Key benchmark indices logged decent gains on last trading session of calendar year 2014 (CY 2014). After gyrating in a small range throughout the day, key indices extended gains and hit intraday high in late trade. The S&P BSE Sensex and the CNX Nifty, both, settled at over one-week high. The barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex rose 95.88 points or 0.35% to settle at 27,499.42. The market breadth indicating the overall health of the market was positive. The BSE Mid-Cap index rose 1.11%. The BSE Small-Cap index rose 1.06%. Both these indices outperformed the Sensex.
Index heavyweight Reliance Industries (RIL) edged higher in volatile trade. Telecom stocks rose after the sector regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India recommended a base price for pan India 3G spectrum. Realty stocks gained on renewed buying.
Earlier during the day, key benchmark indices reversed initial decline to hit intraday high in volatile early trade. The 50-unit CNX Nifty index hit one week high in morning trade.
In the foreign exchange market, the rupee edged higher against the dollar on selling of the American currency by exporters.
Brent crude futures declined today, 31 December 2014 as weak Chinese manufacturing data and demand concerns outweighed supply disruptions in Libya.
Meanwhile, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 277.92 crore yesterday, 30 December 2014, as per provisional data.
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In overseas markets, European shares were trading higher today, 31 December 2014 in thin trading ahead of the New Year's holiday. Asian stocks were mostly higher today, 31 December 2014. US stocks fell yesterday, 30 December 2014, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average back below 18,000, as investors engaged in profit-taking to pull major indexes from record levels.
The S&P BSE Sensex rose 95.88 points or 0.35% to settle at 27,499.42, its highest closing level since 23 December 2014. The index gained 123.70 points at the day's high of 27,527.24 in late trade. The index fell 57.54 points at the day's low of 27,346 in early trade.
The CNX Nifty rose 34.45 points or 0.42% to settle at 8,282.70, its highest closing level since 22 December 2014. The index hit a high of 8,291 in intraday trade. The index hit a low of 8,243.75 in intraday trade.
The market breadth indicating the overall health of the market was positive. On BSE, 1,692 shares gained and 1,177 shares fell. A total of 123 shares were unchanged.
The BSE Mid-Cap index rose 113.94 points or 1.11% to settle at 10,372.58. The BSE Small-Cap index rose 115.97 points or 1.06% to settle at 11,087.07. Both these indices outperformed the Sensex.
The total turnover on BSE amounted to Rs 2447 crore, higher than Rs 2243.21 crore yesterday, 30 December 2014.
The S&P BSE Power index (up 1.02%), the S&P BSE Realty index (up 1.01%), the S&P BSE Consumer Durables index (up 0.93%), the S&P BSE Oil & Gas index (up 0.70%), the S&P BSE Teck index (up 0.68%), the S&P BSE Capital Goods index (up 0.58%), the S&P BSE Metal index (up 0.55%), the S&P BSE IT index (up 0.49%) and the S&P BSE Bankex (up 0.44%), outperformed the Sensex.
The S&P BSE FMCG index (up 0.32%) and the S&P BSE Auto index (down 0.28%), underpeformed the Sensex.
Bank shares were mixed. Among private sector banks, Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 1.41%), IndusInd Bank (up 1.36%), Yes Bank (up 0.90%), Federal Bank (up 0.66%), State Bank of India (up 0.66%), Axis Bank (up 0.63%), ICICI Bank (up 0.63%), IDBI Bank (up 0.21%), Punjab National.Bank (up 0.21%), Bank of Baroda (up 0.15%) and Canara Bank (up 0.03%), edged higher. However, Bank of India (down 0.26%), HDFC Bank (down 0.42%) and Union Bank of India (down 1.26%), edged lower.
Among public sector banks, Vijaya Bank (up 3.40%), United Bank of India (up 1.85%), Dena Bankk (up 1.15%), Bank of Maharashtra (up 1.06%), Indian Bank (up 0.79%), State Bank of Indiak (up 0.66%), Andhra Bank (up 0.64%), Punjab & Sind Bank (up 0.56%), Central Bank (up 0.38%), IDBI Bank (up 0.21%), Punjab National Bank (up 0.21%), Bank of Baroda (up 0.15%) and Canara Bank (up 0.03%), edged higher. However, UCO Bank (down 0.06%), Corporation Bank (down 0.15%), Allahabad Bank (down 0.19%), Bank of India (down 0.26%) and Union Bank of India (down 1.26%), edged lower.
Index heavyweight Reliance Industries (RIL) rose 1.20% to Rs 891.15. The stock was volatile. The stock hit high of Rs 893.80 and low of Rs 879.55.
Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL) rose 0.16%. JSPL during market hours today, 31 December 2014 said that the company has deposited Rs 1989.83 crore and its subsidiary Jindal Power has deposited Rs 1099.41 crore in view of the letter dated 18 December 2014 issued by the Deputy Assistant Coal Controller, Ministry of Coal, Government of India, Office of the Coal Controller, Kolkata, requesting the company to deposit Additional Levy as directed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court by its order dated 24 September 2014, and in terms of Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2014, by 31 December 2014. The payment/ deposit of Additional levy is without prejudice to company's legal rights and remedies including but not limited to challenge the imposition and computation of the additional levy and reserves all its legal rights to challenge this computation, JSPL said.
