MARKET WRAP: Indices snap 3-day losing streak, Sensex up 411 pts; PSBs gain

All that happened in the markets today

SI Reporter New Delhi
Photo: Kamlesh Pednekar
Photo: Kamlesh Pednekar

2 min read Last Updated : Dec 27 2019 | 3:47 PM IST

3:41 PM

Contribution to S&P BSE Sensex's gain today

3:40 PM

Most active stocks by volume

COMPANY PRICE(rs) CHG(rs) CHG(%) VOLUME
VODAFONE IDEA 5.83 -0.22 -3.64 17265082
YES BANK 47.95 -0.75 -1.54 8842560
SUZLON ENERGY 1.97 -0.04 -1.99 7270745
INDIABULLS HOUS. 299.65 2.40 0.81 2560846
RELIANCE POWER 3.42 0.03 0.88 2490662
» More on Most Active Volume

3:40 PM

BSE500 stocks that hit 52-week high today

COMPANY PRICE(rs) 52 WK HIGH CHG(rs) CHG(%)
ADANI GREEN 151.40 164.00 -4.80 -3.07
AMBER ENTERP. 1090.40 1112.95 13.00 1.21
APL APOLLO 1780.00 1790.00 71.15 4.16
BALRAMPUR CHINI 185.15 185.15 10.00 5.71
COROMANDEL INTER 524.45 528.00 0.30 0.06
» More on 52 Week High

3:39 PM

Nifty sectoral indices at close

3:38 PM

Top gainers and losers on S&P BSE Sensex at close

3:37 PM

Closing Bell

>> The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex surged 411.38 points or 1 per cent to 41,575.14.
 
>> On the NSE, the broader Nifty50 settled with 119.25 points, or 0.98 per cent, gain at 12,245.80.

3:36 PM

Closing Bell

3:22 PM

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3:21 PM

NEWS ALERT | ITD Cementation bags order worth $80 mn in Myanmar

3:10 PM

BUZZING STOCK | MRF surges 3%

3:09 PM

Market check

3:04 PM

NEWS ALERT | LIC cuts stake in L&T by 2.01% to 14.25% since June 11: TV reports

2:45 PM

Buzzing | Equitas Holdings gains over 3.5%

2:38 PM

NEWS ALERT | Wockhardt promoter created pledge on 72 lakh shares (6.5% equity) on Dec 23: CNBC TV18

2:34 PM

BUZZING STOCK | Tech Mahindra gains over 1%

Snapping three-day losing streak, buying sentiment was back at D-Street with benchmark indices edging a per cent higher on Friday lifted by gains in financial counters. 

The S&P BSE Sensex gained 411.38 points, or 1 per cent, to close at 41,575.14 level, with Axis Bank (up 3 per cent), Power Grid (2.2 per cent), SBI (2 per cent), and Bharti Airtel (1.89 per cent) settling as the top gainers on the index. On the flipside, UltraTech Cement (0.22 per cent), and Titan (0.17 per cent) were the top drags.

On the NSE, the Nifty50 ended 124.15 points, or 1.02 per cent highet at 12,250.70-mark.

The Sensex and Nifty50 hit an intra-day high/low  of 41,611.27/41,264.92 and 12,258.45/12,157.90, respectively. 

On the sectoral front, all the key indices on the NSE settled the day in the positive territory. Nifty PSU Bank index was the best performing index, up 3 per cent, at close, followed by gains in Nifty Realty index (1.6 per cent), and Nifty Bank index (1.3 per cent). 

The broader markets, too, followed headlines indices with the S&P BSE mid and small-cap indices gaining 0.86 per cent each.

GLOBAL CUES

Asian shares scaled an 18-month high on Friday while oil prices stayed buoyant in a holiday-shortened week, as investor optimism improved on hopes a US-China trade deal would soon be signed.

In early European trade, the pan-region Euro Stoxx 50 futures added 0.4 per cent, German DAX futures rose 0.6 per cent while FTSE futures were up 0.5 per cent.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan jumped 0.7 per cent to 555.42, a level not seen since mid-2018. Japan’s Nikkei was off 0.4 per cent, but on track for a near 19 per cent rise this year, matching the annual increase of 2017. Australia’s benchmark index rose 0.4 per cent. Chinese shares gave up early gains with the blue-chip CSI300 down 0.1 per cent.

(With inputs from Reuters)

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First Published: Dec 27 2019 | 7:31 AM IST