Thursday 22 August 2013

Indian stock markets: Sensex soars 320 pts even as Indian rupee plunges, Tata Steel shares up

Indian stock markets snapped a four-day losing streak with the BSE benchmark Sensex surging over 320 points in mid-session trades today on emergence of value buying in front-runner stocks led by metal sector amid a higher opening in Europe - Indian rupee however, continued to repeat recent history and fell against the US dollar, going under Rs 65, which is another record.

BSE Sensex which had tumbled 1,361 points in last four trading sessions and fell to 17,759.59 at the outset, bounced back by 319.93 points, or 1.79 per cent, to 18,225.84 at 1300 hrs.

On similar lines, the broad-based National Stock Exchange (NSE) Nifty surged by 101.30 points, or 1.91 per cent, to 5,403.85.

Brokers said the mid-session surge in the market was backed by metal stocks on expectations for a pick up in China after HSBC said its preliminary purchasing managers' index rose in August.

They said higher opening in European stocks markets as manufacturing in Germany expanded at a faster-than-expected pace, further influenced the market sentiment.

The metal sector index gained the most by rising 5.15 per cent to 7,518.94 as Tata Steel shares shot up by 6.80 per cent to Rs 264.80, Hindalco Industries Ltd by 3.99 per cent to Rs 97 and Jindal Steel by 5.73 per cent to Rs 233.30.

Two most-heaviest stocks, with nearly 15 per cent weightage in the Sensex, Reliance Industries (RIL) shot up by 2.14 per cent to Rs 800.65 and Infosys by 2.32 per cent to Rs 3,021.95.

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