Closing Bell: Sensex, Nifty settle the day flat, Maruti Suzuki shares up 3%

The benchmark BSE Sensex closed flat on Tuesday, in spite of losses were capped as some auto majors rallied after posting rise in April sales. The BSE Sensex closed higher by 2.78 points, or 0.01%, to 29,921.18, while the NSE Nifty closed 9.75 points, or 0.10%, to 9,313.80.

Ambuja Cements Ltd fell about 4.21%. Shares of most Indian auto makers, rose after they reported a jump in April vehicle sales on Monday. Maruti Suzuki Ltd gained 3% to a record high of Rs. 6,730, while Eicher Motors Ltd rose 2.61% to a record high of Rs. 26,747.90.

Oil refiners also rose on account of hikes in petrol and diesel prices. Bharat Petroleum Corporation gained 2.75%, Hindustan Petroleum Corp. advanced about 2.40%, and Indian Oil Corp. climbed nearly 1.87%.

The Bank stocks were on focus at the exchanges in the morning hours wherein Federal Bank was the splendor performer touching an intraday high of Rs 115.3 per share, up by 7.3 percent.

 

Live market Update, Sensex at 29,007 Levels

The benchmark BSE Sensex down about 41.14 points at 29007.05, at 10.50 am Tuesday, while NSE Nifty is trading at 8,945 down 17.70 points. The BSE Mid Cap index rose 0.03% and BSE Small Cap down 0.10%. On the BSE, 1,055 shares rose and 1,007 shares declined and a total of 94 shares were unchanged.
Overseas, Asian stocks registered a mixed trend along with weak closing on the Wall Street overnight.  US stocks recorded modest losses on Monday, 6 March 2017, as the possibilities of tighter monetary policy from the Fed Reserve sunk in for investors.
The Commodity precious metal Gold futures tumbled under Rs 29,000 levels on MCX on Monday as poor global cues hurt sentiments. COMEX Gold down near 2½ Week low yet again on sound economic data and Federal rate hike concerns.
In domestic markets, Crude Oil prices were down 0.03% to Rs 3, 555 per barrel. The prices of Crude Oil tested a high of Rs 3,574 per barrel and a low of Rs 3, 530 per barrel.

Bear Hitting Hardly, Sensex Nifty Under Pressure

After a poor opening in the morning, bear struck down the Indian stock market in the mid noon session, where equity benchmark indices have already dropped more than 1%. Currently, Sensex is live at 25823.65 with the loss of 326.59 points and Nifty is live at 7957.70 with the loss of 116.40 points. About six shares have declined on the rise of a single share in the BSE. The broader market has lost around 2.5%, where Banking, Auto, Metals and Small Cap sectors are down more than 2.65% each, while IT and TECk sectors are still holding the positive leads. At Present, Wipro, TCS, Infosys and HUL are the top gainers, while Bank of Baroda, Adani ports, Eicher Motors, SBI and Tata Motors(D) are top losers in BSE. 

In global market, European and American market are trading poorly, while Asian market seems to have both positive and negative trend. In Asian market, Japan's index Nikkei is trading at 18106.02 with the loss of 138.61 points and Singapore's Index Strait Times is trading at 2827 with the loss of 11.60 points.