Pharma, Auto, bank stocks drag SENSEX down -20/7

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Indian stock markets witnessed a lackluster day today as there was not much at the Dalal Street.
At the end of the day, SENSEX closed down by little over 50 pts and Nifty too closed down. Major decline were in Pharma stocks, Auto stocks and banking stocks.

The details about today's trading are as follows:

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 17856.75, down 71.67 points. The index touched intraday high of 18040.17 and low of 17848.07.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at day’s low of 5353.65, down 32.80 points. The index touched a high of 5416.45 in today’s trade.

Coming to Sectoral Indices (read full post here)

SENSEX Components closing prices for today can be seen here - SENSEX companies stocks updates

BSE Midcap Index was down 0.47 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 0.43 per cent lower.

BSE Healthcare Index declined 0.92 per cent and BSE Auto Index slipped 0.88 per cent higher and BSE Bankex was 0.55 per cent lower. BSE Realty Index moved up.

Best Stock investing books available for Indian markets

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There are lots of books available in book shelves, stores for stock markets investing , following are some of the best books which a beginner must go through before starting investing in Indian Stock Markets. He/she can follow the tips available here also , but should know that Stock investing tips provide a snapshot or summary about a stock investing technique, which ofcourse is provided in detail in books mentioned here so it will be definetly help the potential investors. These books provides thourough insight into the working of Indian Stock markets and how one can make profits from it. However i would say that the best judge about stock is your brain itself.

My take from a famous book "The Warren Buffett Way" can be read here(click here)

BSE sectoral Indices live at closing

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Following are the BSE's sectoral indices updates at closing today. Indian markets witnessed a lackluster day even today.

Index Name	Last Trade	Change
BSE 30	17,878.14	50.28(0.28%)
AUTO INDEX	8,259.08	57.59 (0.69%)
BANKEX	11,374.58	49.66(0.43%)
BSE - 100	9,546.82	31.30(0.33%)
BSE - 200	2,278.90	7.53 (0.33%)
BSE - 500	7,197.16	24.12(0.33%)
BSE - CAPITAL GOODS	15,048.47	5.64(0.04%)
BSE - CONS. DURABLES	5,135.81	11.97(0.23%)
BSE - FMCG	3,173.22	6.38(0.20%)
BSE - HEALTHCARE	5,659.21	51.11(0.90%)
BSE - INFOTECH	5,430.23	12.48(0.23%)
BSE Mid-Cap	7,390.21	22.20(0.30%)
BSE PUBLIC SECTOR	9,427.37	32.56(0.34%)
BSE Small-Cap	9,432.18	24.25(0.26%)
BSE TECK INDEX	3,378.42	11.74(0.35%)
METAL INDEX	14,957.32	29.60 (0.20%)
OIL & GAS INDEX	10,447.90	39.13 (0.37%)

SENSEX Companies closing prices 20-7

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SENSEX	20 Jul 17:31
Company Name	Industry	LastPrice	Change	% Chg	Mkt Cap(Rs cr)	Weight
ACC	Cement - Major	809.05	-2.90	-0.36	15,205.29	0.56
Bharti Airtel	Telecommunications - Service	297.00	-0.75	-0.25	112,786.64	4.15
BHEL	Engineering - Heavy	2,414.70	-0.30	-0.01	118,204.39	4.34
Cipla	Pharmaceuticals	327.00	-2.80	-0.85	26,255.53	0.96
DLF	Construction & Contracting - Real Estate	321.50	6.35	2.01	54,571.12	2.01
HDFC	Finance - Housing	3,012.95	-37.70	-1.24	87,662.17	3.22
HDFC Bank	Banks - Private Sector	2,044.50	-5.85	-0.29	93,983.76	3.45
Hero Honda	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,953.60	-4.20	-0.21	39,010.95	1.43
Hindalco	Aluminium	152.70	0.35	0.23	29,218.78	1.07
HUL	Personal Care	262.35	-1.80	-0.68	57,246.88	2.10
ICICI Bank	Banks - Private Sector	889.40	-11.00	-1.22	99,154.34	3.64
Infosys	Computers - Software	2,757.60	-12.70	-0.46	158,258.97	5.82
ITC	Cigarettes	291.45	0.60	0.21	111,427.99	4.10
Jaiprakash Asso	Construction & Contracting - Civil	127.00	-2.25	-1.74	26,982.86	0.99
Jindal Steel	Steel - Sponge Iron	620.45	-5.05	-0.81	57,946.49	2.13
Larsen	Engineering - Heavy	1,902.20	10.10	0.53	114,734.45	4.22
Mah and Mah	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	602.05	-5.35	-0.88	34,824.65	1.28
Maruti Suzuki	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	1,362.15	-2.00	-0.15	39,353.88	1.45
NTPC	Power - Generation/Distribution	203.10	0.45	0.22	167,465.38	6.15
ONGC	Oil Drilling And Exploration	1,259.85	2.90	0.23	269,465.86	9.90
Reliance	Refineries	1,052.90	-3.35	-0.32	344,337.72	12.65
Reliance Comm	Telecommunications - Service	188.35	-2.90	-1.52	38,875.95	1.43
Reliance Infra	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,142.10	1.50	0.13	27,966.63	1.03
SBI	Banks - Public Sector	2,448.45	-7.70	-0.31	155,448.05	5.71
Sterlite Ind	Metals - Non Ferrous	166.10	2.50	1.53	55,836.20	2.05
Tata Motors	Auto - LCVs/HCVs	812.50	-12.95	-1.57	46,361.25	1.70
Tata Power	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,328.20	-2.20	-0.17	31,519.15	1.16
Tata Steel	Steel - Large	509.50	-1.95	-0.38	45,213.54	1.66
TCS	Computers - Software	827.40	3.20	0.39	161,940.47	5.95
Wipro	Computers - Software	407.70	3.75	0.93	99,764.95	3.67

Forward Markets Commission provides new guidelines

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(FMC) has changed guideline that has limited the stake of any single stock exchange in a national-level commodity bourse to a maximum of 5 per cent and has asked bourses to comply by December 31, 2010.

On it's official website it has clearly stated that 'The shareholding of any single Stock Exchange along with the persons acting in concert shall not be more than 5 percent of the subscribed and paid up equity capital of the said National Commodity Exchange.'

Indian Stock Indices - BSE | NSE down

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Major Indian Stock markets closed in red today as ITC, maruti, Sterlite and delhi land finance were in red through out the trading day. It may be noted that market breadth was however positive with 1492 advances and 1380 declines.

The reason for lower closing is mainly weak global cues with major world indices in red.

Further reading for today:
BSE Sectoral performance
SENSEX Companies day's performance

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex ended at 17,929.46, down 27.40 points. The index touched intraday high of 18005.07 and low of 17856.40.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty closed at 5386.35, down 7.45 points. The index touched a high of 5409.10 and low of 5361.50 in trade.