Last year tied for the warmest globally since data keeping began, capping a decade of record high temperatures that show mankind's greenhouse gases emissions are heating the planet, a US agency said.
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The crucial support on the Sensex on the downside is 19200 and resistance at 19638-19834.
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FIIs were net sellers of Rs 217 crore in Index Futures; which open interest (OI) was up by 27532 contracts. However, FIIs were net buyers of Rs 715 crore in Stock Futures; which OI was up by 227 contracts.
The coming session is likely to witness a range of 5975 on advances. Support is likely at the 5750. The wide range is due to the unusually high base effect of Wednesday's range.
The rupee may appreciate on the dollar's weakness globally. Inflows in the equity market are expected to support the currency further. The range for the day is seen between 44.85-45.05/$, says Ssharad D Pawaar, SPFX India.
The bond market may remain steady today with investors drawing comfort from the improvement in the liquidity situation, says RVS Sridhar, Axis Bank.
F&O cues: Total Nifty futures up Rs 1857 crore and Options up Rs 1525 crore.
Market cues: NSE F&O Open Int was up Rs 3382 crore at Rs 1.41 lakh crore.
At 7: 49 am (IST), Asian markets were trading higher. China's Shanghai Composite added 0.28% or 8.01 points at 2,829.32. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.57% or 136.53 points at 24,262.14. Japan's Nikkei gained 0.64% or 67.78 points at 10,580.58. Singapore's Straits Times was up 0.21% or 6.97 points at 3,251.91.
Indian ADRs ended mostly in green on Wednesday. In Banking space, HDFC Bank was up 4.41% at $ 155.15 and ICICI Bank was up 3.01% at $ 46.54. In Telecom space, Tata Communication was up 1.29% at $ 11.76 and MTNL was up 1.27% at $ 2.4.
In commodities- crude continued to gain. Production shutdowns, falling US inventories and growing demand sent oil to multi-year highs and closer to the USD 100 a barrel mark.
In the US market, broad-based buying sent stocks to their best levels in more than two years. Successful bond auction in Europe and the Fed's beige book indicating improving economic conditions in US boosted the indices.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 84 points at 11755. The Nasdaq Composite was up 20.5 points at 2737 and S&P 500 Index rose 11.5 points at 1286.
FIIs were net sellers of Rs 371 crore while DIIs net buyers of Rs 359 crore in the cash markets on January 12, as per provisional data available on exchange. FIIs were net buyers of Rs 835 crore in the F&O market.
Textile firm Shekhawati Poly-Yarn had a good debut on the exchanges on January 12. The stock settled at Rs 47.50, up 58.3% on Bombay Stock Exchange.
Geojit BNP Paribas Financial has announced its results for the quarter ended December 2010. It has reported consolidated profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 12.2 crore as against Rs 12.4 crore (YoY).
Equity diversified NAVs ended strong with advance:decline ratio of 253:3 as the Indian equities snapped a six-day losing streak on Wednesday led by a sharp pullback as markets looked oversold in previous sessions with the loss of around 1350 points on the Sensex.
Australia's worst floods in decades shut down a key grains port, while the United States signaled further tightening of domestic and global supplies, heightening fears over surging food inflation.
India's Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals has awarded only one of four tenders it had floated to buy as much as 2.6 mn barrels of crude oil, two trade sources said on Wednesday.
India's second largest IT services exporter Infosys Technologies is set to announce its results for the quarter ended December 2010 (Q3FY11).
Lenders have approved Ispat's takeover by JSW Steel. Lenders will convert their Rs 191.4 crore loans into equity at Rs 14.70 per share. The recompense issue, it is said would only be taken up later.
A one-off 50 bn euro tax on banks could help pay for a new stability scheme to protect euro zone countries in financial trouble, according to an internal report from the EU's executive for ministers.