Telecom stocks rose after the sector regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India recommended a base price of Rs 2720 crore per Mhz for pan India 3G spectrum. Government in 2010 had auctioned 3G spectrum at pan-India reserve price of Rs 3500 crore per megahertz.
Idea Cellular (up 2.47%), Bharti Airtel (up 0.92%), Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) (up 0.8%), MTNL (up 0.55%) and Reliance Communications (up 0.25%), edged higher.
Realty stocks gained on renewed buying. D B Realty (up 19.95%), Unitech (up 4.40%), Anant Raj (up 2.40%), Phoenix Mills (up 1.82%), Oberoi Realty (up 1.52%), Sobha (up 1.51%), DLF (up 1.14%), Housing Development and Infrastructure (HDIL) (up 0.81%) and Indiabulls Real Estate (up 0.44%), edged higher. However, Godrej Properties (down 0.33%), Peninsula Land (down 0.61%), Prestige Estates (down 1.04%), Parsvnath Developers (down 1.47%) and Sunteck Realty (down 1.64%), edged lower.
Defence equipment makers rose after Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar reportedly said that changes in the Defence Procurement Policy to legalise representatives from foreign defence firms will be done in another month and a half.
BEML (up 5.70%), Bharat Electronics (up 4.47%), Dynamatic Technologies (up 4.45%), Astra Microwave Products (up 1.60%), Pipavav Defence & Offshore Engineering Company (up 0.88%) and Walchandnagar Industries (up 0.60%), edged higher.
Reports further quoted Manohar Parrikar as saying that the defence ministry is thinking of giving conditioned and limited approval to dealing with banned firms, and a ban has been lifted to get spare parts for Tatra trucks. A draft of the changed policy is ready and a final draft will be ready in another 8-10 days, reports added. It will then go through further procedures before going to the Union cabinet.
The Sensex rose for the fourth consecutive session today, 31 December 2014. The Sensex has risen 290.81 points, or 1.07% in four sessions from 27,208.61 on 24 December 2014. The Sensex has declined 1,194.57 points or 4.16% in this month so far (till 31 December 2014). The Sensex has gained 6,328.74 points or 29.89% in calendar year 2014 so far (till 31 December 2014). From a record high of 28,822.37 struck on 28 November 2014, the Sensex has fallen 1,322.95 points or 4.59%. From a 52-week low of 19,963.12 on 4 February 2014, the Sensex has risen 7,536.30 points or 37.75%.
In the foreign exchange market, the rupee edged higher against the dollar on selling of the American currency by exporters. The partially convertible rupee was hovering at 63.1275, compared with its close of 63.38 yesterday, 30 December 2014.
Brent crude futures declined today, 31 December 2014 as weak Chinese manufacturing data and demand concerns outweighed supply disruptions in Libya. Brent for February settlement was down $1.49 a barrel at $56.41 a barrel. The contract had risen marginally by 2 cents or 0.03% to settle at $57.90 a barrel on yesterday, 30 December 2014.
India's fiscal deficit was Rs 5.25 trillion ($83.08 billion) during April-November, or 98.9% of the full-year target, data released after market hours today, 31 December 2014, showed. The deficit was 93.9% during the same period a year ago. Fiscal deficit is the difference between earnings and expenditure of the Government. Net tax receipts were at Rs 4.13 trillion ($65.35 billion) in the first eight months of the current fiscal year that ends in March 2015.
European shares were trading higher today, 31 December 2014 in thin trading ahead of the New Year's holiday. Key benchmark indices in UK and France rose 0.26% to 0.61%.
Stock Exchanges in Germany, Switzerland and Italy are closed today, 31 December 2014
Asian stocks were mostly higher today, 31 December 2014. Key benchmark indices in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China rose by 0.44% to 2.18%. Singapore's Straits Times index fell 0.03%.
Stock markets in South Korea are shut today, 31 December 2014. Japanese markets will remain closed from today, 31 December 2014 to Friday, 2 January 2015 and will reopen on Monday, 5 January 2015.
The HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, a gauge of nationwide manufacturing activity, fell to a final reading of 49.6 in December from 50 in November, HSBC Holdings PLC said today, 31 December 2014. A reading below 50 indicates a contraction in manufacturing activity from the previous month, whereas a reading above indicates expansion. The official manufacturing PMI, a competing index published by China's National Bureau of Statistics, is due tomorrow, 1 January 2015.
Trading in US index futures indicated that the Dow could rise 17 points at the opening bell today, 31 December 2014. US stocks fell yesterday, 30 December 2014, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average back below 18,000, as investors engaged in profit-taking to pull major indexes from record levels.
A report yesterday, 30 December 2014 showed consumer confidence increased less than estimated this month. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index increased to 92.6 in December from a revised 91 a month earlier. Another report showed home prices in 20 US cities rose at a slower pace in the year ended in October.
Most global markets will remain closed tomorrow, 1 January 2015, for New Year holiday.
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