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Market makes smart recovery during the day in line with the global markets; Nifty managed to close over 4100, Sensex managed to close over 14000 mark;
Friday, August 17, 2007
Market made smart recovery during the day in line with the global markets. Nifty managed to close over 4100 while Sensex managed to close over 14000 mark. Sensex ended down 217 points at 14141.5. It recovered 362 points from days low. Nifty ended down 71 points at 4108. It recovered 100 points from days low. CNX Midcap Index was down 2% while BSE Small-cap Index was down 1.3%. All the BSE Sectoral Indices ended in the red barring Reality Index. BSE Metal Index was down 4.7%, BSE IT Index was down 3% while BSE FMCG Index was down 2.3%.
Index Losers were HPCL, down 8.5%, Sterlite, down 7.2%, Satyam, down 5.8% and Tata Steel, down 5.4%. Index Gainers were RIL, up 0.80%, Sun Pharma, up 1.8% and Wipro, Siemens were up 1% each. NSE Advance Decline ratio stood at 1:4. Total market turnover was at Rs 86945.69 crore vs Rs 63845.27 crore on Thursday.
Rupee depreciated by 0.08% at 41.375 while Yen depreciated by 16 bps at 113.22 (hits intra-day high of 111.57 and intra-day low of 114.09).
Zylog Systems listed on the bourses today which closed at Rs 427.5 vs listing price of Rs 435 (issue price Rs 350).
Recovery in the Indices
Index | Low | Recovery (%) |
Sensex | 13779.88 | 2.62 |
Nifty 50 | 4002.2 | 2.64 |
CNX Midcap 100 | 5519.4 | 2.38 |
BSE Small Cap | 7534.59 | 2.13 |
Index | Low | Recovery (%) |
BSE Realty Index | 6713.42 | 4.56 |
IT Sector | 4356.76 | 3.3 |
Bank Index | 7178.89 | 2.4 |
Healthcare Index | 3410.08 | 2.26 |
Oil and Gas Index | 7266.42 | 2.21 |
Capital Goods Index | 11781.06 | 2.11 |
Auto Index | 4506.67 | 1.2 |
FMCG | 1796.16 | 0.86 |
Metals Index | 9724.78 | 0.89 |
F&O Snapshot:
Nifty futures discount narrowed 15 points vs 35 points on Thursday (has narrowed to 6 & widened to 50 points during the day). Nifty futures turnover was 45% of total FNO turnover. Nifty futures added 56.6 lakh shares in OI. Short covering was seen in the reality stocks (Unitech, GMR) and stocks like L&T, Wipro, REL, and Jindal Stainless. Fresh shorts were seen in technology, metal & capital good stocks. Unwinding of long positions was seen in reality stocks(Lanco, Parsvnath, HDIL).
Long Positions were seen in the following stocks:
Nagarjuna Fertilizers was up 17%, added 1.33 crore shares in OI
RIL was up 1.2%, added 2.8 lakh shares in OI
IndusInd Bank was up 5.5%, added 5.7 lakh shares in OI
Other stocks where long position was seen India Cement, Bank of India, and Moser Baer
Short Covering was seen in the following stocks:
Realty: Unitech, GMR Infra, IVRCL Infra
Biggies: L&T, Wipro, REL, and Jindal Stainless
Other: Chambal Fert, MphasiS, LIC Housing & Triveni Eng
Fresh Shorts were seen in the following stocks:
Tech: Satyam, Patni, I-flex, TCS, Infosys
Metal: Tata Steel, JSW Steel, SAIL (unwinding)
Others; BHEL, DLF, ONGC, ABB
Reality; Lanco, Parsvnath, HDIL
Others: Bongaigaon Refinery, Balrampur Chini, Praj Industries
Intra day recovery was seen in the following stocks:
Stock Name | Low | Recovery (%) |
Indiabulls Finance | 402.7 | 14.45 |
Indiabulls Real | 403 | 14.14 |
India Infoline | 506.65 | 11.97 |
Lanco Infratech | 224.2 | 10.59 |
IDFC | 105.3 | 8.93 |
Orbit Corp | 403.3 | 8.36 |
Punj Lloyd | 238.25 | 6.4 |
Unitech | 455.3 | 6.31 |
IVRCL Infrastructure | 319 | 6.24 |
Infosys | 1743.15 | 6.2 |
Wipro | 445 | 6.04 |
Reliance Communication | 465.75 | 5.94 |
Reliance Energy | 681 | 5.58 |
Bharti Airtel | 750 | 5.33 |
Parsvnath Developers | 275 | 5.02 |
GMR Infrastructure | 727.5 | 4.74 |
HDIL | 480 | 4.58 |
India Cement | 205.25 | 4.51 |