Mkt ends higher: ONGC, Tata Motors, GAIL, HPCL up

The markets ended near the highest point of the day with heavy buying seen in late trade. Cues from global peers were encouraging with most of the Asia ending in green and Europe opening higher. Broader markets have outperformed the frontliners giving markets positive breadth. Frontliners like ONGC, Tata Motors, M&M and HPCL ended firm. Barring IT all the BSE sector indices ended in green.

Markets gain further ground: Pharma, oil & gas stocks up

The markets are trading near the highest point of the day with heavy buying seen in late trade. Cues from global peers were encouraging with most of the Asia ending in green and Europe opening higher. Broader markets have outperformed the frontliners giving markets positive breadth. Frontliners like ONGC, Tata Motors, M&M and HPCL are trading firm. Barring IT all the BSE sector indices ended in green.

At 15.11 hrs IST, the Sensex is up 227.43 points or 1.16% at 19756.93, and the Nifty up 86.60 points or 1.48% at 5944.95.

About 2295 shares have advanced, 727 shares declined, and 61 shares are unchanged.

Steel and energy stocks are the flavour of the day. GAIL, HPCL, BPCL are trading strong. Even auto stocks are looking smart in today's trade. However, the IT and FMCG counters were under pressure.

CNX Midcap was up 1.3% and smallcap index was up 2.4%.

On the Sensex the top gainers were Tata Motors up 4%, ONGC up 3%, Cipla & M&M were up 2% each.

Among the other buzzing stocks Broadcast Initiatives up 20%, WWIL up 12%, Hind Motors and Escorts up 9%.

Top gainers on the Nifty are GAIL at Rs 461.10 up 4.93%, HPCL at Rs 304.90 up 4.70% and ONGC at Rs 1,193.35 up 3.07%. 

Infosys, ITC, Satyam, HCL TEch and VSNL were among the top laggards on the indices. 

Ispat Industries, Mundra Project, Wire & Wireless and Reliance Petroleum were some of the most active counters in todays trade.

Market trades steady: Midcaps, smallcaps outperform

The markets are trading steady with moderate gains on account of some positive cues from global peers. Most of the Asia ended in green and Europe has opened higher. Broader markets have outperformed the frontliners giving markets positive breadth. Frontliners like ONGC, Tata Motors, M&M and HPCL are trading firm. Barring IT all the BSE sector indices are in green.

Steel and energy stocks are the flavour of the day. GAIL, HPCL, BPCL are trading strong. Even auto stocks are looking smart in today's trade. However, the IT and FMCG counters were under pressure.

CNX Midcap was up 1.3% and smallcap index was up 2.4%.

On the Sensex the top gainers were Tata Motors up 4%, ONGC up 3%, Cipla & M&M were up 2% each.

Among the other buzzing stocks Broadcast Initiatives up 20%, WWIL up 12%, Hind Motors and Escorts up 9%.

Top gainers on the Nifty are GAIL at Rs 461.10 up 4.93%, HPCL at Rs 304.90 up 4.70% and ONGC at Rs 1,193.35 up 3.07%. 

Infosys, ITC, Satyam, HCL TEch and VSNL were among the top laggards on the indices. 

Ispat Industries, Mundra Project, Wire & Wireless and Reliance Petroleum were some of the most active counters in todays trade.

Auto stocks was also buzzing today and the BSE auto index was up over 1.4%. major gainers in the auto space were Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra and Ahok Leyland.

Mkts still in green: Tata Motors, ONGC top gainers

The markets are still in green with moderate gains on susatined buying support from frontliners like ONGC, Tata Motors, M&M and HPCL. Steel and energy stocks are the flavour of the day. GAIL, HPCL, BPCL are trading strong. Even auto stocks are looking smart in today's trade. No problem with the midcap space as it is holding well above the all time high levels. However, the IT and FMCG counters were under pressure. Broader markets have outperformed the frontliners giving markets positive breadth. The cues from Asia were good with most of the Asia ending higher.

At 1.08 hrs IST, the Sensex is up 98.86 points or 0.51% at 19628.36, and the Nifty up 41.05 points or 0.70% at 5899.40.

About 2191 shares have advanced, 809 shares declined, and 83 shares are unchanged.

CNX Midcap was up 1.3% and smallcap index was up 2.4%.

On the Sensex the top gainers were Tata Motors up 4%, ONGC up 3%, M&M up 2%.

Among the other buzzing stocks Broadcast Initiatives up 20%, WWIL up 12%, Hind Motors and Escorts up 9%.

Top gainers on the Nifty are GAIL at Rs 461.10 up 4.93%, HPCL at Rs 304.90 up 4.70% and ONGC at Rs 1,193.35 up 3.07%. 

