Wednesday 1 April 2015

Sensex, Nifty in green; healthcare & banking stocks gain

The CNX Midcap and Smallcap indices are up over 0.5 per cent each at 13,088 and 5,676, respectively. 

The market has jumped in noon deals on the back of fresh buying in select banking and FMCG shares.

The Sensex is now up 123 points at 28,081, and the NSE Nifty has gained 33 points at 8,524.

The broader market is also trading with substantial gains. The CNX Midcap and Smallcap indices are up over 0.5 per cent each at 13,088 and 5,676, respectively.


The India VIX (Volatility) index has declined nearly 2 per cent to 14.2275.

Among sectors -

Sun Pharma remains the major gainer, the stock is now up over 4 per cent at Rs. 1,067.

IndusInd Bank has rallied 3.5 per cent to Rs. 916. Punjab National Bank, IDFC and Yes Bank are the other major gainers in the financial space.

Bharti Airtel has surged over 2 per cent to Rs. 401.

Hindalco, NTPC, Hindustan Unilever, Asian Paints and Dr.Reddy's are the other major gainers.

On the other hand, HCL Technologies continues to languish with a loss of over 4 per cent at Rs. 941. Infosys too has shed 2.4 per cent to Rs. 2,165.

BHEL, Maruti, Gail India and BPCL are the other major losers.

The market breadth is extremely positive - out of 1,715 stocks traded on the NSE, 1,128 have advanced and 333 have declined. 

No comments:

Post a Comment