1. April 11, 2011
Volume: 1 | Issue: 389| November 1, 2010
INDIAN MARKET 8-Apr 7-Apr % Change COMMENTARY
BSE Sensex 19,451 19,591 (0.71) INDIA
NSE Nifty 5,845 5,886 (0.69) The Indian market extended its losing streak to the third straight trading session on Friday, ending the week
BSE Midcap 7,174 7,264 (1.25) with marginal gains. Friday’s fall was gradual with the key indices constantly under pressure after opening
BSE Smallcap 8,773 8,897 (1.40) at day’s high. The decline was led by Realty, Auto, Consumer Durables and PSU stocks. Even the Mid-Cap
Nifty Junior 11,547 11,715 (1.43) and the Small-Cap stocks were under pressure after outperforming the benchmark indices for the past
CNX Midcap 8,284 8,419 (1.60) three days. Technically, the NSE Nifty has shown some signs of reversal, which implies that the market
might drift lower in the near term. The 5800 level would act as a strong support. If the Nifty closes below
this level we could see the index drop further.
GLOBAL MARKETS 8-Apr 7-Apr % Change
The Sensex ended down 140 points at 19,451, and the Nifty dropped 44 points at 5,842. The market breadth
Dow Jones Ind (USA) 12,380 12,409 (0.23)
was negative. Of the total 3038 stocks traded on the BSE, 1947 stocks have declined while 1002 have
Nasdaq Composite(USA) 2,780 2,796 (0.56) advanced.
S&P 500 (USA) 1,328 1,334 (0.44)
FTSE 100 (UK) 6,056 6,007 0.81 GLOBAL MARKETS
DAX (Germany) 7,217 7,179 0.53 US stocks fell late on Friday as a spike in oil prices revived worries that inflation would derail the
Nikkei 225 (Tokyo) 9,768 9,591 1.85 recovery, jolting a market that had been treading water ahead of corporate earnings. The uncertain
Hang Seng (Hong Kong) 24,396 24,282 0.47 outcome of budget talks in Washington and the prospect of a US government shutdown as a midnight
Shanghai Comp (China) 3,030 3,008 0.74 deadline spurred investors to buy protection ahead of the weekend. The Dow Jones industrial average was
KOSPI (South Korea) 2,128 2,122 0.27 down 0.23%, at 12,380. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 0.4%, at 1,328.17. The Nasdaq
STI (Singapore) 3,187 3,172 0.49 Composite Index was down 0.56% at 2,780.
MSCI Emerging Market 462 458 0.87
Asian markets have opened trade on negative note as Nikkei is down by 0.33% at 9,736.Taiwan Weighted
MSCI Frontier Market 576 574 0.37 Index is down by 0.37% at 8,869, Singapore Strait Times Index also opened up in red, down by 0.32% at
3,177, whereas Hang Seng is trading slightly positive at 24,436 up by 0.12%. SGXNifty is down by 15 points
BOND MARKETS 8-Apr 7-Apr Change CORPORATE/ ECONOMY NEWS
10yr G-Sec Yield 8.12 8.04 0.08 Continuing its gaining spree for the second straight session, courier and logistics firm Blue Dart Express
1yr G-Sec Yield 7.55 7.55 0.00 rose by over 3% to hit a record high on BSE amid reports that its parent DHL Worldwide Express may
LIBOR (6m) 0.46 0.46 0.00 buyout the company and delist it from the bourses.
LIBOR (1m) 0.24 0.24 0.00
Interbank Call rate 5.9 5.9 (0.01) Indian-focused miner Vedanta Plc said it remained committed to sealing its long-delayed $9.6 billion
acquisition of Cairn India, despite delays this week that could set it back at least another month.
Tata Steel has not changed its position regarding its stake in Riversdale Mining, a senior official of the
BSE Turnover Rs Cr('000) Sensex steelmaker said on Friday, as global miner Rio Tinto won control over Riversdale with a $4 billion offer.
19750 4.0
19700 3.5 Tata Steel Ltd, the Indian operations of the Tata Steel Group, reported a 4.4% growth in FY11 crude steel
19650 3.0 production to 6.85 million tonne, exceeding installed capacity at its Jamshedpur facility.
19600 2.5
19550
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19500 Construction and power firm Gayatri Projects Ltd is looking at raising $250 million from private equity
19450 1.5
players for its power projects by June-August and may launch its rights issue by June, a top official said on
19400 1.0 Friday.
19350 0.5
19300 0.0 Auto major Mahindra & Mahindra has raised prices of its entire range of vehicles by up to Rs 15,000 from
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Suzlon Energy said the total issue size of its foreign currency convertible bonds has been raised to $175
million from $150 million.
NSE Turnover Rs Cr('000) Nifty
5920 16 ARSS Infrastructure Projects Ltd. won a work order from Madhya Pradesh Road Development
5900 14 Corporation Ltd for construction of a road on a build-operate-transfer basis.
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5880 10 Private equity (PE) investment in infrastructure companies stood at $600 million worldwide in the
88.38 #DIV/0!
5860 8 January-March period, a decline of 73% vis-a-vis the previous quarter on account of a lack of long-term
5840 6 debt availability and refinancing issues.
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5820 2 Global miner Rio Tinto has acquired majority control of Riversdale Mining after more than 50% of the
5800 0 target's shareholders accepted its $4 billion takeover offer.
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