Sensex ends marginally lower but Nifty manages to hold 10,050

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4:03 PM

Analyst View

Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services said: Market went to consolidation at 10k as high valuation and lack of fresh triggers influenced investors to stay on the sidelines. Positive sentiment and high liquidity will continue to support the market while any major disparity between earnings and current valuation could lead to consolidation.

3:48 PM

Amara Raja Batteries gained 2% even after teh company reported a 23.58% decline in net profit at Rs 99.85 crore for the quarter ended June 2017 due to a steep rise in the cost of materials, besides other expenditure. The company's net profit stood at Rs 130.53 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.

3:46 PM

Global Check

Asian stocks advanced on Monday, taking their cue from Wall Street, while the dollar moderated but retained most gains made on stronger-than-expected July jobs growth and the promise of a US tax plan that will repatriate corporate profits.

 

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.5% while Japan's Nikkei was up 0.6%.

 

Chinese blue chips rose 0.1%, while the Shanghai Composite was flat. However, Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 0.4%.

 

South Korea's KOSPI was up 0.5%, while Australian shares surged 1%. 

3:45 PM

Top sectoral gainers and losers

Source: NSE

3:43 PM

Metal Index was one of the top sectoral gainers on the frontline indices, up over 1% led by gains mainly in Tata Steel (up 4%) ahead of the earnings folllowed by JSPL, SAIL, Hindalco and Coal India

Crude steel output in the first two months grew by 4.5 per cent to 16.4 million tonnes.

3:41 PM

Oil and Gas stocks continued their rally for third straight session: HPCL, IOC, Petronet LNG, BPCL, Indraprastha Gas and Oil India gained between 1.25-6.1%

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3:39 PM

Top Sensex gainers and losers

Source: BSE

3:37 PM

Broader markets outperformed benchmark indices with BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indice up over 1% each

3:36 PM

Benchmark indices ended the day flat amid lack of any major domestic cues. Both the NSE Nifty and BSE Sensex hit record highs last week, raising concerns that factors such as positive earnings and hopes of an improving economy were already factored into prices.

The BSE Sensex ended at 32,273, down 51 points while the broader Nifty50 index settled at 10,057, down 9 points

3:16 PM

Benchmark indices fall marginally in the last leg of the trade dragged mainly by IT stocks. Other laggards included NTPC, Dr Reddy's M&M, Tata Motors and Bharti AIrtel

3:10 PM

Indian Hume Pipe advanced 3.19% to Rs 544.50 on BSE after the company said it has secured a work order of Rs 257.44 crore from Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Company.

3:00 PM

Markets check

 

At 3:00 pm, the Sensex was trading at 32,329, up 4 points, while the broader Nifty50 was ruling at 10,074, up 8 points. 

In broader markets, the BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices outperformed the markets, up over 1% each for the day

2:45 PM

Eros International Media rose over 5% to Rs 220.80 on reports the company is in talks with US-based Apple Inc to sell its entire library of films and music for about $1 billion.

2:27 PM

The Nifty IT index fell as much as 0.86% to its lowest in over a week. Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys led the losses, with both falling over 1%

2:04 PM

Shares of Tata Steel gained over 4% to their highest in over six years. Later in the day, the company is expected to post a consolidated profit for the quarter-ended June, compared with a loss last year.