Sensex falls 100 points, Nifty below 10,300 ahead of WPI data

Benchmark indices were trading lower on Tuesday ahead of key inflation data. The BSE Sensex is trading lower by 125 points at 33,330.76, while the NSE Nifty50 falls 49.15 points to 10,273.10 in the later morning hours. The government will announce Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data later in the day.

Shares of Dr Reddy’s rose 5% to Rs. 2,287.85 after the company said the US FDA issued an Establishment Inspection Report for the company’s plant-3 in Hyderabad.

Tata Motors Limited has said that the company will be increasing prices of its whole passenger vehicles ranging by upto Rs.25,000, starting Jan 2018, as per the BSE filing.

L&T InfoTech Limited completes acquisition of 100% stake in banking solution provider Syncordis-SA.

Asian stocks edged up, extending their recent gains after US stocks hit fresh records Friday. Major indices are up gradually with Nikkei 225 hitting a 26-year high.

Rupee: The Indian rupee was trading at 64.44 per dollar, down 0.11 percent from its last close of 64.37. It opened at 64.46 per dollar on Tuesday.

Gold: COMEX Gold is currently quoting at USD 1251.60, up marginally on the day. MCX Gold futures are being traded at Rs 28,470 per 10 grams, down 0.22 percent on the day.

Unitech shares rise 20% as NCLT allows govt to appoint 10 directors

Shares of Unitech Limited rose 20 percent in morning trade Monday, after the NCLT authorized the government to appoint its 10 nominees on the board of the realty firm. 

Shares of Unitech Limited opened on a bullish note today at Rs 8.40, and subsequently rose to a high of Rs 8.70, clocking a jump of 19.34 percent over its previous closing price on the BSE. Similar progress was also registered on the NSE, where the stock opened at Rs. 8.40 and touched a high of Rs 8.70, up by 19.47 percent over its last close.

The NCLT (National Co. Law Tribunal) on Friday dismissed the board of Unitech Limited while hearing the central govt’s plea to take control of the real estate company and directed the ministry of corporate affairs to nominate ten directors to the board.

Share and Stock Market tips- Weekly stock Watch

The BSE Sensex rebound 417.36 pts for the week to reclaim 33-K level to finish at 33,250.30, while the NSE Nifty ended above the key 10,250 level to conclude at 10,265.65 on the week ended Friday, 8 December 2017.

 The week started with a caution due to 2-day RBI monetary policy meet together with the first phase of Assembly elections in Gujarat. Further, RBIs status-quo in policy rate and inflationary concerns affected the sentiments of investors. Bulls continued buying by domestic funds and retail investors ahead of first phase of Assembly elections in Gujarat, which is PM Modi’s home state.

The Sensex kicked off the week higher at 33,968 levels and hovered between 33,285 and 32,565 marks before ending the week at 33,250.30, showing a gain of 417.36, or 1.27%. The Nifty also carried on the week higher at 10,175.05 and traded at 10,270.85 & 10,033.35 ranges to finish at 10,265.65, showing a rally of 143.85 points, or 1.42%.

Buying momentum picked up in sectors such as Consumer Durables, FMCG, O&G, Teck, Auto, Realty, IT, HealthCare, PSUs, Metal, Banks, Capital Goods and Power. Consumer durable sectors jumped by 2.72%, FMCG 2.70%, O&G 2.68%, teck 2.61%, IT 2.05%, auto 1.48%, realty 1.36%, healthcare 1.21%, metal 0.76%, capital goods 0.74%, and power 0.26%.

Bharti Airtel jumped 8.02%, followed by HUL 5.21%, Maruti 5.03%, Infosys 4.49%, Tata Motors 2.98%, ITC 2.51%, Tata Steel 2.37%, Tata Motors DVR 2.14 %, ICICI Bank 1.74% and Axis Bank 1.66%. However, Coal India fell by 2.75%, followed by Hero MotoCorp 2.60%, Wipro 2.14%, Dr Reddy 2.03 %, M&M 1.44 % and TCS 1.12%.