SENSEX | NIFTY closes in red due to profit booking -21/10

(posted under - BSE live rates, NSE rates) - Indian Stock markets closed in red today as profit booking took it's effect during the end sessions at BSE and NSE, major indexes like SENSEX and NIFTY closed in red today.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 5058.75, down 55.70 points

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 17023, down 199.83 points, BSE Midcap Index was down 1.06 per cent however BSE Smallcap Index edged 0.21 per cent. BSE IT Index moved up 0.45 percent higher and BSE Realty Index gained 0.21 percent.

BSE Bankex fell 2.16 percent, BSE Auto Index also fell 2.12 percent and BSE FMCG Index was down by 2.01 per cent.

BSE | NSE closes down as telecom stocks fall - 15/10

(posted under - BSE rates, NSE rates, BSE closing) - Indian Stock Markets and major indices like BSE's SENSEX, NSE's NIFTY closed little lower today as some partial profit bookings weighed and telecom stocks fell today.

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The closing rates of SENSEX NIFTY for today are as follows :

Nifty closed at 5108.85, down 9.35 points. The broader index touched a high of 5152.25 and low of 5077.10.

Sensex ended at 17,195.20, down 35.91 points. The 30-share index hit a high of 17350.39 and low of 17092.83 in today’s trade.

Sectoral closing rates of BSE :

BSE Midcap Index was up 0.55 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index gained 0.87 per cent. BSE IT Index fell by 1.37 per cent, BSE Healthcare Index was also down by 1.26 per cent and BSE FMCG Index was down 0.6 per cent. However BSE Metal Index moved up 1.72 percent and BSE Bankex gained by 1.58 per cent.

Top 10 indian brokerage houses - list

For investing in Indian stock markets you need to use services of some brokerage house which charge some percentage of transaction as fees. So following are top ten brokerage houses of india in descending order of usage. Along with top ten in number of clients they are also most reliable and maintain transparency in their working.

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1. ICICI DIRECT

2. INDIA INFOLINE

3. KOTAK SECURITIES LTD.

4. SHARE KHAN

5. INDIABULLS

6. MOTILAL OSWAL

7. BAJAJ CAPITAL

8. SMC

9. ANGEL BROKING

10. RELIANCE MONEY

New to Indian Markets - Stock Trading tips for you

i was just checking out the percentage of new investors success rate in indian stock markets. There is no doubt that if you invest in proper stock without spending more then your capacity you can make double of your investment in few months or justin few trading sessions, but the important thing about investing in indian stock markets (i am talking about BSE and NSE only , regional stock exchange might be good for very small investors, i'll not talk about investing in or rather talking about investment techniques in smaller regional exchanges, so this post is to give a startup guidance to people who want to invest in stocks and that to in Bombay Stock Exchange or National Stock Exchange.

So before giving straightaway stock investing tips i would want you to first know about what a Stock market really stands for and how Stock Markets work , in one of my previou posts i wrote in detail about how the stock markets work you should first start by reading this so that some background of stock markets is clear to you before you land into investing phase.

If you actually know about the working details of Stock Markets then i will like to continue with the stock market investing tips straight away.

before starting beware that there are lots of website (some fake too) which promise free stock investing tips so beware of such sites these sites misguide starters and might ask for some money which ultimately helps the starter to go nowhere, i would like to recommend discussion forums like traderji so starting with the tips for investing in Stock markets particularly those in India like BSE and NSE. there are few evergreen stock market investing rules which have very high success rate. You can read these simple but effective rules for Stock market investing Simple investing rules. If you have completed with reading these stock investing rules then i'll like to move forward with the stock trading tips.

I hope that when you reach here your stock market basics might be clear, so i start with more stock investing tips for indian markets.

Due to globalization and opening of Indian economy the trends across various stock markets of world including the US 30 share index Dow Jones Industrials should be analyzed closely and then you should start with the indian markets as we all know that Indian Stock markets are much more volatile then any other stock markets of world. other thing to watch is how the indian rupee is placed against US$ and what is the BSE SENSEX reading at that time you can analyse this by taking a look at closing rates of BSE SENSEX and NIFTY for last year and half on my blog itself. There are two types of stocks. Preferred stocks and common stocks. Preferred stocks have slightly more risk and common stocks are the riskiest of all.

For Investing in stock markets thers are few do`s and don`t which you should strictly follow because it`s your hard earned money!

Dont's of Stock market investments :

1. You should not panic - Indian Stock Markets are very volatile and keeps on fluctuating without any real logic behind , this is just due to profit booking by short term investors, but you should not panic after investing in fundamentally strong companies.

2. You should not get greedy - greediness leads to hell is very true in stock market investments and in no case what so ever you should invest beyond you budget or capacity.

