Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Markets end with modest gains

The market settled with decent gains as buying emerged for index pivotals. IT pivotals led the rally along with index heavyweight Reliance Industries (RIL). Yet, weak global markets capped upside. On the flip side, value buying coupled with short covering provided support at lower level.

Sensex ended up 76.81 points or 0.52% at 14919.19, and the Nifty up 18.10 points or 0.42% at 4320.70.

Hindalco Industries advanced 3.10% to Rs 153 on 12.08 lakh shares.As per recent reports it plans to make inroads into supplies for the car market which has so far been dominated by steel manufacturers. Hindalco will soon make high-grade aluminium products for the body-in-white segment for cars.

Other metal counters, Tata Steel (up 0.50% to Rs 606), Hindustan Zinc (up 1.68% to Rs 697), and Sail (up 2.61% to Rs 153.35), also edged higher

IT pivotals made a comeback today, as rupee weakened against the dollar. Satyam Computers (up 2.10% to Rs 448), Infosys (up 1.72% to Rs 1880), TCS (up 0.13% to Rs 1027), and Wipro (up 0.13% to Rs 465.05) gained from IT pack. Rupee was hovering at 41.15 as against yesterday's close of 41.01/41.02.

Reliance Industries soared to a high of Rs 1890. It settled 2.80% higher to Rs 1884.25 on 8.15 lakh shares.Cipla was up 0.15% to Rs 170.55 on reports that company will replace all products with chlorofluorocarbons ahead of Montreal Protocol ban deadline.

ICICI Bank extended early fall. It lost 2.89% to Rs 858.20 on 11.72 lakh shares.The bank got a setback today, after the Reserve Bank of India made a strong case against intermediate holding companies to float holding companies for their insurance and mutual fund business. The regulator said any clearance for foreign investment in such a holding company by other regulators could be subject to “legal review”.

State Bank of India, the country’s largest bank in terms of net profit slipped to a low of Rs 1527 in early trade. However it recovered from lower levels and was now down 0.10% to Rs 1555.50.

India’s largest listed cellular services provider Bharti Airtel declined 0.34% to Rs 874. As per reports, the Telecom Regulatory and Development Authority (Trai) has alleged that the company had violated the national numbering plan that designates short codes and numbers for value-added services. It has asked the company to immediately discontinue some services.

Ranbaxy laboratories (down 1.51% to Rs 365.25), ACC (down 1.40% to Rs 1022.40), and ONGC (down 1.13% to Rs 808.90) were the other losers.

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