchange's NIFTY also nosedived by 1.25 percent to close at 5934.75

Indian Stock Markets nosedives on Chinese fears

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All the major stock indices of India like Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark index SENSEX and National Stock Exchange's NIFTY closed down by well over 2 percent today, as Chinese fears of bank rate hikes haunted the indian markets and might also have adverse effect on global stock markets.

All the subindices at both BSE and NSE also closed in red territory today.
BSE Realty Index fell 3.55 percent, BSE Metal Index closed down by 3.11 percent and BSE Capital Goods Index also declined by 2.78 percent at closing today.

The 30 component benchmark index Sensex closed at 19865.14, down 444.55 points. touching a high of 20380.10 during intraday trading today.

The broader index NIFTY also followed and closed down by 132.90 points at 5988.70 which is below psychological mark of 6000.

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Negative global cues pulls Indian stock markets down

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Dalal Street saw heavy selling today towards the end with Bombay Stock Exchange eventually closing down at 20200 levels. Weak European markets cues and lower then expected IIP data also weakened investors confidence in global economic recovery, Profit booking was yet another factor for the lower closing witnessed at major Indian stock markets like Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange.

It is also predicted that Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will hike both the reverse repo and repo rates by 25 bp in November starting. It looks surprising that what the Ip data shows about Indian economy, The 8.5 percent growth is sustainable and will be boosted by good monsoon this year.

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At EOD the 30 component Sensex closed at 20,203.34, down by 136.55 points. It touched high of 20,368.40 and low of 20,107.25 during intraday trading hours.

National Stock Exchange's broader index NIFTY closed down by 44.95 points and was at 6,090.90.

Most of the sectoral indices at Bombay Stock Exchange also closed lower as the overall market breadth was negative.

Sector waise performance for today:
BSE Midcap Index closed down by 0.51 percent, however BSE Smallcap Index ended almost flat today. BSE Realty Index fell by 1.80 percent at close today, BSE Capital Goods Index also closed lower by 1.58 percent and BSE Metals Index was down by 1.43 percent.

Indian Stock indices SENSEX | NIFTY close lower

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The major Indian stock indices which includes Bombay Stock Exchange's 30 component SENSEX and National Stock Exchange's NIFTY index saw a lackluster day. It can be seen that indian markets are getting resistance at these levels.

The main reason for such small decline is shifting of Individual investors to broader index and midcaps and Smallcaps which is quite evident from the fact that BSE Midcap Index was up 0.78 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 1.14 per cent higher. Shares of Fast moving consumer goods, metals and banks were the major losers today. HDFC bank stock price lost over 2.24 percent in day's trade today.

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Coming to sectoral indices performance BSE FMCG Index closed down by 1.12 percent, BSE Metals Index is also down 0.33 percent and BSE Bankex declined 0.30 percent. BSE Power Index was however in green and moved 0.87 percent higher and BSE Auto Index closed up 0.74 percent.

The BSE's Sensex closed at 20,407.71, down 68.02 points from previous day's close. The 30-share benchmark index hit a high of 20,560.54 and low of 20,383.16 during the intraday trading today.

The National Stock Exchange's Nifty also closed at 6,145.80, down 13.65 points. The index touched a high of 6,188.35 and low of 6,118.05.

Other top 5 News coming from Indian stock markets today were following:
1. Micromax Informatics to raise money through IPO soon.
2. Govt to sell 10 percent stake in SCI.
3. HDFCbank raises key lending rate by 25 basis points.
4. RIL to raise $1 billion via bonds.
5. Oberoi Realty IPO at priced at 230-260 per share.

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Investor caution pulls SENSEX | NIFTY - closes down

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Indian Stock markets witnessed a selling day today with major key indices Bombay Stock Exchange's SENSEX and National Stock exchange's NIFTY closing down today as investors booked profits and European markets played spoilsport. This decline put a halt on weeks of continuos growth seen at the indian stock markets in september 2010.

The 30 component SENSEX has already gained over 11 percent in this month alone showing improvement in global market place whereas US Stock markets are still looking cautious thus showing that Indian stock indices might need a correction. but most of the investment this month has come from FDI.

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The SENSEX rate at closing today was 19,956.34 down 148 points, The main loser today was sterlite industries whose shares tumbled by almost 8.5 percent today.
The mood at national Stock Exchange's NIFTY looked no different as it also closed lower today. The broader index NIFTY closed at 5991.30 down by 38.20 points.