3. you should choose fundamentally strong stocks - this was also the basic principle which world's top investor Warren Bufett used (i got this after reading "The Warren Buffett way" it's real nice thing to read read warren buffett way of investing

4. recently government levied some transaction tax on shares and pay your brokers fees :)

Once you understand these four dont's then you might become world's best investor who knows!!
happy trading

i'll be back with new article soon.. do post comments/suggestions or mistakes you find in this post i'll love to correct them...

NSE CNX 100 Index composition

CNX 100 is a stock market index consisting of some 100 companies which together contribute more then 75 percent in market capitalization, CNX 100 is very diversified index and has companies from 35 different sectors of indian economy. NSE CNX 100 is owned and managed by India Index Services & Products Ltd. (IISL). CRISIL & NSE formed a joint venture for CNX 100 index.

Some of the most important parameters of CNX 100 are :

- CNX 100 represents about 75.24% of the total market capitalization as on Mar 31, 2009.
- Impact cost for CNX 100 for a portfolio size of Rs. 3 crore is 0.18%
- lastly average traded value for the last six months of all CNX100 stocks is approximately 80.56 % of the traded value of all stocks on the NSE

Following are the constituents of CNX 100 Stock index :

Company Name	Industry
ABB Ltd	ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ACC Ltd	CEMENT AND CEMENT PRODUCTS
Adani Enterprises Ltd	TRADING
Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd	TEXTILES - SYNTHETIC
Ambuja Cements Ltd	CEMENT AND CEMENT PRODUCTS
Andhra Bank	BANKS
Apollo Tyres Ltd	TYRES
Ashok Leyland Ltd	AUTOMOBILES - 4 WHEELERS
Asian Paints Ltd	PAINTS
Axis Bank Ltd	BANKS
Bank of Baroda	BANKS
Bank of India	BANKS
Bharat Electronics Ltd	ELECTRONICS - INDUSTRIAL
Bharat Forge Ltd	CASTINGS/FORGINGS
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd	ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd	REFINERIES
Bharti Airtel Ltd	TELECOMMUNICATION - SERVICES
Biocon Ltd	PHARMACEUTICALS
Cairn India Ltd	OIL EXPLORATION/PRODUCTION
Canara Bank	BANKS
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd	REFINERIES
Cipla Ltd	PHARMACEUTICALS
Container Corporation of India Ltd	TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT
Corporation Bank	BANKS
Cummins India Ltd	DIESEL ENGINES
DLF Ltd	CONSTRUCTION
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd	PHARMACEUTICALS
GAIL (India) Ltd	GAS
GMR Infrastructure Ltd	CONSTRUCTION
Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceuticals Ltd	PHARMACEUTICAL
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd	PHARMACEUTICALS
Grasim Industries Ltd	CEMENT AND CEMENT PRODUCTS
HCL Technologies Ltd	COMPUTERS - SOFTWARE
HDFC Bank Ltd	BANKS
Hero Honda Motors Ltd	AUTOMOBILES - 2 AND 3 WHEELERS
Hindalco Industries Ltd	ALUMINIUM
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd	REFINERIES
Hindustan Unilever Ltd	DIVERSIFIED
Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd	FINANCE - HOUSING
Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd	CONSTRUCTION
I T C Ltd	CIGARETTES
ICICI Bank Ltd	BANKS
IDBI Bank Ltd	BANKS
IFCI Ltd	FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
Idea Cellular Ltd	TELECOMMUNICATION - SERVICES
Indian Hotels Co. Ltd	HOTELS
Indian Overseas Bank	BANKS
Infosys Technologies Ltd	COMPUTERS - SOFTWARE
Infrastructure Development Finance Co. Ltd	FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
JSW Steel Ltd	STEEL AND STEEL PRODUCTS
Jaiprakash Associates Ltd	DIVERSIFIED
Jindal Steel & Power Ltd	STEEL AND STEEL PRODUCTS
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd	BANKS
LIC Housing Finance Ltd	FINANCE - HOUSING
Larsen & Toubro Ltd	ENGINEERING
Lupin Ltd	PHARMACEUTICALS
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd	AUTOMOBILES - 4 WHEELERS
Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd	REFINERIES
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd	AUTOMOBILES - 4 WHEELERS
Moser Baer India Ltd	COMPUTERS - HARDWARE
MphasiS Ltd	COMPUTERS - SOFTWARE
Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd	TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT
NTPC Ltd	POWER
National Aluminium Co. Ltd	ALUMINIUM
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd	OIL EXPLORATION/PRODUCTION
Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd	COMPUTERS - SOFTWARE
Patni Computer Systems Ltd	COMPUTERS - SOFTWARE
Power Finance Corporation Ltd	FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd	POWER
Punjab National Bank	BANKS
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd	PHARMACEUTICALS
Raymond Ltd	TEXTILE PRODUCTS
Reliance Capital Ltd	FINANCE
Reliance Communications Ltd	TELECOMMUNICATION - SERVICES
Reliance Industries Ltd	REFINERIES
Reliance Infrastructure Ltd	POWER
Reliance Natural Resources Ltd	GAS
Reliance Power Ltd	POWER
Sesa Goa Ltd	MINING
Siemens Ltd	ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
State Bank of India	BANKS
Steel Authority of India Ltd	STEEL AND STEEL PRODUCTS
Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd	METALS
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd	PHARMACEUTICALS
Suzlon Energy Ltd	ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
Syndicate Bank	BANKS
Tata Communications Ltd	TELECOMMUNICATION - SERVICES
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd	COMPUTERS - SOFTWARE
Tata Motors Ltd	AUTOMOBILES - 4 WHEELERS
Tata Power Co. Ltd	POWER
Tata Steel Ltd	STEEL AND STEEL PRODUCTS
Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd	TELECOMMUNICATION - SERVICES
Tech Mahindra Ltd	COMPUTERS - SOFTWARE
UltraTech Cement Ltd	CEMENT AND CEMENT PRODUCTS
Union Bank of India	BANKS
Unitech Ltd	CONSTRUCTION
United Spirits Ltd	BREW/DISTILLERIES
Vijaya Bank	BANKS
Wipro Ltd	COMPUTERS - SOFTWARE
Wockhardt Ltd	PHARMACEUTICALS

