Mkts end strong; Nifty above 5100, cap gds, realty up

Markets @ 12:07 pm: Mkts rally; Infosys, ICICI Bk, Rel Comm top gainers

The markets continued to witness buying interest and getting support from realty, banking, capital goods, telecom, technology, metal and power stocks. The Sensex was trading above 17000 mark and Nifty above 5000. Midcap and small cap stocks are also on buyers' radar. Market breadth is positive. On the global front, Asian markets were also strong barring Hang Seng.

At 12:04 pm, the Sensex was up 247 points at 17,225 and the Nifty up 70 points at 5,081. About 1934 shares have advanced, 953 shares declined, and 201 shares are unchanged.

Biggest gainers were Infosys, ICICI Bank, Reliance Communications, Nalco and Maruti Suzuki while losers - Satyam, Dr Reddy's Labs, Hero Honda and Tata Motors.

The BSE Midcap and Small Cap Indices remained above 1%. Realty, capital goods and banking indices outperformed the markets, up nearly 2% each.

Reliance Comm was up over 3% at Rs 578 as its subsidiary Reliance Infratel, which look after its tower business, got SEBI nod for IPO. The company (subs) is going to raise Rs 5000-6000 crore via 10% dilution. Rel Comm holds 95% stake in tower company.

Neyveli Lignite Corporation shot up over 3% as the company got approval to set up Rs 4910 crore, 1000 MW Power Project in Tamil Nadu.

Markets @ 10:30 am : Mkts strong; banks, capital goods, realty stks up

The markets have rallied further and are trading strong as banking, capital goods, realty, metal, power and oil & gas stocks are witnessing buying interest. Midcap and small cap stocks are also in positive momentum. Market breadth is encouraging, 890 shares advanced while 165 shares declined. On the global front, Asian markets were trading higher barring Hang Seng

At 10:30 am, the Sensex was up 240 points at 17,219 and the Nifty up 63 points at 5,074. BSE Midcap and Small Cap indices rose over 1%. In total, About 1936 shares have advanced, 955 shares declined, and 197 shares are unchanged.

ICICI Bank, Infosys, L&T and SAIL were biggest gainers while losers - Satyam,  Ranbaxy Labs, Bharti Airtel and Cairn India.

BSE IT, Bankex and Capital Goods indices surged nearly 2%. In the technology space, Infosys, Patni Computer, Tech Mahindra, Wipro, HCL Tech and TCS gained.

Banking stocks like ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra, Axis Bank, Yes Bank, Bank of India, Federal Bank and BoB have jumped higher.

Capital goods stocks including Kirloskar Bros, BHEL, Rel Ind Infra, Crompton Greaves, Gammon India and L&T have moved up.

Midcap stocks like Tanla Solutions, Monsanto India, Akruti City, Mercator Lines, Omaxe, Finolex Cables, Ashapura Mine, Ahluwalia and Rel Ind Infra were up 4-10%.

BSE Realty, Oil & Gas, Metal and Power indices rose over 1%. Auto and Healthcare gained marginally.

Satyam, Infosys, Reliance, Aishwarya Telecom and IFCI were most active counters on the bourses.

Markets @ 9:56 am : Mkts open higher on positive Asian cues

The markets have opened higher following positive global cues and getting buying support from cement, capital goods, metal and telecom stocks. Market breadth is strong, 473 shares advanced while 78 shares declined.. Midcap and small cap stocks are positive.

At 9:56 am, the Sensex was up 116 points at 17094 and the Nifty up 30 points at 5041.

Reliance Infra, ONGC, Idea, Rel Petro, ICICI Bank, Hindalco, Infosys, PNG, Sterlite, BHEL, L&T, ACC, Grasim and Bharti were gainers while Satyam lost ground. 

L&T moved up as Lafarge acquired L&T's concrete business for enterprise value of Euro 226 million.

Cement stocks gained in early trade on the news that cement companies will cut prices by up to Rs 7/bag in some states.

Lanco Infratech continued its upmove and rose nearly 4% as the company won Rs 8000 crore Vizhinjam international terminal container project in Kerala.

GHCL also gained nearly 4% as the company is eyeing US firm Linens n Things.

Asian markets were trading higher barring Hang Seng. Nikkei 225 Average was up 230.14 points or 1.63% at 14,348.69. Jakarta Composite rose 0.75% or 18.28 points at 2,467.62.. Straits Times was up 0.51% or 16.43 points at 3,214.94. Seoul Composite surged 1.89% or 34.90 points at 1,878.65. Taiwan Weighted was up 1.30% or 117.66 points at 9,136.08. Shanghai Composite gained 0.54% or 19.65 points at 3,677.08. However, Hang Seng lost 0.34% or 88.09 points at 25,445.39.

US markets finished higher, despite profit booking in the last half-hour of trading. The Dow Jones ended 66 points higher at 12898, the Nasdaq shut shop at 2497, up just 2 points. the S&P 500 closed 6 points higher at 1,409.

Market cues:

• FIIs net buy $46.2 m in equity on May 13
• Domestic MFs net sell Rs 305.4 cr in equity on May 13
• NSE F&O Open Interest up Rs 1,400 cr at Rs 74,606 cr

F&O cues:

Futures Open Interest up Rs 614 cr
Options Open Interest up Rs 786 cr
Nifty Futures shed 8 lakh shares in Open Interest
Nifty May Futures shed 13.3 lakh shares in Open Interest
Nifty June Futures add 5.19 lakh shares in Open Interest
Nifty Open Int PCR at 1.41 Vs 1.43
Nifty Puts add 5.87 lakh shares in Open Interest
Nifty Calls add 7.06 lakh shares in Open Interest
Nifty 4900 Put adds 2.29 lakh shares in Open Interest
Nifty 4900 Put added 5.29 lakh shares in 2 days
Nifty May 5000 Put adds 65 thousand shares in Open Interest
Nifty May 5000 Call adds 1.55 lakh shares in Open Interest
Nifty May 5100 Call adds 1.55 lakh shares in Open Interest
Nifty May 5100 Call added 4.15 lakh shares in Open Int in 2 days
Stock Futures adds 1.94 cr shares in Open Interest