Indian Stock markets closes with modest gains

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Major Indian Stock indices closed on a positive not today with IT index leading by closing up by over 1 percent today. Realty stocks and Oil and Gas stocks also gained today where as Pharma and FMCG were in red at closing today.

The 30 component Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex ended at 20200.40, up by 75.35 points. The 30-share index touched a high of 20201.47 during intraday trading today.

The broader index Nifty closed at 6093.45, up 30.80 points today.

The gainers(Sector wise) are as follows:
BSE Oil&gas Index closed up by 1.35 percent, Whereas BSE IT Index moved up by 1.28 percent and only Wipro showing some profit booking and closed down out of ten stocks and BSE Realty Index also closed up by 0.64 percent.

BSE Midcap Index was hoever down by 0.44 percent and so was BSE Smallcap Index which closed down by 0.16 percent today.

SENSEX Companies closing prices today

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Indian benchmark index the 30 component SENSEX had a great day today ad BSE saw heavy purchasing today.Majority of the SENSEX companies closed in green today.

Following are closing prices of 30 componets of the SENSEX index which is most tracked Asian stock index. for today's detailed update on Indian stock Marketsclick here

SENSEX	13 Oct 17:31
Company Name	Industry	LastPrice	Change	% Chg	Mkt Cap(Rs cr)	Weight
ACC	Cement - Major	1,030.65	33.05	3.31	19,370.04	0.62
Bharti Airtel	Telecommunications - Service	347.60	8.50	2.51	132,002.15	4.23
BHEL	Engineering - Heavy	2,592.50	49.40	1.94	126,908.06	4.07
Cipla	Pharmaceuticals	339.50	0.00	0.00	27,259.18	0.87
DLF	Construction & Contracting - Real Estate	386.60	12.15	3.24	65,622.71	2.10
HDFC	Finance - Housing	739.90	32.55	4.60	108,106.18	3.46
HDFC Bank	Banks - Private Sector	2,441.40	58.40	2.45	112,940.35	3.62
Hero Honda	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,878.15	4.20	0.22	37,504.31	1.20
Hindalco	Aluminium	216.30	5.65	2.68	41,388.49	1.33
HUL	Personal Care	302.55	11.25	3.86	66,026.09	2.12
ICICI Bank	Banks - Private Sector	1,160.10	21.85	1.92	129,461.25	4.15
Infosys	Computers - Software	3,151.20	76.30	2.48	180,847.71	5.80
ITC	Cigarettes	175.25	4.40	2.58	134,545.83	4.31
Jaiprakash Asso	Construction & Contracting - Civil	134.80	5.20	4.01	28,640.07	0.92
Jindal Steel	Steel - Sponge Iron	718.90	4.00	0.56	67,141.16	2.15
Larsen	Engineering - Heavy	2,079.25	80.65	4.04	125,783.83	4.03
Mah and Mah	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	735.70	19.80	2.77	42,894.97	1.37
Maruti Suzuki	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	1,554.45	34.60	2.28	44,909.62	1.44
NTPC	Power - Generation/Distribution	208.10	-2.65	-1.26	171,588.11	5.50
ONGC	Oil Drilling And Exploration	1,379.05	19.20	1.41	294,961.22	9.45
Reliance	Refineries	1,072.15	18.25	1.73	350,825.05	11.24
Reliance Comm	Telecommunications - Service	186.65	0.55	0.30	38,525.06	1.23
Reliance Infra	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,096.90	19.30	1.79	26,859.82	0.86
SBI	Banks - Public Sector	3,304.90	73.10	2.26	209,860.53	6.73
Sterlite Ind	Metals - Non Ferrous	182.95	4.05	2.26	61,500.50	1.97
Tata Motors	Auto - LCVs/HCVs	1,176.30	19.60	1.69	71,881.96	2.30
Tata Power	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,433.15	20.25	1.43	34,009.69	1.09
Tata Steel	Steel - Large	638.05	5.10	0.81	56,621.20	1.81
TCS	Computers - Software	992.40	43.25	4.56	194,234.61	6.22
Wipro	Computers - Software	482.70	20.70	4.48	118,249.03	3.79

Indian Stock Indices all in green - up 485 pts

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Stock purchasing by Foreign Institutional investors returned back in Indian stock markets backed by the news of fed regarding new stimulus for US economy revival. The higher opening of major European stock indices also boosted Indian stock markets towards the end of the day today.

The day saw large purchasing at Dalal street as the oldest Asian stock Exchange Bombay Stock Exchange closed on a positive note with all the sub indices closing well over 1 percent up.

The 30 component benchmark index Sensex closed finally at 20687.88 up by 484.54 points at EOD. The index touched a high of 20703.97 and low of 20211.66 during intraday trading today. Market breadth was positive on the BSE with 1928 advances against 1066 declines. Both Midcap index and Small cap index too closed up by over 1 percent today.

The same mood was prevelant at National Stock Exchange as was seen at closing of NIFTY today. The broader index Nifty closed at 6233.90, up by huge 143 points. The index touching the high of 6240.25 in trading hours today.

The sectoral indices of BSE were also in happy mood as all of them closed up, BSE IT Index closed up by almost 3.15 percent, BSE Capital Goods Index also gained 2.68 percent today and BSE Realty Index moved 2.51 percent higher.

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.

Metals, Oil and Gas, Auto stocks shine as Indian stock markets closes up

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The 30 stock benchmark index Sensex closed at 20339.89, up 89.63 points. The 30-share index touched a high of 20461.27 and low of 20250.26 during intraday trading today.

BSE Midcap Index was up 0.79 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 1.30 per cent higher. BSE Auto Index closed up y whopping 1.93 percent today, and BSE Metal Index also moved up by 1.57 percent whereas BSE Oil&gas Index moved 1.29 percent and was slightly less compared to former subindices.

Similar environment was present at National Stock exchange which closed above the 6135 mark today, The index touched hogh of above 6150 today(6187) during intraday trading.

Top 10 Stock Market Investing advice - you always looked for

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So I wanted to provide the very very basic stock market investing advice which you always wanted and that too at no charge, but again you should also use some of your brain too for understanding these investing advice clearly , it is not difficult to understand, so here are the list of stock market investing advice you always wanted to know.

1. Always buy a stock when it is not rising.
2. Buy when markets are down and always buy an undervalued stock.
3. Always follow the fundamentals the principle between stock prices is similar to demand and supply, which is infact the principle on which whole world runs.
4. Buy stocks grown in top line and bottom line over the past years.
5. Invest in companies with proven management and strong assets.
6. Avoid loss-making companies.
7. Look for the dividend paying record of the company from past couple of months.
8. Invest in stocks for sure returns.
9. Consider stocks as an asset and not a liability so think you will always make money from stocks.
11. The basic property of any asset class is to grow just wait for required time and never panic.
12. Invest a fixed amount each month and this amount should be well within your budget and always have a rigid threshold amount to invest.

My summary post which I wrote after understanding the investing style of legendary investor Warren Buffett can be read here(this will surely help you).

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