NIFTY Midcap 50 stock index composition

The National Stock Exchange's Midcap index or popularly known as NIFTY Midcap 50 has 50 companies listed on it which are in medium size level or market capitalization but all the stocks have very strong growth prospects and can be part of NIFTY who knows, these NIFTY Midcap stocks can be considered as important investment oppurtunities but after a due consideration about the type of the company and the market conditions.

So choose a company and study about its way of working and if it suits you and you see some confidence growth then go for it and invest in NIFTY Midcap comapnies. These companies might be smaller when you see their market capitalization as they have 3.78% of total market capitalization only.

So the companies listed on NSE's NIFTY Midcap 50 index are as follows:

Company Name	Industry
Allahabad Bank	BANKS
Alstom Projects India Ltd	POWER
Andhra Bank	BANKS
Ashok Leyland Ltd	AUTOMOBILES - 4 WHEELERS
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd	PHARMACEUTICALS
BEML Ltd	ENGINEERING
Bajaj Hindusthan Ltd	SUGAR
CESC Ltd	POWER
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd	REFINERIES
Cummins India Ltd	DIESEL ENGINES
Divi's Laboratories Ltd	PHARMACEUTICALS
Educomp Solutions Ltd	COMPUTERS - SOFTWARE
GVK Power & Infrastructures Ltd	POWER
Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd	SHIPPING
Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd	CONSTRUCTION
Hotel Leelaventure Ltd	HOTELS
IDBI Bank Ltd	BANKS
IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects Ltd	CONSTRUCTION
India Cements Ltd	CEMENT AND CEMENT PRODUCTS
Indian Bank	BANKS
Indian Hotels Co. Ltd	HOTELS
JSW Steel Ltd	STEEL AND STEEL PRODUCTS
Lanco Infratech Ltd	CONSTRUCTION
Lupin Ltd	PHARMACEUTICALS
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd	TELECOMMUNICATION - SERVICES
Moser Baer India Ltd	COMPUTERS - HARDWARE
MphasiS Ltd	COMPUTERS - SOFTWARE
Nagarjuna Construction Co. Ltd	CONSTRUCTION
Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd	COMPUTERS - SOFTWARE
Patel Engineering Ltd	CONSTRUCTION
Petronet LNG Ltd	GAS
Piramal Healthcare Ltd	PHARMACEUTICALS
Praj Industries Ltd	ENGINEERING
Punj Lloyd Ltd	CONSTRUCTION
Reliance Natural Resources Ltd	GAS
Rolta India Ltd	COMPUTERS - SOFTWARE
Shipping Corporation of India Ltd	SHIPPING
Sintex Industries Ltd	PLASTIC AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS
Sterling Biotech Ltd	PHARMACEUTICALS
Syndicate Bank	BANKS
Tata Chemicals Ltd	CHEMICALS - INORGANIC
Tata Tea Ltd	TEA AND COFFEE
Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd	TELECOMMUNICATION - SERVICES
Tech Mahindra Ltd	COMPUTERS - SOFTWARE
Titan Industries Ltd	GEMS JEWELLERY AND WATCHES
UltraTech Cement Ltd	CEMENT AND CEMENT PRODUCTS
United Phosphorous Ltd	PESTICIDES AND AGROCHEMICALS
Vijaya Bank	BANKS
Voltas Ltd	AIRCONDITIONERS
Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren Ltd	STEEL AND STEEL PRODUCTS