Top 5 updates which arrived from Dalal Street today were following:

1. Mahindra Satyam's loss for 2009-10 at 125 crore scrip closes flat at BSE.
2. Shoppers's stop raises over 130 crore.
3. Reliance Capital picks up 4.98 pc stake in Trinethra.
4. Power Grid to invite bids to lease out telecom towers
5. Commercial Engineers to raise Rs 1.72 bn via IPO.

SENSEX | Nifty nears 20K and 6K mark

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The bullish sentiment at stock markets continued for yet another day today with benchmark indices closing over 1 percent up, both Bombay Stock Exchange's 30 component SENSEX and National Stock exchange's Nifty closed close to syclogical mark of 20000 and 6000 which they might touch this week before any correction starts, which can be in line of over 10 percent for both Sensex and Nifty.

If we look at today's trading sessions and closing National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 5980.45, thus closing up by 95.50 points.
Sensex also followed and closed well over 300 points up, Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex ended at 19906.10, up 311.35 points. Most of the boost came from foreign institutional investors which did bulk of the purchasing, however looking at the global peers the fact of correction of Indian Stock markets correction cannot be ruled out. and it would be between ten percent to 20 percent correction which is just round the corner because the reason behind FII's purchasing is not very clear still.

Checking sectoral indices performance today following figures surface for today:
BSE FMCG Index closed up by over 3.50 percent, BSE Realty Index also closed in green by 1.73 percent and BSE Auto Index added 1.31 percent.

Market breadth was positive on the BSE with 806 gainers against 537 losers.

Indian Stocks markets closes in red | Sensex down 69 pts

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As predicted in my early post the fears of the second dip in global economy is already on, with the major world indices also trading in red, Major Indian stock indices like BSE's Sensex and NSE's Nifty also closed down thus following it's global peers. The National Stocks Exchanges's Nifty index closed down by 13 points at 5402.40 whereas the 30 component benchmark index Sensex closed down by 69 points.

Most of the sectoral sub indices at Bombay Stock Exchange were also down with BSE Oil and Gas index leading the list followed by Realty Index, Metal index and FMCG index. Indian markets shall remain in red through out the remaining days of the week as global economic condition is not looking very promising due to rising fears of the second dip.

market breadth at NSE was negative with over 2100 declines against only 1000 some advances.

Major losers at the Bombay Stock exchange today were RIL, Reliance Communications, JP Associstes and tech firm HCL technologies. while there were some gainers in Ambuja Cement, Ranbaxy and Tata Motors.

SENSEX up 46 pts | Nifty up 15 pts today

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Indian Stock market closed a little up today thus ending a five day decline streak, but again witnessed a lackluster day.

Oil and Gas sector stocks, Realty stocks subindices were major losers while Bank and Pharma sector looked a little promising.

Nifty closed at 5477.90, up 15.55 points from yesterdays close and reached the lowest of 5454.70 during intraday trade.

The 30 stock BSE's Sensex also closed up by about 46 points today as the rise of stock was seen mainly in FMCG, Banking sector and Pharma stocks, Sensex closed at 18226.35, up 46.71 points today.

However since the predictions about possible double dip to take place next month are gaining grounds thus despite closing up Market breadth was negative on the NSE with 1,750 declines against 1,483 advances.

Bse's Sensex | Nse's Nifty closes in deep red

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Indian Stock markets saw heavy selling today throughout the day and both BSE(Bombay Stock Exchange) and NSE(National Stock Exchange) closed in red territory today. BSE Smallcap Index was down by 1.42 percent at closing today.

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Looked like the uncertainty about global economic recovery is ever increasing and the rumours about possible US Stock Market crash is also playing in Indian Stock markets which have now become almost sort of a global type. So I think now the downward trend of Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) and National Stock Exchange(NSE) have begun and would continue till the end of next month.

Today there was heavy stock selling witnesses at the Bombay Stock Exchange as well as National Stock Exchange. All the subindices at BSE were in red throughout with Realty Index leading the losers list with over 3 percent decline. BSE Midcap Index was down 1.49 percent.

