Sensex Nifty Started At Lower Note, Bullion Market Up

Stock Market started with a low note. Rupee Opened weak by 4 paise at 67.04 against US Dollar. The 50-share NSE Nifty started off August series on a flat note after yesterday's rally as investors eagerly awaited for GST Bill. Nifty is down by 16 points at 8650. The 30-share index BSE Sensex is down by 75 points to 28133. BSE Small Cap hikes 24 points at 12305, BSE Mid-Cap gains 67 points at 12640 and Nifty Mid Cap is up by 64 points to 14760. All the Global Indices are trading down. Nikkei is down by 116 points to 16359, Hang Seng is down by 182 points to 21991 and Shanghai Composite with minor loss of 2 points down by 2992. In Commodity Market, Gold and Silver are trading in the positive zone. Gold hiked 45 points to 31031 and Silver hiked 343 points to 47362. Natural Gas hiked 13 points to 194 and Crude Oil dropped 59 points to 2772. 

Automobile company Eicher Motors first quarter (April-June) consolidated earnings matched analysts' estimates on Thursday with profit growing sharply by 58.6 percent to Rs 376.3 crore, driven by strong revenue as well as operational performance in Royal Enfield business. Revenue increased 42 percent to Rs 1,555.7 crore in the quarter ended June 2016 compared with Rs 1,096 crore in year-ago period. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has eased its monetary policy further today by expanding dollar lending programmed to USD 24 billion. The central bank kept deposit rate at -0.1 percent and said it will increase buying of exchange traded funds. Bank of Japan has lowered its real GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal year to 1 percent from earlier 1.2 percent but increased to 1.3 percent for next fiscal from earlier forecast of 0.1 percent.