Telecom | banks nosedives as SENSEX down 2.3 percent

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The increasing effect of ongoing 2G scam probe and major Telecom companies getting notices played it's roll in bringing the stock prices of Reliance Comm and Airtel down by 5.7 percent and 2.6 percent during trading hours today.

With investors having approach like 'something's fishy' to the scam wrto Telecom companies and playing safe by selling stocks. It is biggest fall which SENSEX has witnessed in last six trading months.

Other big hit was taken by banking stocks as increased lending rates brought bearish outlook for banking stocks, ICICI bank closed down by 4.4 percent today. Biggest Indian bank SBI also closed down by 2.3 percent whereas HDFC bank closed in red by nearly 2 percent.

Most of the selling was done by foreign players, Thus it is sure that future of Indian stock markets is purely in hands of foreign institutional investors, who will virtually take their money out of Indian markets after they see some more stabilization in US stock Markets.

The 50 component National Stock Exchange's NIFTY closed down by 2.3 percent at 5,766.50.

Sectoral Indices performance of Bombay Stock Exchange

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Following is the report card for sectoral indices of Bombay Stock Exchange for today:

Symbol	Name	Last Trade	Change
BSE-AUTO.BO	AUTO INDEX	10,325.48 3:40PM	33.54 (0.33%)
BSE-BANK.BO	BANKEX	13,732.76 3:40PM	333.36 (2.37%)
BSE-100.BO	BSE - 100	10,488.74 3:40PM	11.20 (0.11%)
BSE-200.BO	BSE - 200	2,496.63 3:40PM	4.10 (0.16%)
BSE-500.BO	BSE - 500	7,858.57 3:40PM	14.79 (0.19%)
BSE-CD.BO	BSE - CONS. DURABLES	6,363.87 3:40PM	22.26 (0.35%)
BSE-FMCG.BO	BSE - FMCG	3,583.39 3:40PM	13.68 (0.38%)
BSE-HC.BO	BSE - HEALTHCARE	6,702.83 3:40PM	3.52 (0.05%)
BSE-IT.BO	BSE - INFOTECH	6,267.17 3:40PM	36.39 (0.58%)
BSE-MIDCAP.BO	BSE Mid-Cap	7,854.11 3:40PM	28.91 (0.37%)
^BSESN	BSE SENSEX	19,981.31 3:59PM	14.38 (0.07%)
BSE-SMLCAP.BO	BSE Small-Cap	9,770.57 3:40PM	88.41 (0.90%)
BSE-TECK.BO	BSE TECk INDEX	3,783.52 3:40PM	11.76 (0.31%)
BSE-METAL.BO	METAL INDEX	16,562.35 3:40PM	371.92 (2.30%)
BSE-OILGAS.BO	OIL & GAS INDEX	10,411.33 3:40PM	86.52 (0.84%)

Top 5 updates from BSE for today

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Following are the top updates from Bombay Stock Exchange for today after markets closed almost flat.

-Hero Honda stock slips 5% on JV split details
-JSW Steel issues shares on preferential basis to Japan's JFE
-Murli Industries continues to fall, tumbles 9.5 per cent on BSE
-ONGC, Kazakh oil field agreement delayed
-Suzlon to asborb 2 fully owned units
-State Bank hikes deposit rates by up to 150 bps

Indian stock markets closes almost flat

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Major indian stock indices remained flat today as investors booked profits, Both Bombay Stock Exchange's SENSEX and National Stock Exchange's Nifty closed almost flat today as SENSEX closed just shy of 20K mark.

The 30 component Sensex closed at 19981.31, up just 14.38 points . The index touched intraday high of 20217.86 during intraday trading today.

NSE's broader index Nifty closed at 5992.25, down 0.55 points. Touching a high of 6069.45 in day trading.

Checking sector wise BSE Bankex fell 2.37 percent, BSE FMCG Index closed down by 0.38 percent and BSE Realty Index is down by 0.36 percent. However BSE Metal Index was up 2.30 percent and BSE Oil&gas Index moved 0.84 percent higher at closing today.

BSE's SENSEX | NSE's NIFTY smiles at closing

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Benchmark Indian stock indices closed up today by about 1 percent today, The 30 component Bombsy Stock Exchange's SENSEX climbed up by 142.70 points to 19,992.70. Touching 20,084.25 points during intraday trading today.

The broader index National Stock Exchange's NIFTY also closed up by 50.80 points to 6,011.70 at end of day today.