The 30 component index Sensex closed at 18179.64, down 131.95 points today. It touched low of 18156 during intraday trading.

majority of the components of SENSEX also closed lower, ACC stock was in green today at closing, Following is table of company wise closing of Sensex:

SENSEX	25 Aug 2010 closing
Company Name	Industry	LastPrice	Change	% Chg	Mkt Cap(Rs cr)	Weight
ACC	Cement - Major	868.05	2.20	0.25	16,314.13	0.59
Bharti Airtel	Telecommunications - Service	316.85	-5.20	-1.61	120,324.74	4.37
BHEL	Engineering - Heavy	2,468.65	-15.10	-0.61	120,845.35	4.39
Cipla	Pharmaceuticals	308.90	-8.35	-2.63	24,802.24	0.90
DLF	Construction & Contracting - Real Estate	311.45	-10.80	-3.35	52,865.62	1.92
HDFC	Finance - Housing	619.50	-5.65	-0.90	90,340.78	3.28
HDFC Bank	Banks - Private Sector	2,193.05	-14.00	-0.63	100,812.47	3.66
Hero Honda	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,845.10	-43.90	-2.32	36,844.34	1.34
Hindalco	Aluminium	163.45	-5.00	-2.97	31,275.77	1.14
HUL	Personal Care	267.80	-1.25	-0.46	58,442.52	2.12
ICICI Bank	Banks - Private Sector	984.10	-16.70	-1.67	109,772.29	3.98
Infosys	Computers - Software	2,771.85	6.35	0.23	159,076.78	5.77
ITC	Cigarettes	160.45	0.50	0.31	122,798.85	4.46
Jaiprakash Asso	Construction & Contracting - Civil	115.70	-2.55	-2.16	24,582.02	0.89
Jindal Steel	Steel - Sponge Iron	698.55	0.50	0.07	65,240.59	2.37
Larsen	Engineering - Heavy	1,851.10	-10.00	-0.54	111,652.27	4.05
Mah and Mah	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	615.15	-1.90	-0.31	35,582.40	1.29
Maruti Suzuki	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	1,220.00	-14.10	-1.14	35,247.03	1.28
NTPC	Power - Generation/Distribution	193.60	0.05	0.03	159,632.19	5.79
ONGC	Oil Drilling And Exploration	1,277.45	4.95	0.39	273,230.27	9.92
Reliance	Refineries	968.10	-4.05	-0.42	316,688.52	11.49
Reliance Comm	Telecommunications - Service	163.75	-2.25	-1.36	33,798.44	1.23
Reliance Infra	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,012.50	-10.55	-1.03	24,793.11	0.90
SBI	Banks - Public Sector	2,823.70	-23.25	-0.82	179,272.06	6.51
Sterlite Ind	Metals - Non Ferrous	154.00	1.60	1.05	51,768.67	1.88
Tata Motors	Auto - LCVs/HCVs	991.80	-18.35	-1.82	56,592.11	2.05
Tata Power	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,255.15	-24.80	-1.94	29,785.62	1.08
Tata Steel	Steel - Large	497.25	-16.55	-3.22	44,126.46	1.60
TCS	Computers - Software	870.95	2.05	0.24	170,464.16	6.19
Wipro	Computers - Software	400.25	-8.50	-2.08	98,041.24	3.56

The brodaer index NSE's Nifty also closed lower by 42 points at 5462.32 today.

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BSE | NSE stocks analysis for the day

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Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 18311.59, down 97.76 points or 0.53 per cent. The index touched intraday low of 18260.71 and high of 18451.73.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 5503.25, down 40.25 points or 0.73 per cent. The index touched intraday low of 5488.45 and high of 5547.25.

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Majority of the components of the 30 stock Bse's Sensex were trading in red, Bharti Airtel was however in green at closing today. The details about BSE's SENSEX companies scrip closing price for today is as given in this table:

