Markets at a Glance
Indian indices
are likely to open lower today, tracking weakness in the Asian markets, as
disap-pointing China’s PMI data raised concern over domestic economic slowdown.
Meanwhile Asian shares falters on Wednesday on fading hopes of stimulus action
this week by the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. The Chinese
manufacturing PMI slipped to 50.1 in July from 50.2 in June, the weakest since
November 2011, and reflects three consecutive months of decline. However, the
Shanghai Composite index edged up ~1% following the comments from Premier Wen
Jiabao's that China will step up policy fine-tuning in the second half to
support economic growth. The SGX Nifty, Aug’12 contract last traded at 5,239,
down by 10.00 points from previous session.
Wall Street
Update
The US markets
ended lower after trading in a tight range throughout the day as investors
re-mained cautious ahead of the US Federal Reserve and the European Central
Bank releasing monetary policy statements beginning on Wednesday. Further, the
disappointing US consumer spending data also depressed sentiment. Personal
spending fell for the second month in suc-cession in June. While, the personal
income increased by 0.5% in June, which was slightly greater than the 0.4%
expected increase. Further, the US home prices rose for the fourth month in a
row in May, suggesting the housing market's recovery kept gaining traction and
consumer confidence unexpectedly rose in July at 65.9 as against the
expectations of 61.0.
Previous
Day Roundup (Domestic)
Indian
benchmark indices ended higher after a volatile trading session led by a late
session rebound following stability in global markets, ahead of European
Central Bank's (ECB) meeting.
On
the sectoral front, the oil & gas index was the top gainer today up by 1.8%
followed by Realty, IT, Health Care and Metal indices up by 0.7% to 1.2%.
While, the Consumer Dura-bles index was the top laggard down by 1.8%.
The
BSE Sensex closed at 17,236 up by 93 points or by 0.5% and NSE Nifty closed at
5,229 up by 29 points or 0.6%.
The Indian rupee weakened against the
US dollar after the RBI kept key interest rates un-changed and also due to
volatile euro.
Index
|
31/07/12
|
Pt Chg
|
% Chg
|
BSE SENSEX
|
17,236
|
93
|
0.5
|
NSE NIFTY
|
5,229
|
29
|
0.6
|
BSE MIDCAP
|
6,012
|
34
|
0.6
|
BSE SMALLCAP
|
6,448
|
8
|
0.1
|
CNX MIDCAP
|
7,169
|
28
|
0.4
|
BANK NIFTY
|
10,384
|
(28)
|
(0.3)
|
OIL&GAS
|
8,158
|
145
|
1.8
|
REALTY
|
1,638
|
19
|
1.2
|
BANKEX
|
11,910
|
(33)
|
(0.3)
|
CD
|
6,297
|
(118)
|
(1.8)
|
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