Thursday, 12 January 2017

Nifty, Sensex has more room to rise - Thursday closing report-The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

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12 January 2017

Anticipation of healthy quarterly earnings results and budgetary sops, coupled with a strengthened rupee, buoyed the Indian equities markets on Thursday. Both the key indices provisionally closed in the green, as healthy buying was witnessed in capital goods, IT and TECK (technology, media and entertainment) stocks. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions


However, negative European indices and caution ahead of the release of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) and Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for December capped gains. 

The trends of the major indices in the course of Thursday’s trading are given in the table below:
 
Major Indices (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions)
The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose by 26.55 points or 0.32% to 8,407.20 points. The Sensex touched a high of 27,278.93 points and a low of 27,166.69 points during the intra-day trade. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions


The BSE market breadth was tilted in favour of the bears - with 1,556 declines and 1,208 advances. On Wednesday, the benchmark indices surged on the back of positive global cues and higher crude oil prices. The broader market underperformed the headline indices with BSE Midcap gaining 0.16% and BSE Smallcap down 0.15%. 

IT Index rose around 2% on BSE with Infosys gaining 3.5% in today’s trade ahead of its Q3 earnings tomorrow. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions


Pharma index pared earlier losses but still settled the day 0.60% lower. The index was down after Trump said yesterday pharmaceutical companies are "getting away with murder". Lupin, Dr Reddy’s and Sun Pharma fell between 0.6%-2%. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions


The top gainers and top losers of the major indices are given in the table below:
 
Top Gainer (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions)
The U.S. dollar nursed widespread losses on Thursday after President-elect Donald Trump's long-awaited news briefing provided scant clarity on future fiscal policies, disappointing bulls wagering on major stimulus. European shares fell, bucking gains in Asia and Wall Street overnight and weighed down by a 2 percent slump in healthcare stocks after Trump said pharmaceutical firms had been "getting away with murder" with their prices.

The closing values of the major Asian indices are given in the table below: The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
Asian Indices (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions)

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