Friday, 26 July 2013

Sensex trades flat during afternoon session

 A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading flat at 8.43 points or 0.04 percent up, during the afternoon trade Friday.

Some positive buying was observed in fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), oil and gas and IT sectors, while selling pressure was observed in the banking index (bankex), metals and public sector undertakings (PSU) sectors.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 19,892.47 points, was trading at 19,813.19 points in the afternoon session, up 8.43 points or 0.04 percent from previous day's close at 19,804.76 points.
The Sensex touched a high of 19,907.45 points and a low of 19,774.58 points in the trade so far.
The S&P BSE FMCG index moved up by 38.96 points, oil and gas index increased by 44.49 points and IT index inched up by 34.84 points; while bankex plunged by 195.20 points, metal index dipped by 128.55 points and PSU index dropped by 74.02 points.
The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was trading 10.60 points or 0.18 percent down at 5,896.90 points.

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