Company wise closing rates of SENSEX for today are as follows:

Company Name

Industry	Last Price	Change	%Chg	Mkt Cap(Rs cr)	Weight
ACC	Cement - Major	999.95	2.40	0.24	18,793.06	0.63
Bharti Airtel	Telecommunications - Service	346.35	-5.00	-1.42	131,527.45	4.40
BHEL	Engineering - Heavy	2,211.00	-0.50	-0.02	108,232.87	3.62
Cipla	Pharmaceuticals	364.05	-1.30	-0.36	29,230.35	0.98
DLF	Construction & Contracting - Real Estate	321.10	2.20	0.69	54,504.53	1.82
HDFC	Finance - Housing	704.15	5.55	0.79	103,009.62	3.44
HDFC Bank	Banks - Private Sector	2,390.90	28.20	1.19	110,743.03	3.70
Hero Honda	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,788.25	-140.15	-7.27	35,709.12	1.19
Hindalco	Aluminium	218.40	4.80	2.25	41,791.14	1.40
HUL	Personal Care	296.15	-1.05	-0.35	64,629.40	2.16
ICICI Bank	Banks - Private Sector	1,190.15	23.20	1.99	136,966.03	4.58
Infosys	Computers - Software	3,095.45	40.90	1.34	177,689.56	5.94
ITC	Cigarettes	170.70	-0.75	-0.44	131,420.78	4.39
Jaiprakash Asso	Construction & Contracting - Civil	112.40	-1.20	-1.06	23,901.11	0.80
Jindal Steel	Steel - Sponge Iron	669.40	8.70	1.32	62,518.15	2.09
Larsen	Engineering - Heavy	2,011.10	-17.45	-0.86	122,235.67	4.08
Mah and Mah	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	789.35	-11.65	-1.45	46,817.04	1.56
Maruti Suzuki	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	1,407.85	-4.95	-0.35	40,674.20	1.36
NTPC	Power - Generation/Distribution	183.05	-3.30	-1.77	150,933.23	5.04
ONGC	Oil Drilling And Exploration	1,313.05	24.55	1.91	280,844.66	9.38
Reliance	Refineries	1,009.50	19.40	1.96	330,346.99	11.04
Reliance Comm	Telecommunications - Service	141.80	4.55	3.32	29,267.90	0.98
Reliance Infra	Power - Generation/Distribution	874.20	3.30	0.38	21,406.56	0.72
SBI	Banks - Public Sector	3,097.75	-7.35	-0.24	196,706.54	6.57
Sterlite Ind	Metals - Non Ferrous	169.70	5.15	3.13	57,046.38	1.91
Tata Motors	Auto - LCVs/HCVs	1,320.35	32.20	2.50	80,684.65	2.70
Tata Power	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,301.20	-11.40	-0.87	30,878.42	1.03
Tata Steel	Steel - Large	622.15	8.50	1.39	56,131.26	1.88
TCS	Computers - Software	1,091.90	15.95	1.48	213,708.96	7.14
Wipro	Computers - Software	425.20	10.65	2.57	104,259.04	3.48

Sector wise performance of Bombay Stock Exchange was seen as following:

Index Name	Last Trade	Change
BSE 30	19,992.70	142.70(0.72%)
AUTO INDEX	10,261.33	30.59 (0.30%)
BANKEX	14,194.13	171.80(1.23%)
BSE - 100	10,542.31	72.96(0.70%)
BSE - 200	2,516.19	17.56 (0.70%)
BSE - 500	7,934.33	59.52(0.76%)
BSE - CAPITAL GOODS	15,449.01	40.08(0.26%)
BSE - CONS. DURABLES	6,626.77	88.45(1.35%)
BSE - FMCG	3,591.15	2.08(0.06%)
BSE - HEALTHCARE	6,717.59	34.01(0.51%)
BSE - INFOTECH	6,190.22	89.45(1.47%)
BSE Mid-Cap	8,068.69	85.09(1.07%)
BSE PUBLIC SECTOR	9,643.67	56.98(0.59%)
BSE Small-Cap	10,163.48	112.62(1.12%)
BSE TECK INDEX	3,760.93	36.85(0.99%)
METAL INDEX	16,395.13	239.08 (1.48%)
OIL & GAS INDEX	10,360.48	149.69 (1.47%)

The Sectoral performance of National Stock exchange's sub-indices is recored as follows:

Index Name	Last Trade	Change
S&P CNX NIFTY	6,011.70	50.80 (0.85%)
S&P CNX DEFTY	4,602.00	64.75 (1.43%)
CNX NIFTY Junior	12,683.90	46.60 (0.37%)
S&P CNX 500	4,916.20	39.90 (0.82%)
CNX MIDCAP 200	9,176.60	47.95 (0.53%)
BANK NIFTY	12,472.60	161.85 (1.31%)
CNX IT	6,827.60	104.30 (1.55%)

The bullish run for higher then expected GDP numbers continues as SENSEX has risen by 700 points this week with one more day to go.

Strong GDP no's lift SENSEX | NIFTY

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Major Indian Stock indices including Bombay Stock exchange's 30 component SENSEX and National Stock Exchange's NIFTY closed on a high note after markets received strong Q2 economy growth of 8.5 percent.

The benchmark large cap SENSEX is happy to hear gdp news and thus closed over 19500 levels today Sensex close at 19521.25, up 116.15 points and touched high of 19610.46 in intraday tradingsession.

Most of the sectoral indices also closed up with BSE Realty Index gaining 5.67 percent, BSE Power Index also gained 1.84 percent and BSE PSU Index added 1.73 percent. BSE Oil&gas Index was however down by 0.56 percent.

Market breadth was also positive on the Sensex with 19 advances against 11 declines hence showing mixed sentiments.

The broader index National Stock Exchange’s Nifty closed at 5862.70, up 32.70 points today.