Market Commentary

BSE Sensex, Nifty flat; BHEL up 3%, GAIL gains 2%   

28 May 2013, 11.54 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Prabhat Awasthi of Nomura says investor sentiment has improved over the past few months and is hopeful that India will get more foreign flows in the n...

BSE Sensex consolidates; Jindal Stainless rises 4%  

28 May 2013, 11.05 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The BSE Sensex is down 13.32 points to 20,017.45. Jindal Stainless rallied 4 percent after the board of directors of the company approved issue of 1.3...

BSE Sensex down 50; Coal India hits 3-month high  

28 May 2013, 9.59 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Indian shares were consolidating in the morning trade tracking positive regional shares. Japan’s Nikkei was up 1 percent recovering from a 1.4 perce...

Nifty inches closer to 6100; Coal India, GAIL, Bharti gain  

28 May 2013, 9.19 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Coal India is the big index mover. It has approved rationalisation of coal prices, which will fetch additional revenue of Rs 2119.36 crore for the bal...

BSE Sensex up 326 as easing crude lifts mood; RIL soars 5%  

27 May 2013, 4.08 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Reliance Industries led the rally in frontline shares with a 5 percent rise. IndusInd Bank, Sun Pharma, Jindal Steel, Ranbaxy and Bharti Airtel were t...

Nifty ends 100 pts up; RIL, Sun Pharma up 5%  

27 May 2013, 3.04 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Geoff Lewis, JPMorgan AMC remains bullish on Indian equities in the emerging market space, on the bet that liquidity flows will be strong. Lewis feels...

BSE Sensex hits 20000; Sun Pharma at fresh record high  

27 May 2013, 1.59 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The Sensex is up 333.80 points or 1.69% at 20038.13, and the Nifty up 100.20 points or 1.67% at 6083.75. Sun Pharma extended gains quite sharply in la...

BSE Sensex up 0.8%; Wockhardt up 3% on strong results  

27 May 2013, 12.56 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

BSE Sensex holds on to early morning gains in the afternoon trade. Asian shares ended in green barring Nikkei losing 3 percent. US and Europe markets ...

Nifty nears 6050; RIL, Bharti, Sun Pharma up 3-4%  

27 May 2013, 12.00 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

It's a stable start to the day. Jim Walker of Asianomics says it is premature to assume liquidity withdrawal, but warns that India could face economic...

Nifty holds 6000; Bajaj Auto, M&M top losers  

27 May 2013, 11.04 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The BSE Sensex is up 159.45 points or 0.81% at 19863.78, and the Nifty up 43.55 points or 0.73% at 6027.10. Telecom major Bharti Airtel shares surged ...

BSE Sensex up 150 pts; Reliance Industries top gainer  

27 May 2013, 10.00 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

BSE Sensex surged more than half a percent in the morning trade shrugging off the weakness in Japanese market which was down over 2.5 percent. ...

BSE Sensex up over 100 pts; RIL gains 4%, Britannia up 14%  

27 May 2013, 9.19 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

RIL is big index gainer today as it gained 3.4 percent on the BSE. RIL on Friday announced a huge natural gas discovery, possibly the biggest find eve...

Late surge lifts Sensex; Tata Steel, Larsen key gainers  

24 May 2013, 4.13 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Brokers said liquidity would be the deciding factor near term, in the absence of any supportive macroeconomic fundamentals. Last week, rating agency S...

BSE Sensex closes flat; Tata Steel, Tata Power top gainer  

24 May 2013, 2.07 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Indian equities closed flat with a positive bias amid volatile session Friday, led by buying in most beaten stocks. ICICI Bank and L&T shares gained m...

BSE Sensex up 65; L&T, DLF, ICICI Bank bounce back  

24 May 2013, 1.04 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

BSE Sensex was trading in green today after losing over 2 percent Thursday on jitters of Japanese market. Indian rupee has appreciated in the afternoo...

Nifty flirts with 6000; Bank Nifty gains 1.4%  

24 May 2013, 12.00 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Bank Nifty is holding up firmly at 12796.20, up 159.70 points or 1.26 percent from its previous close. ICICI Bank (up 2.5 percent), Axis Bank (up 1.4 ...

BSE Sensex consolidates; SpiceJet up 4% ahead of Q4 results  

24 May 2013, 11.11 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The BSE Sensex is up 29.90 points or 0.15% at 19704.23, and the Nifty up 19.30 points or 0.32% at 5986.35. Tata Steel shares rose 4 percent after impr...

BSE Sensex volatile, Japan's Nikkei slips 800 pts from top  

24 May 2013, 10.02 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Indian shares gave up early morning gains after Japan’s Nikkei slipped into red. Nikkei was up close to 3 percent a while ago and a sharp sell-off p...

BSE Sensex pares early gains; pharma down, metals up  

24 May 2013, 9.11 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Metal stocks were gaining buyers' interest while pharma and autos are still under selling pressure....

Sensex cracks 387 as Japan falls; SBI, L&T lead losers  

23 May 2013, 4.00 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Realty, power, capital goods, and banking were among the worst performers, while most pharmaceutical and FMCG shares benefitted from defensive buying....

BSE Sensex down 388 pts at close; RIL tanks 4%  

23 May 2013, 3.01 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The Sensex is down 387.91 points or 1.93% at 19674.33, and the Nifty down 127.45 points or 2.09% at 5967.05....

BSE Sensex cracks 400 pts, JSW Steel beats street  

23 May 2013, 2.00 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The market continued to reel under selling pressure as the Nifty was still below 6000. The Nifty lost 115.65 points to be at 5978.85 while the Sensex ...

Sensex down 350 pts on Japan meltdown, SBI Q4 disappoints  

23 May 2013, 1.00 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The BSE Sensex was down 276 points to 19785.87, after touching a low of 19697 earlier in the session. The Nifty was down points 95 points to 6000....

Sensex crashes over 300 pts; realty, auto, cap goods bleed  

23 May 2013, 12.05 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Japan's stock market finished Thursday's session 7 percent lower. A perfect storm of factors including weak China data, Bernanke confusion, surging J...

BSE Sensex drops 355, rupee hits 56; Nikkei ends 7% down  

23 May 2013, 10.56 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Sharp fall in rate sensitives dragged the BSE Sensex 355 points lower. The Indian rupee hit 56 per dollar level for the first time since September 201...

BSE Sensex drops 170 after Japan bonds yield spikes  

23 May 2013, 9.59 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

BSE Sensex resumed its downward journey on Thursday tracking negative regional shares and weakness in Indian rupee....

BSE Sensex sinks below 20000, Ranbaxy down 6.5%  

23 May 2013, 9.10 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The Indian rupee slipped further on Thursday hitting fresh six months low. The rupee opened at 55.84 per dollar versus 55.47 from its previous close. ...

BSE Sensex closes weak; investors shun realty, cap goods  

22 May 2013, 4.26 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Equity investors across the globe are keen waiting for US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke’s speech to see if he will signal a reversal of the mon...

Nifty ends at 6100; cap goods, realty, oil & gas drag  

22 May 2013, 3.04 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The Sensex is down 94.62 points or 0.47% at 20016.99, and the Nifty down 35.60 points or 0.58% at 6078.50. About 834 shares have advanced, 1437 shares...

Nifty below 6100; Zee Ent down 2% despite good Q4 nos  

22 May 2013, 1.57 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Equity benchmarks extended losses in late trade. Country's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank and software services exporter Infosys lose steam ...