Sensex Up 329 Points.
Sunday, May 31st, 2009Indian markets ended the week on a high as bulls enjoyed another spectacular session on Dalal Street. BSE Sensex and Nifty extended gains to third straight trading session led by the Oil & Gas and the Steel stocks. In addition better than expected GDP data also lifted the sentiment.
GDP grew 5.8% in Jan-March quarter beating market expectation of 5%. The sectors which registered significant growth rates in Q4 of FY09 over Q4 of FY08 are construction at 6.8%, `trade, hotels, transport and communication` at 6.3%, `financing, insurance, real estate and business services` at 9.5%, and `community, social and personal services` at 12.5%.
Refinery stocks hogged limelight after the Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said that he will be seeking cabinet approval for deregulating fuel prices from the government in the next six weeks. The government also plans to launch oil & gas auctions and tax breaks for gas production will be discussed as well, he added.
Steel stocks were in demand as the Government announced that it may impose additional tax on cheap imports of steel, said steel minister Virbhadra Singh. The move is aimed towards accelerating the completion of steel projects and increase consumption of steel in the country.
The Sensex surged 329 points or 2.3% to close at 14,625 after touching a high of 14,727 and a low of 14,320. The index had opened at 14,319 against the previous close of 14,296.
The NSE Nifty gained 142 points or 3.2% to shut shop at 4,479.
Among the BSE Sectoral indices BSE Realty index was the top gainer surging 7%, followed by the BSE Capital Goods index up 4%, BSE Consumer Durable index up 3.8%, BSE PSU index up 3.3% and BSE Oil & Gas index up 3%.
The BSE Mid-Cap index was up 2.3% and BSE Small-Cap index added 2.8%.
In the Sensex, DLF, JP Associates, ACC, Tata Steel, TCS, ONGC, L&T, M&M, NTPC, Wipro and Hindalco ended in the green today. However, among the major losers were Sun Pharma, Grasim, Tata Power, Reliance Infra, HDFC and Tata Motors.
Outside the frontline indices, the top gainers included Exide Industries, IVRCL Infra, Nagarjuna Const, Financial Technology, Ashok Leyland and Punj Lloyd.
Among the big losers in the broader market were Tata Comm, Essar Oil, Bharat Forge, Zee Ent, Spice Tele, HCL Tech and Glenmark.
