Wednesday 17 August 2016

Live Stock Market Updates - Sensex, Nifty flat; auto, metal gain.

At 9:33 AM, the S&P BSE Sensex is trading at 28,113 up 48 points, while NSE Nifty is trading at 8,649 up mere seven points.

The BSE Mid-cap Index is trading up 0.35% at 12,868 whereas BSE Small-cap Index is trading up 0.44% at 12,266.

Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto, Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, Tata Motors, Tata Steel and Coal India are among the gainers, whereas TCS, Infosys, GAIL, ICICI Bank, Asian Paints and RIL are losing sheen on BSE.

Some buying activity is seen in auto, metal, telecom, industrial, capital goods, pharma, utilities and basic materials sectors, while IT, oil & gas and teck showing weakness on BSE.

The INDIA VIX is down 0.86% at 14.0600. Out of 1,829 stocks traded on the NSE, 539 declined, 841 advanced and 449 remained unchanged today.

A total of 24 stocks registered a fresh 52-week high in trades today, while 16 stocks touched a new 52-week low on the NSE.

Asian markets are trading mixed ahead of US Federal Reserve officials stoked speculation over interest-rate increases. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng trading higher by 0.50%. Shanghai Composite is marginally down.

Wall Street closed lower on Tuesday ahead of US Federal Reserve officials stoked speculation over interest-rate increases. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 0.45% to 18,552.02, the S&P 500 lost 0.55%, to 2,178.15 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.66% to 5,227.11.

European shares retreated from seven-week highs, weighed down by industrial stocks, with markets in London , Paris and Frankfurt all closing lower. Crude futures hit their highest point since July 7, rising around 2%. Brent crude prices were last up 1.92% at $49.28 per barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude reached its highest since July 15, gaining 2.06% to $46.68.

On the economy front, WPI rose to 3.6% in July, a 23-month high.Inflation for the month of July soared to 3.55% versus 1.62% in June.

Today, Indian Forex and Bond markets will remain close on account of public holiday.

ED will register a fresh case against Vijay Mallya and Kingfisher Airlines Ltd to investigate whether they laundered money taken as loans, as per media reports.

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