IT, pharma shares help Sensex, Nifty log 1st rise in 3 sessions

21/11/2014

Mumbai: Indian markets on Thursday logged their first rise in three sessions with benchmark Sensex gaining 35 points to end at 28,067.56 and Nifty appreciating 20 points to close above 8,400-mark after IT and pharma shares held to late gains, amid rupee breaching the 62-mark versus the US dollar.
Washing out mid-session losses, both the key indices ended moderately higher despite profit-booking in select Consumer Durable, Realty, Metal and Auto sectors.
Shares of IT sectors firmed up on hopes of rise in the income of companies in rupee terms following the fall of local currency to 62.25 in late afternoon trade against Greenback.
The S&P BSE benchmark Sensex opened better but dropped to a low of 27,915.23 on some weakness in Asian counterparts. Later, it bounced back at the fag end to settle at 28,067.56, showing a gain of 34.17 points or 0.12 percent.
In last two days, it had fallen by 145.03 points or 0.51 percent.
The broad-based 50-share CNX Nifty of the NSE also recovered by 19.60 points, or 0.23 percent, to 8,401.90.
Rise in Infosys, TCS, Cipla, ICICI Bank, ITC, HDFC, Wipro, RIL, ONGC and SBI mainly supported the market to land in positive terrain at close.
"It was a volatile trading session for the equity markets on Thursday as the benchmarks were seen moving in both directions in a narrow range and closed marginally in green. On sectoral front, IT counters were remained in the limelight throughout the session," said Jayant Manglik, President-retail distribution, Religare Securities. Laggards included HDFC Bank, L&T, Tata Motors, Sesa Sterlite, M&M, Bharti Airtel, Axis Bank, NTPC and BHEL.
Meanwhile, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) slowed down their purchases and bought shares worth a net Rs 71.80 crore yesterday, according to provisional data.
Asian stocks ended mixed as China's manufacturing weakened and the latest Fed minutes reminded investors that US interest rates are likely to rise next year. Key indices in China, Japan and Taiwan moved up by 0.07 percent to 1.29 percent while those from Hongkong, Singapore and South Korea moved down by 0.10 percent to 0.57 percent.
European markets were trading lower in their early trade following disappointing economic data in France and Germany. Indices in France, Germany and UK moved down by 0.41 percent to 0.83 percent.
Jignesh Chaudhary, Head of Research, Veracity Broking Services said: "We have seen the some sort of selling pressure on higher side from last two days. Today local equities opened nearly flat. However, they traded in a thin range as foreign investors will closely focus on policy announcements as winter session of Parliament is going to start on November 24."
From the Sensex-based counters, 16 closed in the green while others finished in the red. Cipla rose by 3.23 percent, SBI, which split to Rs 1/- from Rs 10/- from today, by 2.05 percent, Wipro by 1.25 percent, TCS by 1.08 percent, Tata Power by 1.02 percent, Infosys by 1.00 percent.
However, Sesa Sterlite dropped by 2.33 percent, BHEL 1.49 percent, NTPC 1.32 percent, M&M 1.18 percent, Bharti Airtel 1.11 percent, HDFC Bank 0.99 percent, Tata Steel 0.98 percent and Tata Motors 0.80 percent.
Among BSE S&P Sectoral indices, IT rose by 1.27 percent, Teck by 0.81 percent and Healthcare by 0.98 percent while Consumer Durables dipped by 1.72 percent, Realty by 1.52 percent, Metal by 0.84 percent and Capital Goods by 0.72 percent.
Reflecting fall in second-line shares, the total market breadth remained negative as 1,637 stocks ended with losses while 1,372 closed with gains. Total turnover dipped to Rs 3,081.56 crore from Rs 3,848.52 crore yesterday.

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