Sensex, Nifty hold gains, in afternoon session

The Sensex and Nifty hit a new record and reached respectively at 33,800 and 10,450 levels in afternoon trade on Monday. The Sensex fell in early trade on profit booking in metal, O&G, banking, and PSU stocks after a recent rally.

Indices opened on lower note and hit fresh intraday low in morning hours trade tracking mixed cues from other Asian stocks. After some range-bound trading in early afternoon trade, fresh buying pushed the Sensex & Nifty to record high levels in afternoon trade.

Except Nifty Bank and Nifty Private Bank indices, all other sectoral indices were in the green, with Nifty Auto index as the top gainer.   Shares of SAIL India, Titan watch co, PNB, ICICI Bank, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation and Tata Motors were the most traded stocks on the NSE. 

Tata Motors, M&M, O&G, Bharti Infratel, Maruti Suzuki, Hindalco , UltraTech Cement , Wipro and Cipla were among the top gainers in the Nifty50 index, whereas HPCL, BCPL, IndusInd Bank, Zee Entr., Sun Pharma, Axis Bank, YES Bank and Tech Mahindra were among the top losers. 

MCX Copper Base Metals Trading Levels and Updates By Moneymaker

MCX Copper surpassed the levels of Rs 340 that was acting as psychological resistance. The prices are now under a free run toward s Rs 345 if profit booking doesn't chip in. The Metal closed at Rs 340.40 per kg on 7 March 2016 against Rs 339.20 per kg on 4 March 2016. With the breach of double top the prices are looking to move towards Rs 350 per kg in the medium term.

The prices tested levels of Rs 341.90 per kg as highs and Rs 338 per kg as a low. Volumes gained during the session. The holiday thinned session saw Copper declining to 26586 lots on 7 March 2016 against 67624 lots on 4 March 2016. Open interest declined to 13972 on 7 March 2016 against 13878 on 4 March 2016.

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