At 12.37 p.m., the 30-share BSE index Sensex was up 59.17 points or 0.36 per cent at 16,542.62 and the 50-share NSE index Nifty was up 24.3 points or 0.49 per cent at 4,961.15.
Volume toppers during the session were ITC, L&T, SBI, ICICI Bank and Tata Steel. Major Sensex gainers were ICICI Bank, Infosys, HDFC Bank, TCS, Tata Motors, Tata Steel and SBI. ONGC, Bharti Airtel and RIL were the major losers.
Among the sectoral indices, Bankex was up 1.16 per cent, Auto 0.86 per cent, Metal 0.83 per cent and Consumer Durables 0.66 per cent. Oil & Gas was down 0.44 per cent and Realty 0.32 per cent. Of the total 2,588 stocks traded, 1,388 advanced, 1,080 declined and 120 remained unchanged.
Among the Sensex stocks, Tata Steel (up 2.5 per cent), Maruti (up 2.44 per cent) and Tata Motors (up 1.97 per cent) were the top three gainers. Bharti Airtel (down 1.11 per cent), Tata Power (down 1.02 per cent) and RIL (down 0.7 per cent) were the top three laggards.
The BSE Sensex opened up 10.53 points from its previous close at 16,493.48 and the NSE Nifty opened up four points at 4,940.85.
All of the European market indices, except the Swiss Market Index, closed down by less than one per cent on Thursday. The Swiss Market Index was up 0.5 per cent. The US markets followed suit and closed in the red by less than one per cent, save for the exception of the Nasdaq Composite Index which was up marginally by 0.2 per cent.
“US blue-chip stocks fell on Thursday, as investors regrouped following the biggest one-day advance since March 2009 and awaited a key jobs report. Asian stock markets were mixed today, a day after rallying on news that six of the world’s central banks slashed the borrowing costs for banks to shore up Europe’s financial system and prevent its debt crisis from getting worse,” said a report from SMC Global Securities.
Nymex Crude was down 0.11 per cent to $100.09 per barrel, while gold was up 0.4 per cent to $1,746.70 per ounce.
Yesterday, the Nifty was up 2.17 per cent and closed at 4,936.85 (up 104 points) while the Sensex was up 2.23 per cent and closed at 16,483.45 (up 360 points). Feel free to forward this Op Ed and follow our Blog stock market news today
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