Sensex, Nifty on a Flat Note; Indiabulls Real Estate Soars 40%

Markets settled today, 17 April 2017, marginally lower dragged by metal stocks, power and PSU stocks. The market sentiments were subdued on account of weak Asian markets.

On closing, the BSE Sensex stood lower by 48 points, while the NSE Nifty settled down 12 points. Meanwhile, the BSE Mid-Cap and Small-Cap finished the race going up 0.2% and 0.5% each.

Sun pharma Ltd fell 2.5% after the US FDA issued its observations without hurdles. Pharma stocks kept its way on a mixed note. Meantime, shares of Natco Pharma Ltd and Aarti Drugs witnessed majority of the buying activity.

Overseas, Asian equities ended mixed, with the US dollar sinking against the yen, following tensions in the Korean Peninsula. The rupee was trading at Rs 64.42 against the  Dollar in the afternoon session. Oil prices were trading at USD 52.76.

The Finance Ministry has endorsed the employees' provident fund interest rate at 8.65% for the 2016-17 financial year, which will benefit over 40 million subscribers EPFO. The fund will witness a surplus after providing 8.65 percent interest rate for the last financial year.

Markets end lower, Nifty closed at 9,203 levels; Tata Steel top Nifty loser

In Wednesday’s choppy trading session, the NSE Nifty closed 9203 or 0.33%, whereas BSE Sensex closed at 29, 643 levels down by 144 points or 0.49%. There were 1095 advances, 1778 declines and 149 unchanged stocks on NSE reflecting fairly negative bias floating in the market.

Tata Steel Ltd was the top Nifty loser, lower by 2.2% at 477.5 per share, while Bosch Ltd was the top Nifty gainer higher by 3.7% higher at Rs. 23,600 per share.

BSE Mid-cap index closed lower by 0.22% at 14,346 level, whereas BSE Small-cap index closed lower by 0.49% at 14,852 level.

The ITC Limited was touching its intraday high of Rs 285 per share in the afternoon hours today, but later slipped further to close at Rs 281.8 per share down by 0.12%.

 

Sensex rises 213 points, Nifty ends above 9200 ahead of IIP data release

BSE Sensex rose on Tuesday closing after three successive sessions of falling as recent decliners such as IT stocks regained, but overall sentiment was cautious ahead of the beginning of the earnings season.
The BSE Sensex ended at 29,788, up 213 points, whereas the broader Nifty-50 index closed at 9,237, up 55 points.  The BSE Mid-cap and BSE Small-cap indices gained 0.4% and 1%, respectively. The overall health of the market was positive with  1,719 advancing shares and 1,154 declining shares on BSE. A total of 148 shares were unchanged.
BHEL stock went up 1.2%, Havells India up 1.99%, ABB India rose 3.05%, Bharat Electronics gained  2.32%, L&T up 1.75%), and Siemens gained 0.48%.  Infosys Ltd rose 1.55% It will release its quarter-fourth results on Thursday, 13 April 2017.
Aisa - Europe  stocks declined as tensions prevailing in the Middle East and political vagueness in Europe kept investors on edge, underling safe assets like the yen, gold and treasuries.