Top losers on the Nifty are Sterlite Inds at Rs 1,046.90 down 1.76%, VSNL at Rs 628 down 1.71%  and HCL Tech at Rs 307.35 down 1.4%. 

Ispat Industries, Mundra Project, Wire & Wireless and Reliance Petroleum were some of the most active counters in todays trade.

Auto stocks was also buzzing today and the BSE auto index was up over 1.4%. major gainers in the auto space were Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra and Ahok Leyland.

Mkts give up some gains; oil & gas, autos in focus

The markets have given up some of its gain but were still trading strong on sustained buying in the oil & gas, capital good and auto stocks. However, the IT and FMCG counters were under pressure. Midcap and smallcap stocks were still trading firm and were outperforming the frontliners.

Top gainers on the Nifty are GAIL at Rs 461.10 up 4.93%, HPCL at Rs 304.90 up 4.70% and ONGC at Rs 1,193.35 up 3.07%. 

Top losers on the Nifty are Sterlite Inds at Rs 1,046.90 down 1.76%, VSNL at Rs 628 down 1.71%  and HCL Tech at Rs 307.35 down 1.4%. 

Ispat Industries, Mundra Project, Wire & Wireless and Reliance Petroleum were some of the most active counters in todays trade.

Auto stocks was also buzzing today and the BSE auto index was up over 1.4%. major gainers in the auto space were Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra and Ahok Leyland.

Mkts gain further ground; auto stocks in focus

The markets have gained further on the back of heavy buying witnessed in the consumer durables, metal, oil & gas, capital goods and auto stocks. All the key BSE indices were trading in green. Midcaps and smallcaps have outperformed the frontline stocks. BSE midcap and smallcap index were trading with over 1.5% gain.

Market breadth has improved further with over 825 stocks on the advancing side and around 300 stocks on the decline side. Volume has also been impressive so far. Rupee was quoting at 39.41 against US dollar.

At 10.35 am, the Sensex is up 180.11 points or 0.92% at 19709.61, and the Nifty up 50.30 points or 0.86% at 5908.65. About 2298 shares have advanced, 709 shares declined, and 75 shares are unchanged.

Top gainers on the Sensex are Tata Motors at Rs 765 up 3.04%, Mah and Mah at Rs 788 up 2.09% and ONGC at Rs 1,178 up 1.84%. 

Top losers on the Sensex are Wipro at Rs 494.35 down 0.48%, Infosys at Rs 1,607.05 down 0.46% and ITC at Rs 191.50 down 0.29%.

Ispat Industries, Mundra Project, Wire & Wireless and Reliance Petroleum were some of the most active counters in todays trade.

Auto stocks was also buzzing today and the BSE auto index was up over 1.4%. major gainers in the auto space were Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra and Ahok Leyland.

Mkts open in green; oil & gas, metal stocks gain

The markets opened with modest gains today in line with its Asian peers. Oil & gas, metal and power stocks were firm in the early trade. Market breadth was positive with good volume.

At 9:56 am, Sensex was up 93 points at 19622 and Nifty was up 29 points at 5888. Major gainers in the early trade were SAIL, GAIL, NTPC, Rel Energy, BPCL, HPCL, ICICI Bank, Rel Comm, Zee Entertainment, MTNL, Tata Steel and ONGC.

Asian markets were trading mixed. Japan's Nikkei slipped 0.35% or 54.26 points at 15,425.93, Singapore's Straits Times was down 0.61% or 21.60 points at 3,506.27, South Korea's Seoul Composite declined 0.07% or 1.43 points at 1,916.40, However, Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up 0.05% or 14.75 points at 28,894.34 and Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted rose 0.28%or 23.90 points at 8,675.18.

US markets: Wall Street ended lower for second day. It traded in a narrow range through out the day. Dow Jones plunged 65.8 points at 13248.7 and Nasdaq slipped 17.3 points at 2619.8.

Market cues:

• FIIs net buy USD 28.4 million in equity on Dec 3
• MFs net buy Rs 449 crore in equity on Dec 3
• NSE F&O Open Interest up by Rs 2849 crore at Rs 92,969 crore

F&O cues:

• Futures Open Interest up by Rs 1288 crore, Options Open Interest up by Rs 1560 crore 
• Stock Futures add 4.5 cr shares in Open Interest
• Nifty Futures shed 3 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nifty Open Interest Put-Call ratio at 1.27 vs 1.32 
• Nifty Puts, Calls add 9 lakh shares each in Open Interest
• Nifty 5900 Put adds 3 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nifty 5700 Put adds 2.3 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nifty 6100 Call adds 5.4 lakh shares in Open Interest