Market ended flat amid volatile trade. Sensex was up 30 points at 15263; sheds nearly 175 points from days high. Nifty was down 5 points at 4440; sheds nearly 60 points from days high. CNX Midcap & BSE Small-cap indices ended marginally in green. BSE Realty index was down by 2.4% while BSE Metal index was down by 0.88%. BSE Bank index was up by 1.7% while BSE FMCG index was up by 0.81%. Aluminium stocks were seen down. Major losers were Nalco, down by 9.6% and Hindalco, down by 4.5%. In Cement stocks, ACC was up by 3%, Grasim was up by 2.5% while Ambuja Cement was up by 2.5%.

Index Losers were Suzlon, down by 4.4%, M&M, down by 3.5% and ITC, down by 3.1%. Index Gianers were HUL, up by 6.4% and SBI, up by 5.1%. NSE Advance Decline ratio stood at 5:6. Total market turnover stood at Rs 60551.11 crore vs Rs 87825.48 crore on Friday. The rupee appreciated by 2 bps at 40.51.

F&O Snapshot
Banking and Cement goods stocks lead gains. Power stocks like REL, JP Hydro were active in FNO market. Fresh shorts were seen in realty sector (GMR, Unitech) & Auto (M&M, TVS). Metal stocks like Nalco, Hindalco took beating on account of bad result. HUL was the stock of the day on buyback price announcement.

Fresh Shorts

Realty stocks
GMR Infrastructure was down by 6%; added 5.8 lakh shares in OI
Unitech was down by 5.6%; added 4.2 lakh shares in OI
HDIL was down by 1%; add 7 lakh shares in OI (was up 5% during the day)

Metal
Nalco was down by 8.8%; added 3.4 lakh shares in OI
Hindalco was down by 4.5%; added 6.6 lakh shares in OI

Other
ITC was down by 2.4%; added 10.3 lakh shares in OI
M&M was down by 2.4%; added 3.8 lakh shares in OI
TVS Motor was down by 2%; added 1.35 lakh shares in OI

Long Position

Cement
Ambuja Cement was up by 2.9%; added 21.2 lakh shares in OI
India Cement was up by 4.7%; added 1.8 lakh shares in OI
Grasim was up by 2.2%; added 39000 shares in OI
Birla Corporation was up by 1.9%; shed 37000 shares in OI
Kesoram was up by 3.8%; added 1.2 lakh shares in OI

Other
SBI was up by 5%; added 8.15 lakh shares in OI
REL was up by 2%; added 6.4 lakh shares in OI
HUL was up by 4.3%; added 8.4 lakh shares in OI
IFCI was up by 1.3%; added 24.7 lakh shares in OI
Neyveli Lignite was up by 3.8%; added 11.9 lakh shares in OI
RNRL was up by 4.4%; shed 2.2 lakh shares in OI

Short Covering
Lanco was up by 8.2%; cuts 5.5 lakh shares in OI
VSNL up 1.7%; cuts 92000 shares in OI
Mphasis was up by 3%; cuts 48000 shares in OI
United Spirits was up by 5%; cuts 57500 shares in OI

Mid-cap Banking
Indian Bank was up by 3.8%; cuts 1 lakh shares in OI
Andhra Bank was up by 4.6%; shed 69000 shares in OI
Allahabad Bank was up by 1.1%; add 2.6 lakh shares in OI