Tuesday 9 May 2017

Sensex closed above 29,900, Nifty above 9300; Metal Stocks lead

The benchmark BSE Sensex closed flat on Tuesday since investors booked profits with the largest outperformers like ACC Ltd, Ambuja Cements while banks removed gains from the previous session’s rally. Caution also surrounded ahead of the quarterly earnings announcement, with Bharti Airtel later in the day. Asian shares were passive as investors looking forward to the next catalyst after France’s presidential election.  
BSE Sensex closed higher 7.10 points at 29,933.25 while  NSE Nifty closed higher by 2.8 points at 9316.85 on closing.   Both the  Nifty and Sensex were trading flat all through the day. Indiabulls Housing Finance, Hero Motocorp and Lupin Ltd were the major contributors to Nifty losses.  BSE Midcap closed higher by 0.19% at 14,821, and  Small-cap closed higher by 0.53% at 15,544.
 The companies which announced their financial earnings today were Syndicate bank, Dena Bank,  Vijaya Bank,  SREI Infrastructure Finance and Godrej Consumer Products, among others.
The stocks of metal sector Tata Steel, Vedanta Ltd, Hindalco  and Jindal Steel were sizzling on the Exchanges. The realty stocks like DLF, HDIL and Unitech were trading in positive terrain all though the day.
Tech Mahindra, Axis Bank, Wipro, IOC and Adani Ports were the top Nifty gainers of the day, while  Wipro, GAIL, Tata Motors, M&M and Bajaj Auto were the top Sensex gainers.


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