SENSEX	24 Aug 16:03
Company Name	Industry	LastPrice	Change	% Chg	Mkt Cap(Rs cr)	Weight
ACC	Cement - Major	865.85	-6.60	-0.76	16,272.78	0.59
Bharti Airtel	Telecommunications - Service	322.05	5.20	1.64	122,299.46	4.41
BHEL	Engineering - Heavy	2,483.75	-17.70	-0.71	121,584.53	4.38
Cipla	Pharmaceuticals	317.25	-0.05	-0.02	25,472.68	0.92
DLF	Construction & Contracting - Real Estate	322.25	-8.60	-2.60	54,698.82	1.97
HDFC	Finance - Housing	625.15	-3.50	-0.56	91,164.71	3.29
HDFC Bank	Banks - Private Sector	2,207.05	10.70	0.49	101,456.04	3.66
Hero Honda	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,889.00	-32.80	-1.71	37,720.97	1.36
Hindalco	Aluminium	168.45	-6.95	-3.96	32,232.51	1.16
HUL	Personal Care	269.05	1.15	0.43	58,715.31	2.12
ICICI Bank	Banks - Private Sector	1,000.80	-9.35	-0.93	111,635.10	4.03
Infosys	Computers - Software	2,765.50	-26.85	-0.96	158,712.35	5.72
ITC	Cigarettes	159.95	0.55	0.35	122,416.18	4.41
Jaiprakash Asso	Construction & Contracting - Civil	118.25	-2.50	-2.07	25,123.80	0.91
Jindal Steel	Steel - Sponge Iron	698.05	-10.30	-1.45	65,193.89	2.35
Larsen	Engineering - Heavy	1,861.10	-11.80	-0.63	112,255.43	4.05
Mah and Mah	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	617.05	-7.00	-1.12	35,692.30	1.29
Maruti Suzuki	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	1,232.10	-11.50	-0.92	35,596.61	1.28
NTPC	Power - Generation/Distribution	193.55	-0.35	-0.18	159,590.96	5.75
ONGC	Oil Drilling And Exploration	1,272.50	-10.35	-0.81	272,171.53	9.81
Reliance	Refineries	972.15	-4.25	-0.44	318,013.38	11.47
Reliance Comm	Telecommunications - Service	166.00	2.00	1.22	34,262.85	1.24
Reliance Infra	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,023.05	-21.30	-2.04	25,051.45	0.90
SBI	Banks - Public Sector	2,846.95	24.35	0.86	180,748.16	6.52
Sterlite Ind	Metals - Non Ferrous	152.40	-6.30	-3.97	51,230.81	1.85
Tata Motors	Auto - LCVs/HCVs	1,010.15	-4.45	-0.44	57,639.16	2.08
Tata Power	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,279.95	-8.20	-0.64	30,374.14	1.10
Tata Steel	Steel - Large	513.80	-7.60	-1.46	45,595.13	1.64
TCS	Computers - Software	868.90	1.60	0.18	170,062.93	6.13
Wipro	Computers - Software	408.75	-3.45	-0.84	100,123.31	3.61

Sectorwise also it was a similar story at BSE today, apart from the FMCG sub index majority of other indices remained in red throughout the day.

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Following are the sectorwise performance of the Bombay Stock Exchange today:

Index Name	Last Trade	Change
BSE 30	18,311.59	97.76(0.53%)
AUTO INDEX	8,893.93	21.41 (0.24%)
BANKEX	12,537.50	60.44(0.48%)
BSE - 100	9,820.09	53.97(0.55%)
BSE - 200	2,351.75	14.35 (0.61%)
BSE - 500	7,452.76	44.36(0.59%)
BSE - CAPITAL GOODS	14,870.79	93.87(0.63%)
BSE - CONS. DURABLES	5,968.79	28.21(0.47%)
BSE - FMCG	3,350.90	11.00(0.33%)
BSE - HEALTHCARE	5,655.29	8.05(0.14%)
BSE - INFOTECH	5,510.26	37.38(0.67%)
BSE Mid-Cap	7,831.83	55.20(0.70%)
BSE PUBLIC SECTOR	9,736.83	77.38(0.79%)
BSE Small-Cap	9,900.89	67.30(0.68%)
BSE TECK INDEX	3,441.00	14.89(0.43%)
METAL INDEX	15,181.42	300.70 (1.94%)
OIL & GAS INDEX	10,174.50	55.81 (0.55%)

The Sub indices of the National Stock Exchange were also trading in similar line today, The global uncertainity and Profit booking led a downfall in indian Stock markets, Following are the sub indices performance for National Stock market for today:

Index Name	Last Trade	Change
S&P CNX NIFTY	5,505.10	38.40 (0.69%)
S&P CNX DEFTY	4,066.60	50.15 (1.22%)
CNX NIFTY Junior	12,062.55	82.45 (0.68%)
S&P CNX 500	4,624.85	30.90(0.66%)
CNX MIDCAP 200	8,942.20	60.15 (0.67%)
BANK NIFTY	11,043.00	52.50 (0.47%)
CNX IT	6,117.60	61.35 (0.99%)

DLF, Sterlite, reliance infrastructure led the list of major losers for the day.

Market breadth was negative on the BSE with 908 declines against 423 advances.

BSE | NSE closes in red as uncertainity continues

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Majority of Indian Stock markets remainedin red today and also closed in red as investors booked profits from the last two days of gains and news from US added to selling rate too.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty closed at 5540.20, up 61.05 points or 1.11 per cent. The 50-share index hit a high of 5544.70 and low of 5478.10.

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex ended at 18454.94, gaining 197.82 points or
1.08 per cent. The 30-share index touched an intraday high of 18475.27 from the opening level of 18276.50.

