Stock Markets

Indian markets rangebound; selling pressure at higher levels

Indian Stock Markets were trading flat at 10.40 am IST. NSE Nifty touched an intraday high and low of 3062 and 3021. BSE Sensex touched a high of 9991 during early trades but slipped to 9863 due to selling pressure in many index stocks.

On first trading day of year 2009, the volumes were lower. Market turnover was lowest since April, 2007.

Among major gainers were SBI, ABB, DLF, HCL Tech, HDFC, Reliance Communications, Reliance Power, GAIL, SAIL, PNB, ITC and ICICI Bank.

Among losers were Satyam, Maruti Suzuki, Wipro, Ranbaxy Labs, Infosys, Bharti Airtel, ACC, Sterlite, ONGC, M&M, Tata Power and Grasim.

Indian Stock markets trading lower on 2nd January

Indian Stock Markets were trading marginally lower on second trading day of new year. At 10.16 am, NSE Nifty was down by 11 points at 3022. BSE Sensex was down by nearly 35 points at 9868.

Sensex Welcomes 2009 On A Strong Note; Up 83.85 Pts

Sensex Welcomes 2009 On A Strong Note; Up 83.85 Pts The year 2009 started on a positive note with the benchmark Sensex gaining by over 73 points during the opening trade on hopes of further decline in the inflationary figures and firming trends on the worldwide markets.

The Bombay Stock Exchange barometer, which lost 68.85 points on the last session of 2008, gained 73.24 points at 9,720.55 points in the opening trade with all the sectoral indices, led by metal consumer durables and realty, trading in the positive zone.

The Midcap barometer has moved up by 1.5%, while the Smallcap index has came up by 1.76%.

Wall Street gain in last day of trading for year

Wall Street gain in last day of trading for year New York - US stocks finished the year with gains on Wednesday as weekly unemployment figures dropped, but Wall Street still ended the year with its steepest slide since the Great Depression.

Unemployment claims fell by 94,000 this week, the lowest level in two months, Bloomberg financial news reported.

Overall Stock Mkts Are Trading In Safe Zone, Says Vishwas Agarwal

Overall Stock Mkts Are In Safe Trading Zone, Says Vishwas AgarwalAfter opening the day positively, the 30-share index Sensex continued its positive run on the back of heavy buying activity witnessed in frontline stocks.

Metals, consumer goods and realty stocks gained ground.

All sectoral indices went up, while BSE Midcap and Smallcap index gained 1.61% and 1.66% respectively.

Today, the BSE Sensex started the day at 9,806.64, up 90.48 points, as against its previous closure in which it gained 182.64 points at 9716.16.

Tokyo stocks rise on last trading day of year

Tokyo stocks rise on last trading day of yearTokyo  - Japan'

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