Wednesday 23 November 2016

Sensex, Nifty back in green

The selling spree seems to have halted temporarily after India saw one of the biggest outflows in a nervous November. Such was the intensity of selling that hardly any sector was spared as foreign investors offloaded about $ 11 billion of equities and bonds in Asia’s emerging markets following Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the U.S. presidential election. India has seen close to Rs 11,000 crore in outflow this month; the worst ever for a month since 2002.

For now, the Nifty’s move above 8000 level may bring in some psychological relief ahead of the monthly expiry of derivative contracts on Thursday. Metal, Realty and Auto stocks saw some buying on Tuesday while Capital Goods and Power companies were at the receiving end. The outlook is a positive start. The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 19,000 intra-day. Gold is turning precious. Oil is inching higher, but this may not be sustainable. Expectations that policy makers will extend their stimulus programmes have kept European bonds upbeat.

At 9:39 AM, the S&P BSE Sensex is trading at 26,006 up 45 points, while NSE Nifty is trading at 8,013 up 10 points. A total of 2 stocks registered a fresh 52-week high in trade today, while 23 stocks touched a new 52-week low on the NSE.

The BSE Mid-cap Index is trading up 0.48% at 11955, whereas BSE Small-cap Index is trading up 0.52% at 11686.

Some buying activity is seen in Capital Goods, Metal, Pharma, Auto, while Oil & Gas, Energy, Finance, Telecom are showing weakness on BSE.

L&T, Hindalco, Tata Steel, PowerGrid, Asian Paints, Eicher Motors are among the gainers, whereas Zee Entertainment Enterprises, BPCL, Wipro, HDFC, M&M, Maruti, Dr Reddy are losing sheen on NSE in the first trading hour.

The INDIA VIX is up 0.55% at 18.5675.

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