The BSE Midcap Index chalked up 0.91 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved higher by 0.79 per cent.

BSE Bankex was up 1.92 per cent, BSE FMCG Index gained 1.63 per cent and BSE Metals Index moved 0.97 per cent higher. However, BSE Realty Index was down 0.67 per cent.

Market breadth was positive, with 1,798 gainers against 1,405 losers on NSE.
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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...)

BSE Sensex closing rates

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The 30 share benchmark index SENSEX closed down by over 100 points today and majority of it's components were in red at closing today.

Following were the live prices of SENSEX components live at closing today:

SENSEX	26 Jul 17:31
Company Name	Industry	LastPrice	Change	% Chg	Mkt Cap(Rs cr)	Weight
ACC	Cement - Major	823.50	3.95	0.48	15,476.86	0.56
Bharti Airtel	Telecommunications - Service	320.35	6.65	2.12	121,653.88	4.44
BHEL	Engineering - Heavy	2,461.45	1.00	0.04	120,492.90	4.40
Cipla	Pharmaceuticals	325.75	0.10	0.03	26,155.16	0.95
DLF	Construction & Contracting - Real Estate	313.05	-9.30	-2.89	53,136.82	1.94
HDFC	Finance - Housing	2,959.65	-33.55	-1.12	86,111.40	3.14
HDFC Bank	Banks - Private Sector	2,052.10	13.15	0.64	94,333.13	3.44
Hero Honda	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,811.85	-146.05	-7.46	36,180.38	1.32
Hindalco	Aluminium	155.55	-2.45	-1.55	29,764.12	1.09
HUL	Personal Care	261.50	0.00	0.00	57,061.40	2.08
ICICI Bank	Banks - Private Sector	915.85	4.30	0.47	102,103.11	3.73
Infosys	Computers - Software	2,802.50	20.65	0.74	160,835.78	5.87
ITC	Cigarettes	302.30	1.60	0.53	115,576.19	4.22
Jaiprakash Asso	Construction & Contracting - Civil	121.20	-7.40	-5.75	25,750.57	0.94
Jindal Steel	Steel - Sponge Iron	639.70	0.65	0.10	59,744.33	2.18
Larsen	Engineering - Heavy	1,919.70	-17.60	-0.91	115,789.99	4.23
Mah and Mah	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	619.70	-7.30	-1.16	35,845.58	1.31
Maruti Suzuki	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	1,191.05	-167.20	-12.31	34,410.63	1.26
NTPC	Power - Generation/Distribution	201.45	-0.35	-0.17	166,104.88	6.06
ONGC	Oil Drilling And Exploration	1,254.90	-3.10	-0.25	268,407.11	9.80
Reliance	Refineries	1,052.05	-8.10	-0.76	344,059.73	12.56
Reliance Comm	Telecommunications - Service	188.05	-0.45	-0.24	38,814.03	1.42
Reliance Infra	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,136.50	0.65	0.06	27,829.51	1.02
SBI	Banks - Public Sector	2,408.85	-85.85	-3.44	152,933.91	5.58
Sterlite Ind	Metals - Non Ferrous	174.15	0.35	0.20	58,542.29	2.14
Tata Motors	Auto - LCVs/HCVs	818.65	-18.80	-2.24	46,712.17	1.71
Tata Power	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,323.60	-0.55	-0.04	31,409.99	1.15
Tata Steel	Steel - Large	532.20	-3.90	-0.73	47,227.96	1.72
TCS	Computers - Software	846.55	8.05	0.96	165,688.54	6.05
Wipro	Computers - Software	413.10	1.00	0.24	101,188.85	3.69

Metal | Realty | Auto stocks boosts SENSEX | NIFTY

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Indian Stock markets closed up today as the Metals, realty, Auto stocks gained and boosted the Indian markets. Pharma stocks however closed down as Fortis bid plans for Parkway failed.

The 30 stock benchmark index Sensex ended at 17977.23 up by over 0.5 per cent read full. The index touched intraday high of 18012.20 and low of 17873.92.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 5399.35, up 31.35 points or 0.58 per cent. The index touched a high of 5409.10 and low of 5368.85 in trade so far.

BSE Midcap Index was up 0.49 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 0.36 per cent higher.

BSE Metal Index moved up 3.16 per cent, BSE Realty Index advanced 0.98 per cent and BSE Auto Index was up 0.83 per cent. BSE Healthcare Index declined 0.27 per cent. BSE sectoral closing.

Market breadth was positive on the NSE with 1681 advances against 1479 declines.