BSE SENSEX Companies rates at closing today

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Following are the individual company closing rates for today(green border color shows gain in overall SENSEX index price.

SENSEX	09 Aug 17:31
Company Name	Industry	LastPrice	Change	% Chg	Mkt Cap(Rs cr)	Weight
ACC	Cement - Major	843.75	18.95	2.30	15,857.44	0.57
Bharti Airtel	Telecommunications - Service	328.40	6.10	1.89	124,710.89	4.49
BHEL	Engineering - Heavy	2,525.10	18.45	0.74	123,608.70	4.46
Cipla	Pharmaceuticals	320.70	-0.90	-0.28	25,749.69	0.93
DLF	Construction & Contracting - Real Estate	319.80	12.20	3.97	54,282.95	1.96
HDFC	Finance - Housing	3,116.50	46.55	1.52	90,687.22	3.27
HDFC Bank	Banks - Private Sector	2,081.15	-14.35	-0.68	95,668.53	3.45
Hero Honda	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,865.55	24.90	1.35	37,252.70	1.34
Hindalco	Aluminium	166.85	2.80	1.71	31,926.35	1.15
HUL	Personal Care	255.70	0.55	0.22	55,795.80	2.01
ICICI Bank	Banks - Private Sector	980.45	28.60	3.00	109,365.15	3.94
Infosys	Computers - Software	2,873.15	9.10	0.32	164,890.39	5.94
ITC	Cigarettes	158.85	0.05	0.03	121,513.75	4.38
Jaiprakash Asso	Construction & Contracting - Civil	118.40	0.50	0.42	25,155.67	0.91
Jindal Steel	Steel - Sponge Iron	637.15	11.75	1.88	59,506.18	2.14
Larsen	Engineering - Heavy	1,810.45	8.85	0.49	109,200.39	3.94
Mah and Mah	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	650.30	0.95	0.15	37,615.59	1.36
Maruti Suzuki	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	1,232.45	11.25	0.92	35,606.72	1.28
NTPC	Power - Generation/Distribution	199.05	1.75	0.89	164,125.97	5.92
ONGC	Oil Drilling And Exploration	1,233.05	1.35	0.11	263,733.68	9.51
Reliance	Refineries	993.65	-6.65	-0.66	325,046.54	11.72
Reliance Comm	Telecommunications - Service	177.10	4.25	2.46	36,553.92	1.32
Reliance Infra	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,117.65	9.55	0.86	27,367.92	0.99
SBI	Banks - Public Sector	2,649.35	29.35	1.12	168,202.86	6.06
Sterlite Ind	Metals - Non Ferrous	179.50	3.05	1.73	60,340.75	2.17
Tata Motors	Auto - LCVs/HCVs	918.95	24.60	2.75	52,435.29	1.89
Tata Power	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,325.20	2.80	0.21	31,447.95	1.13
Tata Steel	Steel - Large	538.95	7.75	1.46	47,826.96	1.72
TCS	Computers - Software	878.25	12.50	1.44	171,892.93	6.20
Wipro	Computers - Software	437.15	3.45	0.80	107,079.89	3.86

Stock Investing - Things to avoid

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Stock investing is not that difficult as is pretends while seeing the volatility, The thing which it requires is sheer analysis, but still after making good decisions you can be on the loosing side, this may occur due to high fees which you have paid to your broker or some other trap.

So the most important things to avoid while stock investing are following:

High fees: A common investment trap is simply paying too many fees. These fees may be incurred by investing in a high fee mutual fund (such as a mutual fund with a load) or paying too much in fees to your broker to trade stocks. For example, if you do most of your stock trading over the phone or in-person instead of through the Internet, you are likely paying way too much in fees. Another way people pay unnecessary high fees is buying "investment advice" that they really don't need and likely does not help them.

Fear and greed: Books can be written about how fear and greed destroys investors. Most investors buy high and sell low. They buy after everyone else is buying and sell when things look glim since everyone is selling. This is a natural byproduct of human nature, and unfortunately, the exact wrong way one should invest in the stock market. Most people that actively watch their stocks have much worse returns than people who just leave their money in index funds since the market watchers get consumed by fear and greed and trade too often and at the wrong times.

Infomercials: The epitome of an "investment trap," these "systems" that are advertised on late-night tv are generally at best worthless advice and at worst outright scams. Do not follow these infomercials and never ever buy the product they are promoting, surely it would turn out to be a bogus.

BSE's SENSEX companies closing rates

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The 30 share benchmark index closed down by over 44 points , however market and investors looked uncertain as SENSEX saw lackluster trading day, The closing prices of the companies listed on SENSEX are as follows(5/8/2010):

PS- Red table border shows that Index closed down.

