Foreign Investors invest whopping 631 crore in indian share markets

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) on Thursday made a net investment of Rs 630.94 crore in the Indian stock markets, helping the key indices to gain fairly.

FIIs were the gross buyer of shares worth Rs 2,698.97 crore, while they sold equities valued at Rs 2,068.03 crore, resulting in a net investment of Rs 630.94 crore, provisional data available with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) shows.

Domestic institutional investors purchased net shares worth Rs 182.85 crore.

On Wednesday, overseas investors were the net seller of shares worth Rs 110.50 crore, the latest data available with the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) shows.

BSE SENSEX closes up | NIFTY closes in green

(posted under - SENSEX rates , NIFTY closing - 13/8/09) - Indian Share Markets closed in green today and all the major stock indices were up through out the day. The details about the SENSEX closing and Nifty rates at closing with sectoral performance is as follows :


National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 4605, up 147.5 points . The broader index hit a high of 4614.15 and low of 4458.55.

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 15,518.49, up 498.33 points. The index touched an intra-day high of 15545.13 and low of 15207.96.

The BSE Midcap Index surged 3.59 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index jumped 4.11 per cent.

Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE Realty Index was up 6.86 per cent, BSE Metal Index jumped 5.57 per cent and BSE Bankex Index advanced 4.34 per cent.

Monsoon woes hits Indian markets BSE SENSEX | NIFTY closes in deep red

(posted under BSE SENSEX rates, NIFTY closing) - Monsson woes are playing there role in share markets of india as all the major indian share markets including (BSE's SENSEX and NSE'S NIFTY) were both in deep red as there was heavy selling through out the day, the details of closing is as follows :

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex ended at 15,020.16, down 54.43 points or 0.36 per cent from the previous close. The index recovered from a low of 14,701.05 to a high of 15,043.62.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty settled at 4457.50, down 0.31 per cent or 13.85 points from the previous close. The index recouped losses after dropping to a low of 4359.40.

Market breadth on BSE improved considerably with 1,214 advances against 1,368 declines.

Biggest Nifty gainers were Bharti Airtel (5.7%), Ranbaxy Laboratories (5.7%), Jindal Steel (4.85%), Tata Motors (4.39%) and DLF (3.84%).

BSE SENSEX rates | NIFTY stock rates at closing - 11/8/09

(posted under - SENSEX closing, NIFTY closing) - Indian Share markets ended the loosing streak today and all the major indian indices (BSE SENSEX, NIFTY) closed in green today the details about the indices closing is as following :

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 15,074.59, up 64.82 points or 0.43 per cent. The 30-share index hit a high of 15218.65 and low of 14864.23 in today’s trade.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 4471.90, up 33.7 points or 0.76 per cent. The index touched an intra-day low of 4398.90 and high of 4510.80.

BSE Midcap Index was up 1.1 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 0.55 per cent higher.

Sectorwise, BSE Auto Index climbed 3.08 per cent, BSE Realty advanced 2.14 per cent, BSE Metal Index added 2 per cent and BSE Healthcare rose 0.95 per cent.

Sensex gainers comprised Tata Motors (6.81%), Mahindra & Mahindra (3.55%), Hindalco Industries (3.38%), Maruti Suzuki (3.23%) and Bharti Airtel (2.23%).

Losers were Jaiprakash Associates (-2.64%), HDFC (-1.11%), NTPC (-0.88%), ONGC (-0.7%) and Wipro (-0.64%).

Market breadth on BSE turned positive with 1356 advances against 1282 declines.

SENSEX | NIFTY closes in red due to monsoon data

(posted under - BSE rates, NIFTY rates) - Finally monsoon worries had started taking on BSE's SENSEX and, NSE's NIFTY as both were colored in deep red today through out the trading sessions, Meanwhile Government of Bihar has declared drought in 26 districts officially so whether gods are playing havoc with the markets.


Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 15,009.77, down 150.47 points or 0.99 per cent. The 30-share index hit a low of 14957.93 and high of 15417.34 in today’s trade.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 4437.65, down 43.75 points or 0.98 per cent. The index touched a high of 4562.50 and low of 4399.85.

BSE Midcap Index was down 1.71 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index slipped 1.95 per cent.

The worst hit were auto and FMCG stocks on concerns that poor rainfall would hit agriculture and impact GDP growth. India’s cumulative rainfall is deficient by 25% and 141 of India’s 593 districts have been declared as drought-affected.

Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE Auto Index was down 4.52 per cent, BSE FMCG Index slipped 2.96 per cent and BSE Realty Index declined 1.66 per cent. BSE IT Index was up 2.64 per cent.

NIFTY | SENSEX | BSE closes in red due to bad monsoon

Speculators again sold shares to book profits as all major indian share markets closed terribly down, BSE's SENSEX, NSE's NIFTY closed in red today the detailed BSE closing is as follows :

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 15160.24, down 353.79 points or 2.28 per cent. The index touched an intra-day low of 15104 and high of 15501.94.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 4481.40, down 104.10 points or 2.27 per cent. The broader index hit a low of 4463.95 and high of 4591.90.

The BSE Midcap Index was down 2.27 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index declined 1.92 per cent.

Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE Auto Index fell 3.87 per cent, BSE Realty Index slipped 3.29 per cent and BSE Bankex declined 2.96 per cent.

Market breadth was negative on the BSE with 1,922 declines and 748 advances.