Company Name	Industry	LastPrice	Change	% Chg	Mkt Cap(Rs cr)	Weight
ACC	Cement - Major	816.85	-3.15	-0.38	15,351.88	0.56
Bharti Airtel	Telecommunications - Service	324.65	1.50	0.46	123,286.81	4.47
BHEL	Engineering - Heavy	2,517.40	-0.85	-0.03	123,231.76	4.46
Cipla	Pharmaceuticals	321.00	-2.60	-0.80	25,773.78	0.93
DLF	Construction & Contracting - Real Estate	310.70	0.85	0.27	52,738.32	1.91
HDFC	Finance - Housing	3,028.00	-30.15	-0.99	88,111.95	3.19
HDFC Bank	Banks - Private Sector	2,100.00	-13.80	-0.65	96,535.05	3.50
Hero Honda	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,866.90	-22.80	-1.21	37,279.66	1.35
Hindalco	Aluminium	165.15	-0.30	-0.18	31,601.06	1.14
HUL	Personal Care	255.50	-0.10	-0.04	55,752.15	2.02
ICICI Bank	Banks - Private Sector	956.05	-14.10	-1.45	106,643.43	3.86
Infosys	Computers - Software	2,873.40	5.60	0.20	164,904.74	5.97
ITC	Cigarettes	155.90	1.00	0.65	119,257.12	4.32
Jaiprakash Asso	Construction & Contracting - Civil	118.10	0.10	0.08	25,091.94	0.91
Jindal Steel	Steel - Sponge Iron	618.25	-2.05	-0.33	57,741.03	2.09
Larsen	Engineering - Heavy	1,809.80	3.10	0.17	109,161.19	3.95
Mah and Mah	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	645.10	-8.80	-1.35	37,314.81	1.35
Maruti Suzuki	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	1,225.75	12.15	1.00	35,413.15	1.28
NTPC	Power - Generation/Distribution	198.45	-0.95	-0.48	163,631.24	5.93
ONGC	Oil Drilling And Exploration	1,243.20	-20.30	-1.61	265,904.63	9.63
Reliance	Refineries	1,006.95	-8.95	-0.88	329,397.28	11.93
Reliance Comm	Telecommunications - Service	173.10	-3.55	-2.01	35,728.31	1.29
Reliance Infra	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,117.75	-22.10	-1.94	27,370.37	0.99
SBI	Banks - Public Sector	2,646.35	51.85	2.00	168,012.40	6.09
Sterlite Ind	Metals - Non Ferrous	176.95	-1.20	-0.67	59,483.54	2.15
Tata Motors	Auto - LCVs/HCVs	860.85	17.70	2.10	49,120.10	1.78
Tata Power	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,325.90	-5.90	-0.44	31,464.57	1.14
Tata Steel	Steel - Large	538.35	-2.75	-0.51	47,773.72	1.73
TCS	Computers - Software	877.05	7.05	0.81	171,658.07	6.22
Wipro	Computers - Software	431.00	2.15	0.50	105,573.45	3.82

BSE's Performance analysis for the day 5/8

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Indian stock markets closed slightly in red today, with benchmark 30 share SENSEX down by 44 points and NSE's NIFTY also closed down marginally by 20 points.

Here are the updates from sectoral indices of BSE for today, Market was in mixed emotion today.

Index Name	Last Trade	Change
BSE 30	18,172.83	44.61(0.24%)
AUTO INDEX	8,496.17	27.31 (0.32%)
BANKEX	11,866.57	36.31(0.31%)
BSE - 100	9,688.68	30.40(0.31%)
BSE - 200	2,314.40	5.00 (0.22%)
BSE - 500	7,310.48	12.64(0.17%)
BSE - CAPITAL GOODS	14,750.08	0.90(0.01%)
BSE - CONS. DURABLES	5,409.81	13.03(0.24%)
BSE - FMCG	3,262.22	9.77(0.30%)
BSE - HEALTHCARE	5,582.94	29.65(0.53%)
BSE - INFOTECH	5,667.47	26.48(0.47%)
BSE Mid-Cap	7,522.30	3.57(0.05%)
BSE PUBLIC SECTOR	9,618.54	47.25(0.49%)
BSE Small-Cap	9,561.25	44.76(0.47%)
BSE TECK INDEX	3,511.47	5.27(0.15%)
METAL INDEX	15,531.37	51.60 (0.33%)
OIL & GAS INDEX	10,161.23	92.94 (0.91%)

Strategies for making Stock Investing PROFITABLE

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Searching for investing strategies online will lead to investors confusion for sure.

The best method is to study the stock you want to purchase, here I provide the methods/strategies to make profitable investment.
PS - It requires a lot of analysis of the stock you want to purchase.

1. Look for Under valued stocks : Always look for stocks which are undervalued presently,Investors who use this strategy seek to find stocks that they believe will earn more than analysts expect or believe the firm has assets that are currently underappreciated by the market. The proof of success is that this strategy is used by legendary investor Warren Buffett(read more..)

2. Look for stocks which has high growth prospects, these are the stocks which have given first in their domain, If such company comes with IPO then one should definitly go and buy it's stock. The these investors seek to find stocks that they believe will grow faster than the market expects.

3. For investors who are looking for short term investing, the best ways for this is to do technical analysis by analysing the stock charts of that company over a period of time as charts are best method to check the movement of stock.

Hope this would provide a idea about investing strategies to readers
HAPPY TRADING!!

Stocks Investing tips - How to choose your broker

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This post is for the beginners of stocks investing.

For starting online trading the first thing one needs is broker, this can be fulfilled by choosing a broker who knows you, or you can go for any of the top brokerage houses, for list of top brokers available click here.
and one should prefer one of these brokers.

Always give preference to online stock trading over telephone trading or some other method of stock trading, The reason for this is simple that online trading has highest transparency, and very minute chances of getting duped by your broker.

For most novice investors, it is much much better to go with beginner-friendly brokers. The brokers geared for professionals offer lower trading fees and some advanced tools, but this will most likely just confuse beginning investors.

However still your mind is the best analyst according to me.
HAPPY TRADING